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Irvine expects Hamilton to join Ferrari one day

Former Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine enjoyed the final round in the Formula 1 championship seeing Hamilton become the youngest F1 champion ever. The Irishman expects to see Hamilton join Ferrari one day as a superstar.

Eddie Irvine believes Hamilton is the perfect champion for Formula 1. "What Lewis has achieved in only his second season is great for Formula 1 and he is, to me, the first normal F1 champion in a long time." said Irvine in his column for Virgin Media. "You look at Schumacher and Alonso who were super boring out of the car. Lewis can talk, he looks good, he has a pop star girlfriend so he has a real appeal to the masses and that's great for Formula 1.

Speaking about Hamilton's future in Formula 1 Irvine said: "Okay, so he may win a couple more with McLaren and he's loyal to Ron Dennis but he's got to move to Ferrari at some point. Having been there, I've seen what it's like and it's a different situation to being with any other team. He'll go there as a superstar already and ultimately I feel that's where he's got to go."

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