Lewis Hamilton won’t last two years at Ferrari, predicts Bernie Ecclestone who says 7-time champ has ‘lost motivation’
BERNIE ECCLESTONE doesn’t believe Lewis Hamilton will be a success at Ferrari.
The seven-time F1 champion is making the switch from Mercedes to the Italian giants for the 2025 season.
Hamilton, 40, won his last title in 2020 but is eager to top the standings again.
He recently piloted his new Ferrari for the first time ahead of the season opener in Melbourne on March 16.
But ex-Formula 1 CEO Ecclestone, 94, doesn’t believe the move will prove a success.
Ecclestone told The Telegraph: “He won’t last [two years].
“Piero Ferrari, who has taken him there, still thinks they’ve done the right thing.
“I hope they have. I hope they haven’t just jumped in and end up wishing they hadn’t.”
Ecclestone believes Hamilton’s age will prove a hindrance for the legendary driver.
And he isn’t convinced the Stevenage-born star has the same drive he had during his youth.
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Ecclestone continued: “I have thought with Lewis, ‘He’s getting tired. He has lost motivation.’
“If he had never won a world championship, it might be different, because then there would be an incentive to win one. But he has won seven.”
Even Hamilton’s fashion sense wasn’t safe from Ecclestone’s ire in the bombshell interview.
He continued: “Lewis gets himself up front in a way where you can dislike him.
“How a guy who has won a few world titles and has a few dollars in the bank can dress the way he dresses. I’m not a fan of that.
“He has a lot of talent as a driver. As much as people credit him with? No, but still enough to win races.
“I don’t know why he does all this other nonsense. He needs to get out of the music business and whatever else.”
Hamilton will join his fellow F1 drivers in London next month to kickstart the season at a new launch event.
For the first time in the sport’s history, all ten teams will come together at the O2 Arena to unveil their new liveries.