Villeneuve: "Hamilton needs to take control"

According to Jacques Villeneuve, Scuderia Ferrari can only truly become Lewis Hamilton's team if it takes the conductor's baton away from Charles Leclerc. In every way.

It is already evident that there was more smoke than fire. Hamilton has not yet changed the world, and despite his victory in the sprint race, he does not look like the prophesied messiah who will lead the Italians back to the championship path... Jacques Villeneuve believes that the way and basis for this is to "take over" the team from Charles Leclerc:

"He has very little time to prove himself, he is running out of the grace period characterized by the euphoria following his arrival. He can do this by taking the initiative away from Leclerc. This is not a short-term project, but the good news for Lewis is that he has already - at least on a marketing level - managed to achieve this.

His success depends on whether he can take the team from Leclerc and make it his own. This is what he needs to do, not just in business terms but also physically on the track. He needs to secure pole positions, he needs to win, he needs to present himself as a world championship contender." - stated the former world champion about the other former world champion.

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