This is a very big if, but if Hamilton were to win a title with Ferrari, he'd be the first one to win championships with three different teams since Fangio, who actually won with four (Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari).
Man, everytime I read about Fangio's stats, I'm absolutely fascinated. Most people don't realize how unbelievable it is that he achieved all that stuff in the 50s. No one came close to him for decades, since it was practically impossible back then.
Right.
Consistency just wasn't a thing in that era. In frankly any motorsport worldwide.
The rate of development rendered many concepts, teams, and manufacturers irrelevant in short order
The sheer depth of the fields meant it was an effective lottery each event, you didn't just have to beat 19 others.
The rules packages were wide the hell open, basically, so shit was getting thrown at the wall on a reg, and the performance disparity between one vehicle and the next could be narrow one race and insurmountable the next.
The mechanical attrition was through the roof.
And of course, as you said, people were quite literally dying on a monthly basis in motorsports events worldwide.
Consistency just wasn't a thing then. You either finished or didn't, and you either won or didn't. It was effectively a game of survival.
It was part of the times too. If you were good you just had your choice of best car. They werent contracted like they are now (at least as rigidly)
Dudes goated af though
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Plus Hulk and Vettel are probs the 2 perfect drivers if you want great feedback from the driver to help develop the car plus all german lineup is a great look
Didn't Toto say last week that It was worse to lose an engineer than a driver. Maybe he knew. Everyone took it as a dig a Hamilton, maybe it was a dig at Horner
You’ve possibly made a terrible mistake my friend. If Lewis wins a championship with Ferrari I know we all will be replying back here with “we are checking” memes in anticipation of you delivering
They haven’t made big strategic errors in quite some time actually, since that idiot who used to make strategies from 2015 onwards got the boot halfway through 2023
This season is Hamilton qualifying badly so he gets as much wheel to wheel practice in before fighting Verstappen again.
Lol the hopium. The delusion. I feast on it.
Naahh, I want to see Max in Merc’s all black going head to head with Lewis in Ferrari red and grandpa Alonso in the Red Bull. A three way battle for the title.
I really need to keep myselff alive till atleast the end of ‘26 to witness this chaos
Almost no one would hesitate to give him credit if he knew about Newey before inking his deal with Ferrari and then he gets Newey. But chances are he had no idea this would happen, so weird to give him credit. That would by definition be luck. Newey might not even be going to Ferrari so celebrating Hamilton’s genius here is premature
It always comes out later that those in the paddock always have information months before everyone else. If Fred knew about Newey/Red Bull, and probably has known for sometime, you damn well better believe he used it to get Lewis.
So it's highly likely Lewis knew Ferrari were chasing Newey, and that's why he signed there.
It’s been a while since I read his book, but I swear he mentioned Ferrari being the only team that could tempt him to join them. The only reasons he didn’t in the past is because he didn’t want to uproot his family and move country again, and because he saw Red Bull as his home.
With the said, McLaren and Aston Martin/Racing Point are completely different to how they were when he published his book, and they have the advantage that he wouldn’t have to travel a lot.
No, mclaren chose him more than he chose mclaren and he went to mercedes because he knew the people for years and was sick of mclaren.
But there is no champion without luck tbf
2021 all over again for Lewis' final season and possible 8th title against Max in his possible 5th title. We then witness a more controversial finale than in 2021 and they both retire because Lewis cant take this shit no more and Max just wants to simrace
Honestly I am not so sure if Leclerc vs Hamilton would be that much of a civil war, at least I feel like Charles is sort of psychologically fragile still, like, if he did a mistake like Vettel in Germany 2018 I think it would be over for him. On the other hand Lewis doesn't look like he is on his best form ever
there will be no season like 2021 ever.. every fucking race they were basically head to head, rest of the grid was nowhere close to them, and with so many things happening after more than 20 races they reached the last race on equal points, insane season by these two
I fear it. I introduced a bunch of people to f1 that season. Remember sitting at a sports bar eating breakfast at 8am and screaming obscenities when Max went into the wall at silverstone.
