“I’m positive it’s already clicked. Even when it’s like 19 years in the past, it is going to be the identical. Fred is aware of methods to converse to Lewis, and the identical method in return, Lewis is aware of what to say to Fred, as a result of they already had the expertise in F3 and GP2. I’m simply trying ahead to watching the primary few races, to see the way it goes!”
So, how does Hamilton’s former group mate price his probabilities of writing yet one more profitable story with essentially the most well-known group in F1?
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“It’s not that I’m hoping… I actually imagine he can do it – Lewis is born to win,” provides Premat, who himself obtained near F1 with a number of apply outings earlier than specializing in a profession within the German DTM touring automotive collection and sportscars.
“I used to be on the Las Vegas Grand Prix final 12 months and spent some time with Lewis, speaking about numerous issues. I’ve two youngsters, 16 and 13, and each time I see him we discuss that… He’s like, ‘Oh my God, you’re a dad!’ I then remind him, ‘You might have totally different targets. You need to win, that’s what you do’.
“I can inform you proper now, I’m positive that each morning he wakes up, he goes coaching, his mentality is powerful, and he needs to destroy everybody. I do know it – I do know it 100%. I believe having Fred with him goes to unleash that energy.”
