#fast forward like five years and the situation seems even messier than before in terms of hierarchy and internal politics

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Maybe lewis will be able to bring some good engineers with him? I also see journalists saying it could be just for 2025, like lewis planning to retire in ferrari as a dream

I have full faith that charles is capable of beating lewis, my only concern is having again two drivers with different driving styles, so how would development goes?

If after years of charles in ferrari they decided to ignore his inputs on the car again to favour lewis inputs that would suck

Lewis would be better paired with carlos than charles if we're thinking about the car

Yeah, that's a good point. Could you imagine Bono at Ferrari 😳

Just 2025 makes a bit more sense, like a last hurrah kind of thing before the new regulations kick in in 2026 (although it goes against everything he's been saying for years but I guess the Ferrari lure is tempting to any driver, maybe particularly if you're coming up to the end of your career and feel you don't have much to lose anymore.)

But even if it's just one season, I have a feeling it's going to be a very, very long one. Idk I just feel blindsided because this feels like such an extreme curveball from where I thought Ferrari were going and what I thought they were planning for their long-term future. Sainz isn't working out for you, okay, fine, time for a change. But this? Feels a bit extreme and out of left field 😭

Especially with Charles signing a long-term deal and all these implications that they're finally building a team around him and so on. Fans have been burned by empty promises before (ahem, Binotto).

I'm sure Charles will welcome the challenge and learn as much as he can, he's said as much himself, that's his approach when it comes to any teammate he may have, but from the outside idk it feels like we're at square one all over again. He's been with the team for five years already, he's worked hard to push the team forward and maintain morale and all of that, and at this point I think he deserves a stable team environment built around him, like what Lewis had with Valtteri at Mercedes, or Max and Checo, or whatever. Like for example I could see him paired up with Oscar or Alex.

Now with this move seemingly all but confirmed, it's like he's going to have to fight to "prove" himself all over again. And I'm just tired, man. 🥴 Even if it's just for one season it's the opposite of a building a stable environment for long-term success with Charles at the helm. I just hate feeling like they're potentially wasting Charles's prime years.

#replies #anonymous #idk idk this is not what i thought i'd wake up to 😭 #if i were less invested i could probably go along for the ride because whooo boy but unfortunately i *am* invested #also the irony is *not* lost on me abt how charles and seb couldn't play nice bc they both wanted to be number 1 #fast forward like five years and the situation seems even messier than before in terms of hierarchy and internal politics #discussions and predictions