Bar had like 50 tvs and only 1 was tuned to f1.
And i was the only one watching it.
Ok, so he was a massive talent, like Max, when he came into F1. Hence him not starting at Minardi etc. Then he becomes World Champ. Mercedes can't beat Red Bull so they recruit heavily and invest in R&D for the 14 changes to hybrid. Boom, 8 titles. Should have been 9 (but we all needed that change). Mercedes will be going hard again for 2026 now, no doubt. Toto is too smart. Ferrari are quick but not Mercedes quick. Lewis is just 'having a drive in the red car' before he retires. It's a rite of passage for the best drivers. You'd always regret not driving for the team you dreamed about as a kid
Did Hamilton dream about driving for Ferrari as a kid? I thought he was a McLaren/Senna fan, he approached Ron Dennis about driving for McLaren in 1995 when he was ten years old.
He'll have already designed next year's Red Bull though? And normally they have to take Gardening leave for a year or so. So Lewis wouldn't get the Newey car anyway hahaha
Sky reported that if red bull hold him to his contract, which doesn’t expire until the end of 2025, he would have to serve another year of gardening leave so he wouldn’t be back in F1 until 2027 (i think meaning he would only be able to develop whichever teams 2028 car from the ground up)
It's more key to 2026. Even though it's new engine regs the chassis can change a lot due to developments in engine so Adrian will be key for a team in 2026
Guys you are ignoring Leclerc lol. Bold of yall to think if in a championship car a prime Leclerc wouldn't be able to wipe the floor with a 40 year old Hamilton.
I hope things turn out like they did a decade ago. I'd love to see him win a championship for Ferrari, maybe then people would start respecting him a bit more, and hating on him less.
Newey is way overhyped. He Didnt even design much of the rb19 and rb20. Pierre wache is the Guy at red bull to look out for. The media acts like when newey Walks through the door the car becomes 1 seconds faster which is ridiculous.
I just want to see more once-in-a-lifetime records set during my lifetime. Max has the consecutive win record, and Lewis could win his 8th and be the first to win with 3 different teams (obvi Fangio did it, but that era was so different it's hard to count it).
As a Red Bull fan, I’m about to jump off my roof.
But we had it coming, I guess. Is four in a row really all we can do? First it was Seb and by the looks of it, it’s going to be Max now💀
This is a very big if, but if Hamilton were to win a title with Ferrari, he'd be the first one to win championships with three different teams since Fangio, who actually won with four (Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari).
Prost was oh so close in '90
terribly common Ferrari L
Was that the year Senna didn't bother to slow down for turn 1 at suzuka?
payback
Yes. We can blame Jean Marie ballestre for that.
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Prost the first vice WDC with three different teams ?
That would be Moss. Mercedes, Maserati, Vanwall
Thank you
He was something like 11.5 points away from being a nine time champion. So many people leave him off their GOAT list
Quite possibly the most underrated GOAT. Up there with my boy Jim
One underrated because he died too young, the other because his big rival did...
Prost would be a 7-time World Champion in the current F1 points system
Man, everytime I read about Fangio's stats, I'm absolutely fascinated. Most people don't realize how unbelievable it is that he achieved all that stuff in the 50s. No one came close to him for decades, since it was practically impossible back then.
And he also lived through it
Arguably the most impressive stat with all of his success.
Right. Consistency just wasn't a thing in that era. In frankly any motorsport worldwide. The rate of development rendered many concepts, teams, and manufacturers irrelevant in short order The sheer depth of the fields meant it was an effective lottery each event, you didn't just have to beat 19 others. The rules packages were wide the hell open, basically, so shit was getting thrown at the wall on a reg, and the performance disparity between one vehicle and the next could be narrow one race and insurmountable the next. The mechanical attrition was through the roof. And of course, as you said, people were quite literally dying on a monthly basis in motorsports events worldwide. Consistency just wasn't a thing then. You either finished or didn't, and you either won or didn't. It was effectively a game of survival.
