The seven-time world champion British driver will join the Italian team at the end of his contract with Mercedes, which runs until 2025, the Scuderia announced on Thursday.
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The transfer market in Formula 1 is experiencing its first madness. Italian team Ferrari announced on Thursday February 1 that Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time world champion British driver, will join its ranks from 2025, at the end of his current contract with Mercedes. “Some Seasons”.
“The time has come for me to take this step and I am excited to take on a new challenge”Hamilton, 39, was quoted as saying in a press release from the Mercedes team, with whom he has been under contract since 2013.I will always be grateful for the incredible support of my Mercedes family, especially Toto (Wolf, team boss) for his friendship and leadership, I want us to finish strong.”Added the native of Stevenage, north of London.
When he arrives at the Scuderia at the age of 40, he will partner Charles Leclerc, taking the wheel from Carlos Sainz Jr., who arrives at the Italian team in 2021. Spanish pilot Immediately announced his departure At the end of the 2024 season, his future team will be announced “on time”.
Lewis Hamilton extended his contract with the German team last August, extending it until the end of the 2025 season. But a clause allows him to leave Mercedes, with whom he has won six of his seven Formula One titles. 1. Arrows with silver since 2013, he has 82 of his 103 wins and 93 of his 104 career pole positions. But he has not stood on the top step of the podium at a Grand Prix since December 5, 2021 in Saudi Arabia.
The British paddock legend will be reunited with Ferrari team principal Frederic Wasser, with whom he worked in 2006, when he competed in his only season in Formula 2 with the ART Grand Prix. Ferrari’s star recruit replaces Carlos Sainz Jr, whose contract expires at the end of the 2024 season which begins in Bahrain on Sunday March 3. He will play alongside Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who has just been extended. Ferrari will therefore become the third team of his career having started at McLaren in 2007, alongside double world champion Fernando Alonso.
