Leo Turrini highlights huge challenge Lewis Hamilton will face at Ferrari. Leo Turrini spoke about the huge challenge Lewis Hamilton will face in Maranello.

The 2025 Formula One season is set to begin in two months. But even before the official start, it seems to have one recurring theme that will follow it throughout: the arrival of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, the decade’s move for the Circus, capable of uniting the most successful driver and team of all time. A dream for many, which, after years of words and denials, became official last February. But beyond fulfilling many people’s dreams, it has also made the dreams of the British driver himself come true, as he had never hidden his desire to wear red. A move that, besides shocking the world and causing a domino effect in the market, has brought various benefits to Ferrari that the seven-time world champion will ensure.

Return to success
Not only that, but in addition to causing a stir, with this move, the Scuderia sent an important message to its rivals, showing the desire to return to winning after years of drought. To do so, it lined up several moves, with the Lewis Hamilton affair being the final step: the arrival of Fréd Vasseur, Loic Serra, and the renewal of Charles Leclerc, who, together with the technical development of the car, are putting Ferrari back on the path to success. It was precisely the long drought from victories that Italian journalist and Ferrari insider Leo Turrini spoke about in his blog “Profondo Rosso,” highlighting how the former Mercedes driver will face a huge challenge where important names from past and present motorsport have failed.

“Lewis Hamilton has reached the age of 40. I don’t mean any disrespect by noting that in October, Ferrari risks becoming… of legal age: it will have been 18 years since a driver dressed in Red became world champion. […] I believe the Baron is aware of the challenge ahead. Alonso failed. Vettel failed. Leclerc still hasn’t made it. In my opinion, it wasn’t their fault, just as between Scheckter and Schumi, it wasn’t Alboreto’s, Prost’s, Mansell’s, or Alesi’s fault…”

Beware of the boomerang
However, the well-known journalist emphasized how Sir Lewis Hamilton must be cautious and meet expectations to avoid the boomerang effect after the enormous expectations (similar to those surrounding Michael Schumacher‘s arrival in 1996) that his move to Ferrari is creating in Italy and around the world.

“Once he sits in the Ferrari seat, only the driver will matter. […] Here, one must be wary of the Boomerang effect. Let me explain. He is already feeling the enormous expectation. […] There is the same sense of anticipation that accompanied Schumi’s arrival at the dawn of 1996. A lifetime has passed. Or, as Mengoni would say, two lifetimes. And we are once again in the middle of the desert. Waiting for the miracle.” – the Italian journalist concluded.