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Max Verstappen has been named as Ferrari’s top choice ahead of Lewis Hamilton by a former racing driver.
The seven-time world champion will leave Mercedes to join the Prancing Horse next season, after a difficult period in F1.
Hamilton suffered 56 races without a win, the longest streak of his career until he achieved a spectacular victory at Silverstone.
Whilst Mercedes’ improvement will come as a relief to the Brit, they have usurped his future team, who have not won a race since the Monaco Grand Prix.
If Hamilton were to win a title with Ferrari it would be a record-breaking eighth, a feat no other driver has managed.
However Dutch racing driver, Tom Coronel, doubts Hamilton can claim a title at the Scuderia, instead lauding Max Verstappen as Ferrari’s only chance.“Lewis Hamilton is and remains a top driver, who could unexpectedly win a world title. And I would wish that for him with all my heart,” Coronel said to Formule1.nl via Autosprint.“He recently won in Belgium and before that in Silverstone, for the ninth time. Everything went well, he did it.
“I can’t wait for Lewis to join Ferrari. I think it was a masterstroke by Ferrari to take him, but of course they would have preferred Max.”
