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Jannik Sinner was asked about the changes he’s made to his serve since the U.S. Open, ‘At times I still lose it. It’s not a shot where I feel very safe with. At the same time, we are working on that’ “Can I get you to discuss the changes you made to your serve? In particular since the U.S. Open…” Jannik: “Yeah, I mean it’s not only US Open. I felt like the serve was and still is a shot where I need to improve. It’s the only shot we have where we can do everything by our self. There is a lot of room to improve. We changed the motion a little bit. The rhythm of the serve, before, it was too fast in the beginning. Now it’s a bit slower. The toss usually was a bit more in front, a bit on the right. Now it’s a bit more back and over the head. But at times I still lose it. It’s not a shot where I feel very safe with. In the same time we are working on that. It’s one of if not the most important shot we have. Let’s see how I’m gonna serve this season.” (via Australian Open Press)
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Jannik Sinner was asked about the changes he’s made to his serve since the U.S. Open, ‘At times I still lose it. It’s not a shot where I feel very safe with. At the same time, we are working on that’ “Can I get you to discuss the changes you made to your serve? In particular since the U.S. Open…” Jannik: “Yeah, I mean it’s not only US Open. I felt like the serve was and still is a shot where I need to improve. It’s the only shot we have where we can do everything by our self. There is a lot of room to improve. We changed the motion a little bit. The rhythm of the serve, before, it was too fast in the beginning. Now it’s a bit slower. The toss usually was a bit more in front, a bit on the right. Now it’s a bit more back and over the head. But at times I still lose it. It’s not a shot where I feel very safe with. In the same time we are working on that. It’s one of if not the most important shot we have. Let’s see how I’m gonna serve this season.” (via Australian Open Press)

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Sinner on if there’s anything Djokovic doesn’t do as well as he used to, ‘I’m lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes & I can hopefully learn something… I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level’ “Novak will be 39 in May. Do you think there are things he doesn’t do as well now as he used to?” Jannik: “The level he is still playing, he is I think the most professional athlete we have here in the locker room. Me as a 24 year old, I am lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes and I can hopefully learn something. I feel like every day and every time he plays I can learn something about him, about Carlos, about all the other great, great players. I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level. He is an inspiration for all of us, especially young players.” (via Australian Open Press)
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Sinner on if there’s anything Djokovic doesn’t do as well as he used to, ‘I’m lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes & I can hopefully learn something… I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level’ “Novak will be 39 in May. Do you think there are things he doesn’t do as well now as he used to?” Jannik: “The level he is still playing, he is I think the most professional athlete we have here in the locker room. Me as a 24 year old, I am lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes and I can hopefully learn something. I feel like every day and every time he plays I can learn something about him, about Carlos, about all the other great, great players. I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level. He is an inspiration for all of us, especially young players.” (via Australian Open Press)

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Jannik Sinner was asked if it was easier for him to talk to the Royal Family this year “Last year when we spoke you said you weren’t sure what to say to the Royal Family. Was it easier this time around?” Jannik: “It was not easier. 😂I have so much respect so I don’t… I never know where the line is. 😂 You can really see that they love this sport. This is exactly how we feel as players when we see them. They’re staying there for 4 hours under the sun with the heat, it’s really nice. I asked the kids if they still play. They’re very happy. Yes they do. We had a very very small conversation, but I love it that they also take time to talk with me.” ❤️ (via Wimbledon Press)
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Jannik Sinner was asked if it was easier for him to talk to the Royal Family this year “Last year when we spoke you said you weren’t sure what to say to the Royal Family. Was it easier this time around?” Jannik: “It was not easier. 😂I have so much respect so I don’t… I never know where the line is. 😂 You can really see that they love this sport. This is exactly how we feel as players when we see them. They’re staying there for 4 hours under the sun with the heat, it’s really nice. I asked the kids if they still play. They’re very happy. Yes they do. We had a very very small conversation, but I love it that they also take time to talk with me.” ❤️ (via Wimbledon Press)

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Jannik Sinner on loss to Novak Djokovic at Australian Open: "He's won 24 Grand Slams. We know each other very well, how we play... I'm not surprised because I feel like he's the greatest player for many many years and of course he's playing less tournaments because of his age and everything but we also know how important Grand Slams are for me, for him, for Carlos, for everyone. You know, there's this extra motivation. He played great tennis and hopefully I can also take it as a lesson to see what I can improve on." (via Australian Open Press)
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Jannik Sinner on loss to Novak Djokovic at Australian Open: "He's won 24 Grand Slams. We know each other very well, how we play... I'm not surprised because I feel like he's the greatest player for many many years and of course he's playing less tournaments because of his age and everything but we also know how important Grand Slams are for me, for him, for Carlos, for everyone. You know, there's this extra motivation. He played great tennis and hopefully I can also take it as a lesson to see what I can improve on." (via Australian Open Press)

