Lewis Hamilton has been reminded {that a} dream F1 ending shouldn’t be assured – as a result of even Michael Schumacher couldn’t handle it.
David Coulthard has delivered the unhealthy information that Hamilton’s transfer to Ferrari won’t repay as he hopes.
Hamilton will swap Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025, the place he hopes he might win an all-time file eighth F1 championship.
He would eclipse Schumacher who got here out of retirement for a three-year stint at Mercedes, the place he did not win one other grand prix.
Coulthard advised the Day by day Mirror: “Mercedes doesn’t exist for Lewis Hamilton, and Lewis Hamilton has made it clear that he doesn’t exist for Mercedes.
“In the identical approach, when Michael got here again from retirement to signal for Mercedes, it was actually stunning to think about him being something aside from a Ferrari legend.
“However the draw of coming house to Mercedes, the will and perception that he might do it nonetheless, introduced him in.
“He did a few years, he did okay, but it surely was not the identical as how he was in his first stint in Formulation 1.”
Ex-F1 driver Coulthard continued: “Lewis is rolling the cube once more with Ferrari.
“It might properly result in a rejuvenation of efficiency and a combat for the world championship. However it’s going to be difficult as a result of he has bought [to beat] a really quick Charles Leclerc.”
Ferrari’s new-look duo of Hamilton and Leclerc is jaw-dropping on paper.
However, after being out-qualified all 12 months by Mercedes teammate George Russell, Coulthard worries that Hamilton won’t be capable to edge Leclerc.
“The important thing ingredient of the entire greats over the historical past of time has been to have the ability to qualify and race,” Coulthard mentioned.
“And if Lewis, at 40 years previous, has misplaced a yard in footballing phrases, then he could properly battle to beat Charles over the course of a 12 months.
“That could be a respectable query that anybody needs to be asking, however it’s for him to indicate us.
“It’s not about us placing him down and saying he can not do it, as a result of it’s in his arms.
“All of those guys have it in their very own arms to form their very own future.”
