During the press conference providing information before the F1 2024 season, Mr. Toto Wolff, CEO of Mercedes Racing Team provided an unexpected information. He said that Lewis Hamilton will leave the team at the end of this season. His dock next year is rival Ferrari.
The decision to leave Mercedes to join Hamilton's Ferrari completely contradicted what this racer had decided earlier. In the summer of 2023, when Hamilton was approached by Ferrari, he decided to sign a 2 -year extension contract with Mercedes. This contract is worth £ 100 million.
Although Hamilton's contract with Mercedes lasted until the end of 2025, but according to the racing team, Hamilton requested to install on a term that allowed him to be allowed to leave the team for a year without compensation. This is the reason why he decided to change his mind and join Ferrari in the next year.
At the Ferrari racing team, Lewis Hamilton will replace the position of Carlos Saint Junior. The contract between this racer and Ferrari will end at the end of 2024. Meanwhile, the Italian racing team has just signed a long -term contract with the other racer, Charles Leclerc, who is considered the future of Ferrari.
“I thought of the prospect of playing for Ferrari by observing their riders on the screen, as well as on the race. Of course I would imagine my scene in the red outfit. Only deceived myself to make me say I never thought of having a non -career indefinitely stop,” Hamilton said.
In case of joining Ferrari in the new season, Hamilton will play for the Italian racing team at the age of 39. He is a contemporary record of F1 when he won 7 championships, as well as 3 times to the runner -up. The Hamilton racing teams who have joined the past are McLaren and Mercedes.