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Russ on what it’ll be like playing OKC in the playoffs: “I don’t know. That’s a first. That’s like home for me. I always got love for everybody there — the people, the fans. I know it’s mutual, but they also know the reason why they do love me — because I compete at a high level, and I’m going to do that every night — that’s all I can do is go out, be myself & compete. You know, try to go & steal one there.”
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Russ on what it’ll be like playing OKC in the playoffs: “I don’t know. That’s a first. That’s like home for me. I always got love for everybody there — the people, the fans. I know it’s mutual, but they also know the reason why they do love me — because I compete at a high level, and I’m going to do that every night — that’s all I can do is go out, be myself & compete. You know, try to go & steal one there.”

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Carlos Alcaraz was asked if he feels a responsibility as the world #1 to be an ambassador for the good of tennis the way Federer, Nadal, & Djokovic did before him “As the world #1 and one of the biggest names in tennis, do you feel a responsibility to be an ambassador for the sport? To grow it in the way Federer, Nadal, & Djokovic did before you…” Carlos: “Not really. I don’t think about it, being a good ambassador for tennis. But obviously at the same time the way I play, I just try to entertain the people, trying to engage people to watch more tennis. A part of that is.. I’m not thinking that I have to be the best ambassador possible to tennis. It’s just stepping on the court, I’m doing what I love to do. Just playing tennis. That is the best way I can be a good ambassador. It’s about loving what you’re doing and enjoy every single second you step on the court. I think that’s it. That’s all that’s in my mind.” (via Australian Open Press)
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Carlos Alcaraz was asked if he feels a responsibility as the world #1 to be an ambassador for the good of tennis the way Federer, Nadal, & Djokovic did before him “As the world #1 and one of the biggest names in tennis, do you feel a responsibility to be an ambassador for the sport? To grow it in the way Federer, Nadal, & Djokovic did before you…” Carlos: “Not really. I don’t think about it, being a good ambassador for tennis. But obviously at the same time the way I play, I just try to entertain the people, trying to engage people to watch more tennis. A part of that is.. I’m not thinking that I have to be the best ambassador possible to tennis. It’s just stepping on the court, I’m doing what I love to do. Just playing tennis. That is the best way I can be a good ambassador. It’s about loving what you’re doing and enjoy every single second you step on the court. I think that’s it. That’s all that’s in my mind.” (via Australian Open Press)

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Jannik Sinner was asked what kids can learn from his rivalry with Carlos Alcaraz: "I think we have a good friendship off the court. We see that this is possible, you know. It's not like you have to be enemies also off the court." "One thing is to be a good tennis player, the other one is to be a good person. Two different things. I think we have both a little bit." ❤️ (via US Open Press)
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Jannik Sinner was asked what kids can learn from his rivalry with Carlos Alcaraz: "I think we have a good friendship off the court. We see that this is possible, you know. It's not like you have to be enemies also off the court." "One thing is to be a good tennis player, the other one is to be a good person. Two different things. I think we have both a little bit." ❤️ (via US Open Press)

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Marcus Freeman says caring for players solely to produce better results is manipulation, and genuine love usually produces better results anyway “It’s why you do what you do. I’m a competitive dude. I want to be the best at what I do. But that’s not why I do what I do.” “I truly want to make sure the young people you coach are better football players and better men because they chose to play football at a place you’re the leader of.” “It isn’t about wins and losses as much as…‘I want this young person to be better because of the time we spent together.’ That means caring about him as an individual. Caring about his family.” “You don’t do that for me to win games. But you know what? It helps.” “At times I’m hard on them. But they know I care about them. ‘I love you.’ ‘Now I’m going to get after your ass.’ ‘I’m going to get after you, but I love you.’” “When you feel that way about somebody… That’s when you’ll run through a brick wall.”
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Marcus Freeman says caring for players solely to produce better results is manipulation, and genuine love usually produces better results anyway “It’s why you do what you do. I’m a competitive dude. I want to be the best at what I do. But that’s not why I do what I do.” “I truly want to make sure the young people you coach are better football players and better men because they chose to play football at a place you’re the leader of.” “It isn’t about wins and losses as much as…‘I want this young person to be better because of the time we spent together.’ That means caring about him as an individual. Caring about his family.” “You don’t do that for me to win games. But you know what? It helps.” “At times I’m hard on them. But they know I care about them. ‘I love you.’ ‘Now I’m going to get after your ass.’ ‘I’m going to get after you, but I love you.’” “When you feel that way about somebody… That’s when you’ll run through a brick wall.”

