Lewis Hamilton set to maneuver to Ferrari in bombshell change
- Hamilton’s Mercedes has struggled to maintain tempo with Red Bull in recent times
- An ‘escape clause’ inserted into British racer’s contract permits a 2025 exit
- Hamilton, 39, turned down a £40million provide to hitch Ferrari only a 12 months in the past
Lewis Hamilton will make a shock change to Ferrari subsequent 12 months with a choice on the seven-time world champion’s future imminent.
Negotiations over the 39-year-old British racer’s transfer from Mercedes might be concluded by the top of the week in what can be a romantic finish to his Formula One profession.
After two difficult seasons for Mercedes, who’ve didn’t hold tempo with Red Bull, it’s believed Ferrari are near convincing Hamilton he stands a greater likelihood of success with them.
Hamilton hasn’t gained a race in two seasons and completed third within the total drivers’ championship in 2023 after reaching six podium finishes.
But it is all a far cry from his glory days with Mercedes, which witnessed world title successes in 2014 and 2015, then in 4 consecutive seasons between 2017 and 2020.
Lewis Hamilton is ready to signal for Ferrari subsequent 12 months in a bombshell transfer from Mercedes
Hamilton’s Mercedes has been effectively off the championship tempo for the previous two seasons
The Ferrari bombshell comes lower than a 12 months after Hamilton denied talks with the Italian marque over an enormous £40million deal.
Instead Hamilton signed a multi-year £100m deal to stick with Mercedes for 2024 and 2025, nevertheless it now seems an ‘escape clause’ was inserted into the contract.
That would enable Hamilton to maneuver to Ferrari for the 2025 season with a view for taking over Red Bull as soon as once more on the entrance of the sphere.
Ferrari supplied Hamilton the prospect to win his dream eighth world championship of their well-known crimson automobile final 12 months and had been keen to interrupt the financial institution with a £40m deal.
The imaginative and prescient was for Hamilton to surpass former Ferrari favorite Michael Schumacher, who gained 5 of his seven titles with them.
But Hamilton selected to stick with Mercedes, who duly gained lower than half of Red Bull’s factors complete within the constructors’ championship.
The Hamilton household have lengthy harboured a nagging ambition to see Lewis drive for Ferrari someday.
His father, Anthony, confided as a lot when he was nonetheless his son’s supervisor, not lengthy after Lewis made an unforgettable impression on his debut in 2007.
Hamilton may be influenced by the data that his hero, Ayrton Senna, was attributable to drive for Ferrari in 1995, however for his dying at Imola the earlier 12 months.
More to observe.
