“Thank you all, I love you” (Thank you all, I love you), said Thursday in an increasingly tuned Italian the British world heptacampeón of Formula 1, Lewis Hamiltonwho promised to fight for glory after his arrival to Ferrari during the presentation day made in Milan that served to further strengthen “communion” with the fans of the team.
“For years I heard the hymn of Italy sound on the podium when Michael Schumacher celebrated victories on the podium, But I don’t know the lyrics of it and I must win if I want to learn it“He commented when he referred to” Inno Di Mameli “, so many times repeated in those years of Gloria for Ferrari.
“We can fight for the title. I trust it”Hamilton promised during the event held before an estimated crowd in 10 thousand fans In La Piazza Castello de Milan under the title “Scuderia Ferrari HP Drivers Presentation by Unicredit”, in which his new teammate, El Monegasco also participated Charles Leclerc.
In fact, social networks were plagued by videos and photos of the lucky ones who managed to be in one of the nerve points of Milan, in the park where Castello Sforzesco is located, a medieval strength created by then Duke Francesco Sforza.
“It is fantastic to be here. Milan is a beautiful city and full of energy and there is nothing like Ferrari’s passion and his fans. It is something special,” summarized the British who arrived after 12 uninterrupted seasons in Mercedes to replace the Spanish Carlos Sainz, now Williams pilot.
A passion that Hamilton shares with Leclerc is music, which is why Monegasco promised: “Perhaps we compose a song together to celebrate victory in the World Cup.” Such is the enthusiasm that transmits the arrival of the man who promises renewed joys to Ferrari fans with a Leclerc who said he will do “Everything possible and more to take her back to the top of the world”.
“I feel a unique emotion because I always loved the Italian circuits, where the atmosphere is different from everything. He was a Ferrari fan since childhood And now, sharing this moment with all these people, allows me to live that dream, “said the British, who roared the two -seater engine of the Italian team in an improvised circuit for the occasion.
In a space that was completely red, Ferrari launched its illusion after the good feelings it harvested in the official preseason trials in Bahrein and already begins to throb the beginning of a new season in the highest category that will be launched within ten days with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Hamilton and Leclerc today shared the central box along with Two Ferrari who brought the legendary Schumacher to the top: That with which he added his seventh and last crown in 2004 and the one that led in his last season as a team pilot in 2006 (one year before the Finn Kimi Raikkonen gave the last title to the Italian team).
“Excited,” the Benedetto Vigna CEO wore CEO by remembering that “this passion only lives here”, while his colleague from Unicredit, Andrea Orcel, pointed out “the enthusiasm of the pilots” and the head of the Ferrari team of Formula 1, Frederick Vasseur, stressed: “I cannot guarantee that we will not make mistakes, but we will handle ourselves better in the moments of difficulty.”
At the end of the party, Hamilton recalled “the exhausting work done in the preseason” and confessed: “I do not see the time to rest a little before the championship begins and this new path that we undertake today together,” while Leclerc stressed: “I learned a lot in these days seeing Lewis work.” The dream is underway.