Lewis Hamilton just made the biggest mistake of his career Charles L cler says that the sf24 has already reached its full potential which means that the Britain's hopes for an eighth title are dashed not only that Hamilton's Future boss Frederick vur seems to think that he will be carrying personal baggage on his way to Ferrari the summer break Shenanigans start today so stay tuned Ferrari driver Charles ler has vented his frustration with the limited potential of the Ferrari sf24 especially with Lewis Hamilton set to join the team at the end of the season after some challenging years in F1 L Clerk's disappointment was evident after a tough Belgian Grand Prix where despite starting from Pole Position due to Max veren's penalty he struggled to keep up a competitive Pace L Clerk's race saw him getting outpaced by Oscar piastri and the Mercedes Duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell even though Mercedes had slower qualifying speeds their Superior race Pace was evident especially with Russell's effective Single Stop strategy which left L clerk feeling frustrated despite the challenges L clerk managed to secure his first Podium since his Monaco GP win partly due to Russell's disqualification looking ahead to the upcoming season with seven time world champion Hamilton joining Ferrari L cler reflected on the competitive landscape and shared his disappointment about the team's current performance he told Canal plus McLaren and Red Bull that's what we expected we still managed to keep them behind at the end of the race which is positive Mercedes secured a onew so it's not a good day for us unfortunately I would have hoped for a better race before the holidays but we did our best we maximized the car's potential which unfortunately isn't there at the moment with Hamilton set to join Ferrari next season L Clark's polite trashing of the sf24 acts as a sobering reminder of the challenges that might be in store for the team but there's a more intangible hurdle about to come into play play and it has Ferrari team principal Fred vzer tossing and turning at night the Frenchman shared his thoughts on how Lewis Hamilton's personal baggage might affect the team when he joins next season since the regulations changed in 2022 Mercedes has faced more challenges compared to their Rivals and Hamilton went through 56 races without a win but after rolling out upgrades in Canada the team has found some extra speed Hamilton finally ended his winless streak with a victory at Silverstone following George Russell's disqualification from the Belgian Grand Prix Hamilton was awarded the win making him and Max veren the only two drivers to secure multiple victories this season there's been some speculation that Hamilton might regret his decision to move to Ferrari especially since his current team is still outperforming his future one Fred vur responded to these rumors in a strange way according to him having a cultural mix is key to a winning car but he also highlighted the personal baggage sir Lewis will bring to the team he told formula passion one thing that is valid for Lewis but also for the engineers is that it is important to have a cultural mix with people from different backgrounds experiences and education Hamilton brings his own personal baggage in addition to being a seven-time world champion he has a great deal of experience in working with top teams such as McLaren and Mercedes I also know his qualities and I'm sure that he will contribute to the evolution of the team it is not just a question of being fast on the track but also of motivating and pushing the team with the Silver Arrows finally back on the rise bosses and drivers have suggested that it is Lewis Hamilton himself who will bring them down again the seven time world champions recent surge in performance could pose a threat to Mercedes after breaking the shackles of defeat at Silverstone Hamilton was highly emotional while talking about his comeback he said there's so many times where you feel like your best shot is just not good enough enough and the disappointment sometimes that you can feel you know and we live in a time where mental health is such a serious issue and I'm not going to lie that I have experienced that and there's definitely been moments where you know the thought that this was it that that was never going to happen again so to have this feeling come across the line I think honestly I've never cried coming from a win it just came out of me and it's a really really great feeling I'm very very grateful for it on the formula for Success podcast former F1 driver David card thinks Hamil has returned to his best form with two wins and four podiums this season the pundit said he seems to be back to His Brilliant best as he gets into a sort of countdown to leaving with Mercedes he's actually got one part of his mind will be on Ferrari it's got to be Eddie Jordan noted that Hamilton is back on his game which he views as positive news for Ferrari's Championship hopes the 76-year-old also pointed out that Hamilton's are emergence could make him a danger to his old team even though for arari has been outpaced by Mercedes in recent races leis I think at the beginning of the year he was without any doubt pretty much focused on joining Ferrari getting the right people and making sure that he had Fred vaser on board Jordan said Ferrari they're going to be a big team next year and they will be overjoyed to see the reemergence of Lewis because no amount of saying to Ferrari say look what we're doing at Mercedes don't worry about that we can beat George we can beat everyone we're going to be powerful and that must Mercedes team is going to be strong going forward but Ferrari is going to be incredibly strong I think Lewis is right back on his game and he's now eyeing up a championship fight for next year and who's to say that he's wrong Toto wolf knows this which is why he's been preparing for the moment Lewis packs his bags he believes Mercedes needs to stay grounded despite their strong performance heading into the summer break the Austrian acknowledges that while his team is heading in the right direction and some Rivals are struggling he doesn't want to make any assumptions of about how the rest of the season will play out after securing just one win since the start of the ground effects era in 2022 Mercedes has now claimed victory in three of the last four grand prix Mercedes and its drivers are too far behind in the championship battles to pose a serious threat to Red Bull and Max verstappen but as the team enters the second half of the season they are in a good position to contend for wins consistently despite this Toto is staying cautious and avoiding any predictions about the future when asked how their recent form affects the last 10 races of the Season he said I think we need to remain both feet on the ground the swings of performance you see a trend definitely that's positive on our side with some other teams you see a negative if Trend but I don't think we should really preempt how the second half of the season is going to go Red Bull kicked off the 2024 season with the same dominant performance they showed at the end of the previous year versten and Sergio Perez secured three one-w finishes in the first four races with ease but the Performance Edge of the rb20 has since faded and Perez's form has dropped off to the point where his future is in question despite signing a shiny new contract Formula 1 is now in a situation where it's tough to predict which of the top teams will be the strongest On Any Given weekend Toto wolf is fully aware of this uncertainty I think it's a tough fight there's four teams ahead that keep giving it everything the Mercedes team principal added so I think we can be carefully optimistic but we got to prove it there's 10 races to go with momentum behind Lewis Hamilton many are convinced that he is poised to win a record-breaking eighth championship in red jean tot however isn't as sure as others that Lewis's arrival alone will be enough to bring Ferrari back to World Championship Glory reflecting on his own experience Todd said that it took five full years to secure Schumacher's third title he shared this Insight with build Hamilton's arrival will give the fans at Ferrari a 9 out of 10 my Ferrari and the now distant 1993 was a five everyone is now wondering if Hamilton's arrival will be enough to aim for the world title will it be enough to reach the objective to win the championship you have to be perfect the Ferrari of the recent period has sometimes found itself fighting for the world championship but without ever succeeding in the Enterprise the last step the decisive one was missing tot believes that the last step for Ferrari will need more than just bringing in Hamilton he finished by saying currently other teams have more opportunities like Red Bull Ferrari will have to work to follow their example there will always be two excellent drivers in Marinello after all it is everyone's dream to drive a red single seater yet even Michael when he arrived at Ferrari had to wait four years before winning his first title with us patience and work are required how about you do you think that Lewis Hamilton is the savior Ferrari has been waiting for tell us what you think in the comments section down below and and as always don't forget to like And subscribe to the channel if you haven't thanks for watching