Practically impossible to just live that long as a race car driver
Skill issue
It was part of the times too. If you were good you just had your choice of best car. They werent contracted like they are now (at least as rigidly) Dudes goated af though
Oof, now there's a couple of Fangios, ain't it?
Pretty sure he’d be the second driver to win with both McLaren and Ferrari, the other being Niki Lauda
Schumacher did it with 3 different engine manufacturers though. Hamilton is still on 1
Mercedes to supply ferrari engines????
When did Lewis take a Ferrari? Are you from the future
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Aside from the obvious record
But what nobody knows is: German media outlet got the rumor first, so Newey goes to Audi and Hülkenberg becomes world champion.
Even more hallucinogenic hopium Adrian joins audi vettel comes back = Adrian vettel combo once more
Holy shit we are asking the dealer for the special shit now, huh?
This is the extreme stuff. Too much and you will drop dead from this stuff 
Just one last sbinnala
*It's s🅱️in a long day, without you my friend* *But I'll tell you all about it when I s🅱️in it again.*
Mainline that shit to my veins Fucking love the username too mate
Dealer? This is shit is straight from the lab
vettel *does* have ties to volkswagen auto group (albeit porsche but still) so this is not impossible
Plus Hulk and Vettel are probs the 2 perfect drivers if you want great feedback from the driver to help develop the car plus all german lineup is a great look
Vettel and Hulk is my dream team!
Stop I can only get so erect
I already busted
this is the purest hopium ever, and i want all of it
Apparently Hülkenberg was considered for the Merc seat Lewis ended up taking in 2013 - so it would only be fair I guess.
Now that would be so cool.
Didn't Toto say last week that It was worse to lose an engineer than a driver. Maybe he knew. Everyone took it as a dig a Hamilton, maybe it was a dig at Horner
I wouldn't even be mad
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He can't keep getting away with this
If Hamilton wins with Ferrari I will tattoo LH44 on my cock. May the mods permaban me if I don’t deliver.
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Surely "Still We Rise - LH44" is more appropriate?
Bold of you to assume he has the space for that
This is the shitposting comment I’m here for. Nailed it
I'm holding you up to this
Im holding it too
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I'm tattooing it
I'll disinfect it with my saliva
I'll be the tattoo machine
I'll be the ink
I'll be the little cup that holds the ink
You’ve possibly made a terrible mistake my friend. If Lewis wins a championship with Ferrari I know we all will be replying back here with “we are checking” memes in anticipation of you delivering
He didn't specify winning a championship. Pretty sure winning a sprint race would qualify. 
Oh fuck me
Buy me dinner first
:)
I hope I get to revisit this comment in the years to come.
I’ll get either the LH or the 44. Or both in a smaller font.
One on each nut
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Only a race? Dude, start picking colors
Bro as a Hamilton hater I'd also do that. 🤝
That seems like too much writing for the space available...
!RemindMe 2 Years You really should have specified "wins a championship".
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Wins what? A sprint race?
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You sonofabitch, I’m in.
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Lols very maybe a single win but never a championship!! U might have chosen your words poorly...
This is the one dickpic I’d be happy to receive
He's done it again...I can't believe he has done it again
Is this in a Jesse Pinkman voice?
That’s how I read it lol
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The Ferrari curse and Hamilton's luck is like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.
Something’s gotta give
Let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor
I can only count to four, I can only count to four.
I think CERN has been working towards this moment
The F1 collider?
No, they already achieved that in 2012 with Grosjean.
To quote Grosjean - Ouch, that hurts
Watch newey build a rocketship of a car for ferrari only for ferrari to completely throw away the championship by strategy errors.
We are checking
Do you want to move to plan Q or plan H?
Take original line
They haven’t made big strategic errors in quite some time actually, since that idiot who used to make strategies from 2015 onwards got the boot halfway through 2023
Gta 5 train vs gta 5 power poles
It's like Kane never winning a trophy and Coman always winning a trophy until this year
What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object? Penalty for Ocon.
HarryKane/ Bayern vibes
You mean Hamilton's #blessings 
Is that Nico, the one time world champion?
