Former F1 driver Eddie Jordan criticized Ferrari's decision to replace Carlos Sainz with Lewis Hamilton for the 2025 season, calling it 'suicidal'. Jordan believes Ferrari made a mistake by getting rid of a successful and well-integrated team dynamic.
2025 is here, which means Hamilton is officially a Ferrari F1 driver, while Sainz has begun life at Williams.The decision to sign Hamilton was made ahead of the 2024 campaign, which was arguably the seven-time world champion’s most disappointing season to date. On the other hand, Sainz enjoyed a great final year with Ferrari as they narrowly missed out on the constructors’ title, finishing 13 points behind McLaren.
On a recent podcast, Jordan and co-host David Coulthard picked out their “FFS moment” of the year. “So for me, I think the FFS moment of the year was Lewis signing to Ferrari. I just never saw that coming. What was your FFS moment of the year?” The 76-year-old said: “We’re on the same page here, because my FFS is, I say to John Elkann, who’s the chairman of that group, what the f**k was he thinking about in getting rid of Carlos, when he had a very happy, friendly, structured team that knew how to work together. The drivers got on well together. Fred Vasseur had a real opportunity to bring this team great, great success. Now he has to start thinking about gelling and mending away, that he can get a new member of the team, egos, everything involved. “Lewis is a particularly nice person. I’m not sure there’s many nicer people on the grid than Lewis Hamilton, so I don’t think he’ll have a problem there. However, my FFS goes to John Elkann of Ferrari for even authorising, signing off on that deal. It was absolutely suicidal to get rid of Carlos.”2025 is here, and Hamilton has officially started work at Ferrari.Ferrari haven’t tasted title success since their 2008 constructors’ title triumph.Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbo
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