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jihoon answering teumes’ worries at dawn live 👤: I really wanted to receive a psychiatric (treatment) but I don’t have the courage to do it. Should I go? I think I’m going to have a hard time accepting that I am falling apart. 🐶: but I recommend going to the psychiatrist, whether if it’s receiving a psychological counselling or a psychiatric examination, it’s good to receive a treatment for it. Everyone, going to the psychiatrist doesn’t make you weird. If you caught a cold, you go to the internal medicine department, If your joints or bones hurts, you go to the orthopaedics. It’s just a cold that come to the mind. It’s not that going to the psychiatrist makes me a weird person, no it’s not that. It’s just that I’m exhausted for a while, it’s just a hospital. There’s more people going there more than you think, if you go to hospital, the queuing are the longest. Nowadays, it’s the same as the past too but there’s no one who doesn't have a hard time. In this hard world, although there are people who look at the hard times in a good way, & there are also people who don’t look at it in a good way… but since it’s a world where we lived together, there's nothing we can do about it, right? But those kind of, “ah I went to the psychiatrist & I collapsed” I don’t think you have think of that. It’s just, “I am having a hard time these days so I’m just going to get help for it” just think of it as if you caught a cold. I hope you don’t think of this deeply. Of course you can go. If your stomach hurt, you can go to the internal medicine, if your head hurts, you can go to the Otolaryngology. It’s just that your heart is having a hard time for a while. This is not something to be ashamed of, you don’t need to read the air with the people around you for this. Always cheer up, even if you collapse, let's practice the strength that can make you rise again slowly, treasure makers. You can do it, everyone, I know you can do it.
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jihoon answering teumes’ worries at dawn live 👤: I really wanted to receive a psychiatric (treatment) but I don’t have the courage to do it. Should I go? I think I’m going to have a hard time accepting that I am falling apart. 🐶: but I recommend going to the psychiatrist, whether if it’s receiving a psychological counselling or a psychiatric examination, it’s good to receive a treatment for it. Everyone, going to the psychiatrist doesn’t make you weird. If you caught a cold, you go to the internal medicine department, If your joints or bones hurts, you go to the orthopaedics. It’s just a cold that come to the mind. It’s not that going to the psychiatrist makes me a weird person, no it’s not that. It’s just that I’m exhausted for a while, it’s just a hospital. There’s more people going there more than you think, if you go to hospital, the queuing are the longest. Nowadays, it’s the same as the past too but there’s no one who doesn't have a hard time. In this hard world, although there are people who look at the hard times in a good way, & there are also people who don’t look at it in a good way… but since it’s a world where we lived together, there's nothing we can do about it, right? But those kind of, “ah I went to the psychiatrist & I collapsed” I don’t think you have think of that. It’s just, “I am having a hard time these days so I’m just going to get help for it” just think of it as if you caught a cold. I hope you don’t think of this deeply. Of course you can go. If your stomach hurt, you can go to the internal medicine, if your head hurts, you can go to the Otolaryngology. It’s just that your heart is having a hard time for a while. This is not something to be ashamed of, you don’t need to read the air with the people around you for this. Always cheer up, even if you collapse, let's practice the strength that can make you rise again slowly, treasure makers. You can do it, everyone, I know you can do it.

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Jannik Sinner says if he lost today in the Wimbledon final, it still would’ve been a great day, ‘There’s no failure if you don’t win a Grand Slam’ “How much did winning this feel like joy and elation and also just relief?” Jannik: “I don’t think it’s relief to be honest. The only thing I’m very happy is that I’m trying to do my best every day. Sometimes you have a tournament with a good outcome. Sometimes you just don’t have… there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no failure if you don’t win a Grand Slam. It’s very very rare days. Now I have 5 in my whole life. We talk about 5 Grand Slams but at the end of the day these are 5 days of so many other days. You just want to enjoy it. Today was a very tough day. If I lose, it’s still a great day. Playing a grand slam final is so rare and so special.. of course if I choose I choose this outcome. But at the end of the day there are always two players. Big big respect to Sascha. He’s doing something amazing. His game is growing and growing.” (via Wimbledon Press)
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Jannik Sinner says if he lost today in the Wimbledon final, it still would’ve been a great day, ‘There’s no failure if you don’t win a Grand Slam’ “How much did winning this feel like joy and elation and also just relief?” Jannik: “I don’t think it’s relief to be honest. The only thing I’m very happy is that I’m trying to do my best every day. Sometimes you have a tournament with a good outcome. Sometimes you just don’t have… there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no failure if you don’t win a Grand Slam. It’s very very rare days. Now I have 5 in my whole life. We talk about 5 Grand Slams but at the end of the day these are 5 days of so many other days. You just want to enjoy it. Today was a very tough day. If I lose, it’s still a great day. Playing a grand slam final is so rare and so special.. of course if I choose I choose this outcome. But at the end of the day there are always two players. Big big respect to Sascha. He’s doing something amazing. His game is growing and growing.” (via Wimbledon Press)

