{"id":37054,"date":"2025-03-08T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2025-03-08T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:11:33","slug":"ferrari-reveals-when-it-approached-lewis-hamilton-to-recruit-him-f1-driver-embarrassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/competition\/formule-1\/ferrari-revele-quand-elle-a-approche-lewis-hamilton-pour-le-recruter-le-pilote-de-f1-embarrasse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari reveals when it approached Lewis Hamilton to recruit him: F1 driver embarrassed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-531x354.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-608x405.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-758x505.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lewis-hamilton-telephone.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lewis Hamilton. Photo Ferrari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as he seemed destined to end his career as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/competition\/formula-1\/\">Formula 1<\/a> at Mercedes, especially after the announcement of a new contract extension to September 2023 with the German team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/tag\/lewis-hamilton\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> has finally decided to sign up with Ferrari for the 2025 season. However, this surprise transfer did not come about by chance: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/tag\/frederic-vasseur\/\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur<\/a>Ferrari's team manager, has just revealed in the documentary Drive to Survive the exact date of the first contact with the seven-time world champion, a moment which deeply embarrassed the British driver.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An unexpected phone call<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>According to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur, it all began at the Monaco 2023 Grand Prix on May 28:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-quote\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-quote\"><\/use><\/svg>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"We started talking in Monaco on my birthday. I immediately realized that it was possible\".<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He points out that Hamilton's dream of riding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/tag\/scuderia-ferrari\/\">Scuderia<\/a> was not new. For its part, the Maranello-based company was looking to strengthen its line-up for 2025. With Mercedes marking time, Ferrari took advantage of an exit clause in Lewis Hamilton's contract to convince him to join the Italian team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur insists that Hamilton had always kept in mind the idea of driving for the Scuderia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-quote\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-quote\"><\/use><\/svg>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"I knew he wanted it; it had been there for a long time. It couldn't happen for 2024, because we already had our two drivers under contract, but for 2025, all the planets aligned.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decisive point for the Ferrari boss? Get his hands on one of the most successful drivers in history, and team him up with Charles Leclerc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-quote\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-quote\"><\/use><\/svg>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"For me, the Lewis-Charles duo was the key to our project.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shock and embarrassment for Hamilton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-531x354.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-608x405.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-758x505.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hamilton-ferrari-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until Fred Vasseur called in the winter of 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/tag\/lewis-hamilton\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> was convinced that he would probably never drive for Ferrari. The Briton vividly remembers that call with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-quote\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-quote\"><\/use><\/svg>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"When I hung up, I was almost shaking. I said to myself, \"Oh boy!\" I'd just signed for Mercedes...\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unexpected offer plunged him into deep embarrassment, but also into intense reflection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-quote\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-quote\"><\/use><\/svg>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"I decided to go for a walk to clear my head. After that moment, I knew it was the right decision for me.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By joining Charles Leclerc at Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton hopes to write a new chapter in his career and bring back to Maranello a title that has eluded the Scuderia for several years. It also takes the pressure off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/competition\/f1-charles-leclerc-has-changed-since-lewis-hamilton-joined-ferrari\/\">Charles Leclerc, who seemed to carry the team on his shoulders<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[328,323],"tags":[397,370],"class_list":["post-37054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formule-1","category-competition","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-scuderia-ferrari","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ferrari r\u00e9v\u00e8le quand elle a approch\u00e9 Lewis Hamilton pour le recruter : le pilote de F1 embarrass\u00e9 - ItalPassion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lewis Hamilton. 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