Lewis Hamilton arrived at Ferrari as a seven-time world champion, one of the most successful drivers in Formula 1 history and arguably the biggest signing the Italian team has made in decades. But none of those achievements should automatically entitle him to number-one status at Maranello. In fact, building Ferrari's future around Hamilton at the expense of Charles Leclerc would be one of the least logical decisions the Scuderia could make.

There is an important distinction between signing a driver of Hamilton's calibre and making him the centre of an entire sporting project. The former was an understandable gamble. The latter would risk…

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