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Jannik Sinner on if he has a superstitious ritual before playing the Wimbledon final “The night before a Grand Slam final, what do you do? What’s the superstition ritual?” Jannik: “No, no 😂. No superstitions. I’m very normal 😭. I like to spend time with my team. With my friends. World Cup is now. I think tomorrow England is playing... I like to watch football at the moment. The final is I think at 4. It’s late afternoon. You can sleep a little later. I’m very relaxed. I don’t have anything I do in the same thing over and over again. I also enjoy the moment. I know how rare these days are. Grand slam finals. Tough to achieve and to arrive. You also need to enjoy this moment and the process” ❤️ (via Wimbledon Press)
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Jannik Sinner on if he has a superstitious ritual before playing the Wimbledon final “The night before a Grand Slam final, what do you do? What’s the superstition ritual?” Jannik: “No, no 😂. No superstitions. I’m very normal 😭. I like to spend time with my team. With my friends. World Cup is now. I think tomorrow England is playing... I like to watch football at the moment. The final is I think at 4. It’s late afternoon. You can sleep a little later. I’m very relaxed. I don’t have anything I do in the same thing over and over again. I also enjoy the moment. I know how rare these days are. Grand slam finals. Tough to achieve and to arrive. You also need to enjoy this moment and the process” ❤️ (via Wimbledon Press)

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Elena Rybakina says it was painful for her to even walk after her injury in Cincinnati, but she’s happy with the healing progress, ‘Being here today in this situation is really an amazing improvement’ “I didn’t play for an exact week. We consulted with different doctors. I’ve been doing the recovery. I slowly started to go on the court. A lot of gym. It wasn’t easy because we didn’t know exactly how the foot is going to react. It was very painful for me to go and serve in that match in Cincinnati… Because I wanted to try once more. For a couple days it was painful to even walk. We managed to do everything possible for it to get better. I’m glad how the process is going for now.” “I don’t have any questions. I’m quite confident with the decision we’re making each day. How to practice, what to do. What can happen worst case scenario. All these things I feel quite confident. It’s just to also start feeling better on the court, moving wise.. Since I didn’t play for the whole week. I feel like just a few more days and I should be very fine.” “I didn’t know how it’s gonna be going to be honest. In the moment it happened it was very painful. As I said I couldn’t even walk the next few days without pain. I was upset. No one knew how it’s gonna go. We were just waiting day by day. Being here today in this situation is really an amazing improvement. No one expected. We’ll see what’s gonna happen in the next few days. For now it’s been well. I always want to go on court when I’m 100% sure. It’s the last Slam of the year. I think everyone would want to try… to try and compete.” (via US Open Press)
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Elena Rybakina says it was painful for her to even walk after her injury in Cincinnati, but she’s happy with the healing progress, ‘Being here today in this situation is really an amazing improvement’ “I didn’t play for an exact week. We consulted with different doctors. I’ve been doing the recovery. I slowly started to go on the court. A lot of gym. It wasn’t easy because we didn’t know exactly how the foot is going to react. It was very painful for me to go and serve in that match in Cincinnati… Because I wanted to try once more. For a couple days it was painful to even walk. We managed to do everything possible for it to get better. I’m glad how the process is going for now.” “I don’t have any questions. I’m quite confident with the decision we’re making each day. How to practice, what to do. What can happen worst case scenario. All these things I feel quite confident. It’s just to also start feeling better on the court, moving wise.. Since I didn’t play for the whole week. I feel like just a few more days and I should be very fine.” “I didn’t know how it’s gonna be going to be honest. In the moment it happened it was very painful. As I said I couldn’t even walk the next few days without pain. I was upset. No one knew how it’s gonna go. We were just waiting day by day. Being here today in this situation is really an amazing improvement. No one expected. We’ll see what’s gonna happen in the next few days. For now it’s been well. I always want to go on court when I’m 100% sure. It’s the last Slam of the year. I think everyone would want to try… to try and compete.” (via US Open Press)

