Former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley seems on the award-winning podcast Fuelling Round to debate this season’s Formulation 1 Drivers’ Championship, his profession and what it’s like working within the sport.
Priestley began working for McLaren in 1999 on the Australian Grand Prix however left on the finish of the 2009 season to give attention to his media profession.
The Formula 1 character sat down with Jason Plato and Dave Vitty to debate what he’s been as much as lately, his ideas on Lewis Hamilton becoming a member of Ferrari and his time within the paddock.
Marc Priestley on Lewis Hamilton becoming a member of Ferrari in 2025
Throughout a wide-ranging chat, Priestley defined why he thinks Hamilton has struggled within the Mercedes automotive this 12 months and why Ferrari have signed him as an alternative of renewing Carlos Sainz’s deal.
“I believe he (Carlos Sainz) has had the very best 12 months of his life,” Priestley revealed.
“It’s exhausting although as a result of via no fault of his personal, he’s not been dropped due to his performances, he received dropped purely as a result of they (Ferrari) had a chance to signal a seven-time world champion and also you get that and perceive it.
“I believe followers will have a look at the choice at Ferrari and so they’ll say ‘Have a look at Lewis’ performances proper now, after which have a look at Carlos’ efficiency proper now, they’ve made a horrible mistake at Ferrari and they need to’ve caught with Carlos.’
“And to some extent, when it comes to the longer efficiency of Ferrari, Carlos has received a bit extra longevity in him than Lewis has. I believe we are able to all agree on that.
“However Lewis’ efficiency this 12 months within the Mercedes has clearly disappeared, and it’s clearly disappeared even compared to his personal team-mate (George Russell) significantly in qualifying. He simply can not match him.
“I’ve all the time had this idea about Formulation 1 drivers and I can in all probability apply it to Daniel Ricciardo in current instances, perhaps even Sergio Perez within the Pink Bull which we all know is an effective automotive – they’re so particular trendy Formulation 1 automobiles when it comes to how they should be pushed.
“Notably this new era of automobiles, is it only a case {that a} sure kind of automotive’s attribute doesn’t swimsuit a selected driver’s driving type, and a few of them discover it exhausting to adapt to that.
“It’s not like Lewis has misplaced expertise, simply is it this specific automotive doesn’t swimsuit the way in which that he drives?”
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