F1 Nation - Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari: the inside story

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🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A special episode of the F1 Nation podcast on the biggest driver move in F1 history. Lewis Hamilton will wear Ferrari red from 2025. How did it happen, and what does Lewis' move mean for Mercedes, Ferrari and the driver market?

Tom Clarkson gets the inside story of Ferrari's long pursuit of Hamilton from F1 Correspondent and Presenter Lawrence Barretto, who explains why the Scuderia succeeded this time. Journalist Roberto Chinchero gives us reaction from Italy. Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley explains what awaits the 7-time World Champion when he arrives in Maranello.

F1 Nation is the official F1 podcast which takes you inside the Paddock. Race previews and reviews featuring interviews with drivers, Team Principals and F1 experts from around the world. Search your podcast app for F1 Nation for new episodes on Mondays.

Head to F1.com for more features and analysis of Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to the first F1 Nation podcast of 2024.
0:07.0	It's earlier than we'd planned because of the huge, huge news that Lewis Hamilton will be joining Ferrari in 2025.
0:16.0	Lewis says leaving Mercedes is one of the hardest decisions he's ever had to make.
0:21.0	So why has he decided to swap Mercedes- silver for Ferrari Red and how did
0:26.9	it all happen? There is so much to talk about we just had to do this special episode.
0:32.4	Hello it's Tom Clarkson with you. We just had to do this special episode.
0:32.6	Hello, it's Tom Clarkson with you and later on we'll be hearing from
0:37.1	former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley on what awaits Lewis when he goes to the scooteria.
0:42.3	But right now
0:43.2	F1 correspondent and presenter Lawrence Beretto is with us as is Sky Italy's Roberto Kinkaro.
0:49.6	Guys a very warm welcome to you both.
0:53.0	What a news story.
0:54.0	It was the biggest day in my career, I think, from a news perspective.
0:58.0	I had my Nan talking to me about the news.
1:00.0	I had my 10-year-old cousin talking to me about the news and they have no interest in Formula One.
1:05.8	Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari we've talked about it for years and it's finally happened.
1:11.9	And Roberto how has the news gone down in Italy?
1:14.8	Today I had a look to the main newspaper,
1:18.9	not only the sports one, I mean the big big mainstream everybody's talking about you is
1:25.8	is in the first page of all the newspaper two four five eight pages in the
1:31.6	the sporting manager the Sporting Magazine about this story.
1:36.7	Honestly, it was so big because it was unexpected.
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