“I’m very excited as a result of I’ve the sensation there can be extra drivers, extra groups that can struggle,” he defined. “5 new drivers into the sphere, with the passion [and] new power they’re bringing into the paddock, and on the monitor there can be… I might say one thing spectacular. I feel that we’re going to see [in] each race a distinct state of affairs.”
One other key change for this season has been the arrival of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, a blockbuster transfer that shocked the F1 world when it was introduced again in February 2024.
“For certain for Lewis it’s a brand new journey, a brand new journey that can give him plenty of enhance, plenty of power,” Domenicali commented. “I feel that the adjustment that he has to do, not solely on the driving aspect with the automobile but additionally by way of integrating himself in a distinct neighborhood, can be straightforward.
“When you’ve gotten inside the suitable fireplace to ensure that this expertise can be optimistic, you’re going to dedicate your self night time and day, and that’s what he’s doing. He informed me that he’s sleeping in Maranello, he informed me he has seen what Ferrari means for the individuals of Italy.”
When it comes to whether or not Hamilton can style victory in his first marketing campaign for the Scuderia, Domenicali responded: “I feel so. I feel it will likely be nice, I’ve to say, with my unbiased cap! I feel it will likely be good for the group, good for Charles [Leclerc] to maintain pushing himself and it will likely be good for the whole subject of F1 groups.”
