MichaelN,
Totally agree. Though it's absolutely impossible to perform in a team like Ferrari with the current setup. The team will always find a way to destroy Leclerc 's races even though he has his own share of responsibility. A Hamilton-Leclerc swap would have been fantastic for Ferrari.

Hamilton will come to Ferrari on his own terms and will certainly bring some of the big wigs at Mercedes with him to ensure the team is professional enough. Leclerc in a professional environment like Mercedes will be only focusing on his driving which will be refreshing even for F1.

Hamilton extending till 2025 will force Leclerc to extend his contract at Ferrari and nothing will change as a result. I have doubts about Vasseur's ability to bring significant change due to cautiousness and higher-up directives from Vigna and Elkann. He is just a good manager, nothing special.

He has had five years at Ferrari to show he'd be an improvement over Hamilton. Apparently Mercedes, Wolff and co. are not convinced, and given Hamilton's form, I doubt many would disagree.

Same here and we are the winners here. Despite me not liking him off track and overall would be fine if he wouldn't be around anymore, I do value his craft when in the car. For his statistics it is not a good development I guess however. Unless he lands an eight title which would be unparalleled and make us forget about other stats like starts/win ratio. If Mercedes produces a rocket again, I a sure he'll have the better of George who doesn't live up to expectations so far.

I agree with this. Way to much mediocre drivers out there currently. F1 really needs to step up in level of drivers. I mean, if you have to bring back Hulkenberg and Perez out of retirement I guess that says it all. And to think they only need to fill 20 seats. FIA needs to act. Create more equal opportunity, there must be more talent out there.

Poisonous comments from the usual toxic fans, why am I not surprised. And if Max did indeed say this as you claim then he needs to take a good hard look at himself before criticising others.

Fernando doesn't need to retire. He's running third in the World Drivers' Championship.

Well said.

At this point though he'll have been at mercedes for 13 years, doubt he's changing team until he retires.

Agree with this.

As much as I like to see young drivers coming into the sport, I much prefer to watch the older greats for as long as they can stay somewhere near the top of their game.

Unfortunately, both for themselves and the series, they haven't.

It's almost a pattern. There was a ton of talent in the mid 80s, less so in the mid 90s, again a a big influx in the mid to late 00s, and not a whole lot in the mid 10s. Hopefully the likes of Piastri can lead an exciting new generation into the latter half of the 20s.

Hulkenberg 2.5yrs younger than Hamilton.

Who?

Looking at the grid now, there are a whole lot of younger drivers that can't match him (or Alonso). I want to see the best drivers competing, not the youngest.

Leaves himself options as I can imagine there'll be a lot of drivers moving about ahead of 2026.