Flavio Briatore has joined Eddie Jordan in questioning Ferrari’s decision to sign 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in place of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz for the 2025 F1 season.

Hamilton’s bombshell 𒊎move to Ferrari was announced on the eve of last season, b🎶ringing an end to his long association with Mercedes.

Hamilton will make his Ferrari debut at the Australian Grand Prix in March as he goes in search of a record-😼breaking eighth worlಌd title.

Briatore, who i🐠s executive advisor for Alpine, cast his verdict on Ferrari’s decision to replace Sainz with Hamilton.

“It will be strange to see Lewis in the Ferrari,” Briatore told . “Of course, I respect such decisions, but I also wonder whether it ma🌺kes sense. Ferrari had two top drivers in Charles💙 Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

“I don’t understand why they split up this great pairing. It’s not my job to judge, but if I had be🌌en in a poꩵsition of responsibility at Ferrari, I wouldn’t have signed Lewis.

“In principle, it’s good for Formula 1 if Lewis 🌳drives for Ferrari. And everything that’s good for Formula 1 is good for me too. It’s certainly good for television and the ratings too. Let’s wait and see. Time will tell how well he drives in the Ferrari.”

Sainz, alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, narrowly missed out on the 2024 F1 ꦺco❀nstructors’ championship.

They finished 13 points behind McLaren after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s title drought stretches back to 20🌳08, when they won the constructors’ championওship with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Eddie Jordan delivers “suicidal” verdict

Jordan also q🎉uestioned Ferrari’s decision to disrupt their driꩵver line-up for 2025.

The Irishmaꦇn branded the decision as “suicidal” when reflecting on the season.

Jordan said: “Fred Vasseur had a real opportunity to bring this team great, gre♍at success. Now he has to start thinking about gelling and mending away, that he can get a new member of the team, egos, everything involved.

“Lewis is a particularly nice person🎃. I’m not sure there’s many nicer p﷽eople on the grid than Lewis Hamilton, so I don’t think he’ll have a problem there.

“However, my FFS goes to John Elkann of Ferrari for even authorisi🎃ng, signing off on that deal. It was absolutely suicidal to get rid of Carlos.”