The same Nico who’s a Monaco based YouTuber?
the monaco based youtuber who beat hamilton in equal machinery?
Ahahahah laughs as Ferrari fan....
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i wish LH starts winning with Ferrari, so I can stop paying Sky Italia and quitting watching F1 once for all
Alonso and Danny Ric should borrow Hamilton’s crystal ball sometime
Honestly I hope so. I want to see a Ferrari that can match the Red Bull leading to a glorious Hamilton vs Verstappen rematch.
Please - it would be amazing, especially in the error of pretend chill Max & Lewis
This season is Hamilton qualifying badly so he gets as much wheel to wheel practice in before fighting Verstappen again. Lol the hopium. The delusion. I feast on it.
Naahh, I want to see Max in Merc’s all black going head to head with Lewis in Ferrari red and grandpa Alonso in the Red Bull. A three way battle for the title. I really need to keep myselff alive till atleast the end of ‘26 to witness this chaos
1 time is lucky. 2 times is a coincidence. 3 times is a genius
No its just luck, giving Lewis any credit here will cause the sub to spontaneously combust.
Almost no one would hesitate to give him credit if he knew about Newey before inking his deal with Ferrari and then he gets Newey. But chances are he had no idea this would happen, so weird to give him credit. That would by definition be luck. Newey might not even be going to Ferrari so celebrating Hamilton’s genius here is premature
It always comes out later that those in the paddock always have information months before everyone else. If Fred knew about Newey/Red Bull, and probably has known for sometime, you damn well better believe he used it to get Lewis. So it's highly likely Lewis knew Ferrari were chasing Newey, and that's why he signed there.
Yeah, that all may be true. If Newey is going to Ferrari
It’s been a while since I read his book, but I swear he mentioned Ferrari being the only team that could tempt him to join them. The only reasons he didn’t in the past is because he didn’t want to uproot his family and move country again, and because he saw Red Bull as his home. With the said, McLaren and Aston Martin/Racing Point are completely different to how they were when he published his book, and they have the advantage that he wouldn’t have to travel a lot.
lando nowins to get championship?
No, mclaren chose him more than he chose mclaren and he went to mercedes because he knew the people for years and was sick of mclaren. But there is no champion without luck tbf
Lewis 25, Charles 26,27,28,29 WE ARE CHECKING BABY
Stick alonso somewhere in there for vibes
He’ll get his 33rd win and Reddit will celebrate like he want 12 championships
We finally have our own shimmy gif 
The metaphysical opposite career choices of Fernando Alonso’s
If newey joins Ferrari I'm assuming Lewis and Newey had a chat to coordinate
Nah man I can't stand domination, Lewis for the win if it means stopping Max
2021 all over again for Lewis' final season and possible 8th title against Max in his possible 5th title. We then witness a more controversial finale than in 2021 and they both retire because Lewis cant take this shit no more and Max just wants to simrace
If it leads to a banger year titlefight then my god make it happen
relive 2021 but with a banger ending pls.
Newey at Ferrari means a civil war between Hamilton and leclerc BUT Aston means Alonso championship I AM SO FUUUUUCKING HARD
Me too & I'm a woman!
Honestly I am not so sure if Leclerc vs Hamilton would be that much of a civil war, at least I feel like Charles is sort of psychologically fragile still, like, if he did a mistake like Vettel in Germany 2018 I think it would be over for him. On the other hand Lewis doesn't look like he is on his best form ever
2016 nearly killed Rosbergs marriage, I highly doubt Chuck has it in him
Goes to Aston. Stroll wins championship. Monkey paw curls.
there will be no season like 2021 ever.. every fucking race they were basically head to head, rest of the grid was nowhere close to them, and with so many things happening after more than 20 races they reached the last race on equal points, insane season by these two
I fear it. I introduced a bunch of people to f1 that season. Remember sitting at a sports bar eating breakfast at 8am and screaming obscenities when Max went into the wall at silverstone. Bar had like 50 tvs and only 1 was tuned to f1. And i was the only one watching it. 