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LA Knigth was asked how much longer he would like to wrestle: “I’m looking at the clock all the time. The funny thing is, physically I could do this for a long time. I’m really good physically. Mentally, I’m just like, I’m gonna snuggle puppies.” Would you like to wrestle into your fifties? “No! f*ck no. Would I like to be able to come in and maybe do an occasional appearance? Yeah, sure, maybe. But I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do like an Undertaker-type thing or an Austin thing or something like that. So I don’t think that’s in my future either. So it’s pretty much gonna be at some point when I decide to call it I’m gonna disappear in the sunset, and you’ll just never see me again. I’m not even joking, I’m being dead ass serious. If they decide at some point they get crazy enough to go, we’re gonna put him in the Hall of Fame, sure, I’ll come back do that. But I got a feeling that probably ain’t gonna happen either. But maybe that’s my own feeling of just like never being… No matter where I’ve gone, I’ve always felt underappreciated in the wrestling business, but I don’t know.” (Chris Van Vliet)
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LA Knigth was asked how much longer he would like to wrestle: “I’m looking at the clock all the time. The funny thing is, physically I could do this for a long time. I’m really good physically. Mentally, I’m just like, I’m gonna snuggle puppies.” Would you like to wrestle into your fifties? “No! f*ck no. Would I like to be able to come in and maybe do an occasional appearance? Yeah, sure, maybe. But I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do like an Undertaker-type thing or an Austin thing or something like that. So I don’t think that’s in my future either. So it’s pretty much gonna be at some point when I decide to call it I’m gonna disappear in the sunset, and you’ll just never see me again. I’m not even joking, I’m being dead ass serious. If they decide at some point they get crazy enough to go, we’re gonna put him in the Hall of Fame, sure, I’ll come back do that. But I got a feeling that probably ain’t gonna happen either. But maybe that’s my own feeling of just like never being… No matter where I’ve gone, I’ve always felt underappreciated in the wrestling business, but I don’t know.” (Chris Van Vliet)

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Jannik Sinner says he needs to become more unpredictable to become a better tennis player: “I was very predictable on court today. He changed up the game. That’s also his style of how he plays. Now it’s gonna be on me if I want to make changes or not. We’re definitely gonna work on that.” “I didn’t make one serve and volley. I didn’t use a lot of drop shots. Then you arrive at the point where you have to play Carlos, you have to go out of the comfort zone. I’m gonna aim… maybe even lose some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes. To be a bit more unpredictable as a player. That’s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player. At the end of the day that’s my main goal.”
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Jannik Sinner says he needs to become more unpredictable to become a better tennis player: “I was very predictable on court today. He changed up the game. That’s also his style of how he plays. Now it’s gonna be on me if I want to make changes or not. We’re definitely gonna work on that.” “I didn’t make one serve and volley. I didn’t use a lot of drop shots. Then you arrive at the point where you have to play Carlos, you have to go out of the comfort zone. I’m gonna aim… maybe even lose some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes. To be a bit more unpredictable as a player. That’s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player. At the end of the day that’s my main goal.”

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🎥 || Jenson Button talks about whether Ferrari can be contenders this year and if Lewis Hamilton could still get his 8th title. “It was tough, I have to say, watching Lewis in 2025. You know, we were teammates for 3 years, I understand how good he is. So it was really tough to see him struggle with the team and you could see it in his face how much it was hurting. You kind of forget everything else he’s achieved at that moment in time because you just see the pain.” “But I think with the new regulation changes, we will see Lewis Hamilton back to his best, I really do. Because he’s going to have input in how the car is designed and have confidence in him taking a direction that works for him. So I hope to see that, we want to see Ferrari at the front and we all want to see Lewis fighting at the front again.” [Do you think an eight title is possible for him?] “I mean, I’ll tell you after the first race whether it’s possible or not, but with the way the reg changes are, anything is possible, and I really do hope that we see Ferrari at the front.”
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🎥 || Jenson Button talks about whether Ferrari can be contenders this year and if Lewis Hamilton could still get his 8th title. “It was tough, I have to say, watching Lewis in 2025. You know, we were teammates for 3 years, I understand how good he is. So it was really tough to see him struggle with the team and you could see it in his face how much it was hurting. You kind of forget everything else he’s achieved at that moment in time because you just see the pain.” “But I think with the new regulation changes, we will see Lewis Hamilton back to his best, I really do. Because he’s going to have input in how the car is designed and have confidence in him taking a direction that works for him. So I hope to see that, we want to see Ferrari at the front and we all want to see Lewis fighting at the front again.” [Do you think an eight title is possible for him?] “I mean, I’ll tell you after the first race whether it’s possible or not, but with the way the reg changes are, anything is possible, and I really do hope that we see Ferrari at the front.”

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