Lewis Hamilton has delivered a stinging rebuke to criticism of his move from Mercedes to Ferrari, dismissing it as an irrelevance from what he describes as older, white men and insisting he “welcomes” the negativity.
Hamilton has endured similar brickbats throughout his career and has insisted he has been reinvigorated by the switch to Ferrari and that he was motivated like never before to return their first drivers’ title since 2007.
Speaking in an interview for Time magazine he addressed criticism he has received from the former F1 team chief Eddie Jordan and the sport’s former chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.
Similarly Ecclestone queried Hamilton’s motivation and stated he doubted the British driver would see out even two years at the Scuderia.
Hamilton is making his debut with Ferrari this year and is currently taking part in pre-season testing in Bahrain, where he was quickest in the morning session.
