Lewis Hamilton, the Formula 1 driver, will go from Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025.
Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time World Drivers’ Champion, is reportedly getting ready to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari in a major Formula One shake-up.
In August 2023, Hamilton, who has won seven championships overall (six of them consecutive), agreed to a two-year contract extension with Mercedes, the team located in England.
The English driver is scheduled to leave the Silver Arrows after his twelfth season, however his contract allowed him to leave after 2024.
Hamilton released a statement saying, “I’m extremely pleased of what we have accomplished together. I have had a wonderful 11 years with this team.” Since I was thirteen years old, Mercedes has been a part of my life.
It was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make to leave, as it is a place where I have grown up. However, I’m eager to take on a new challenge and I believe the time is appropriate for me to make this move.”
The 38-year-old Hamilton admitted to considering a driving career break from Mercedes in an interview with ESPN in May 2023. He even brought up Ferrari.
At the time, he declared, “I’d be lying if I said I’d never thought of concluding my career anyplace else.” “I wondered what it would be like to be in red, so I pondered about it and watched the Ferrari drivers on the screens at the circuit.”
Hamilton’s departure is announced by Mercedes
After Hamilton exercised his contract’s release option, Mercedes officially announced his exit on Thursday afternoon, stating that 2024 will be his final season with the organization.
In a statement, Silver Arrows team principal Toto Wolff stated that Mercedes’s potential for the future is “exciting to ponder” and that the team accepts Hamilton’s choice.
Following Ferrari’s decision a few days ago of extending its long-term contract with Charles Leclerc, a driver from Monaco, Hamilton looks certain to take Carlos Sainz’s place on the Scuderia roster.For the past three seasons, Leclerc and Sainz have driven together for the Scuderia…
Contract with Hamilton announced by Scuderia Ferrari
In a social media announcement, Ferrari’s Formula One team formally announced that Hamilton will sign a multi-year contract to join the Scuderia in 2025.
Sainz declares that he will go from Ferrari in 2024.
Following Mercedes’ formal announcement, Sainz posted a statement of his own on social media platform X (previously Twitter).
“At the end of 2024, Scuderia Ferrari and I will split ways,” he declared. “In due course, details regarding my future will be disclosed.”Hamilton has not won in 44 races.
In the last two seasons, Hamilton has lost all 44 of his races after dominating the rankings with Mercedes from 2014 to 2021.
Even though he was third in the World Drivers’ Championship the previous year, Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s domination have been too much for him and the Silver Arrows to overcome.
The Englishman may have the opportunity to break his World Drivers’ Championship tie with legendary Scuderia Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher in the upcoming years.
Over the course of roughly ten years, the German won seven titles for himself, including five in a row for Ferrari from 2000 to 2004.
After starting his career with McLaren in 2007 and moving on to Mercedes in 2013, Hamilton would be racing for Ferrari, his third Formula One team.