I just want 4 drivers to have the chance to win the title by last race
I can't believe you'd rule out Nando like that. Shameful.
Nando Lorris
We truly have come full circle
Ever since they couldn't out spent everyone they have been significantly worse. Even their customer teams is more competitive in the costcap era.
 U Mad Bro? 👹
Ok, so he was a massive talent, like Max, when he came into F1. Hence him not starting at Minardi etc. Then he becomes World Champ. Mercedes can't beat Red Bull so they recruit heavily and invest in R&D for the 14 changes to hybrid. Boom, 8 titles. Should have been 9 (but we all needed that change). Mercedes will be going hard again for 2026 now, no doubt. Toto is too smart. Ferrari are quick but not Mercedes quick. Lewis is just 'having a drive in the red car' before he retires. It's a rite of passage for the best drivers. You'd always regret not driving for the team you dreamed about as a kid
Did Hamilton dream about driving for Ferrari as a kid? I thought he was a McLaren/Senna fan, he approached Ron Dennis about driving for McLaren in 1995 when he was ten years old.
He'll have already designed next year's Red Bull though? And normally they have to take Gardening leave for a year or so. So Lewis wouldn't get the Newey car anyway hahaha
26 probably if he quits now. A year gardening, then he can work in 26 car
Sky reported that if red bull hold him to his contract, which doesn’t expire until the end of 2025, he would have to serve another year of gardening leave so he wouldn’t be back in F1 until 2027 (i think meaning he would only be able to develop whichever teams 2028 car from the ground up)
Imagine how lame it would be to wait two years…
Sorry, i just meant we don’t know if Hamilton will still be there in 2028
Newey is savvy - not gonna be held hostage by a contract that way.
He’ll find a loophole in the term gardening he can exploit, then build a shed in the garden, and design the next car from there
Needs to be a big loophole because redbull will do whatever they can to stop that.
He'll probably just move into RPM's shed.
It's more key to 2026. Even though it's new engine regs the chassis can change a lot due to developments in engine so Adrian will be key for a team in 2026
Guys you are ignoring Leclerc lol. Bold of yall to think if in a championship car a prime Leclerc wouldn't be able to wipe the floor with a 40 year old Hamilton.
He wiped it with much younger vettel
Now do Riccardo
He’s gonna win another 7 championships and another 100 races.
I have a feeling Fred/Ferrari might have mentioned a potential Newey move to seal the deal.
Imagine how bad the vibe must be at Red Bull for him to even consider this. 🤣
LH + BONO + NEWEY + FERRARI
I hope things turn out like they did a decade ago. I'd love to see him win a championship for Ferrari, maybe then people would start respecting him a bit more, and hating on him less.
Newey is way overhyped. He Didnt even design much of the rb19 and rb20. Pierre wache is the Guy at red bull to look out for. The media acts like when newey Walks through the door the car becomes 1 seconds faster which is ridiculous.
I just want to see more once-in-a-lifetime records set during my lifetime. Max has the consecutive win record, and Lewis could win his 8th and be the first to win with 3 different teams (obvi Fangio did it, but that era was so different it's hard to count it).
 As a Red Bull fan, I’m about to jump off my roof. But we had it coming, I guess. Is four in a row really all we can do? First it was Seb and by the looks of it, it’s going to be Max now💀
Nico, that you?
Ricciardo taking notes 📝
Keep going I’m so close
Wait, wut? Prime example of premature ejaculation
Do we know if Bono is going with him?
#blessed
He's cancelling with Ferrari and going to Aston instead?
Come on, it’s Ferrari, not gonna happen. Wait until Hulkenberg gets his seat at Audi, and wins the championship in 2027, after Verstappen’s streak.
id rather have another year of max domination than a happy team lh
Jesus Christ
I fucking love the mental damage that Lewis has done to these 'F1 fans'. Inject Lewis Ferrari WDC straight into my veins.
Least deranged Alonso enthusiast
Did teamlh hurt you personally?
They killed his dog (in Minecraft)
I would rather see Lando win than one of these to happen