Lewis Hamilton will quit Mercedes after more than a decade with the Formula One team, with official confirmation of a move to Ferrari in 2025.
With the new season only three weeks away, it’s a shocking way to kick off F1 in 2024, while also starting what could be a lengthy period of conjecture over who will assume Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes.
It’s been more than two years since the Brit won an F1 race, as the Silver Arrows have battled to stay up with Red Bull’s designs and drivers. During the offseason, he moved to re-sign Marc Hynes to his support team for the upcoming season, while Ferrari hired another Brit, Ollie Bearman, as their backup driver for the year.
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Hamilton, a seven-time Formula One world champion, will depart Mercedes after 11 years and six world crowns.
Hamilton, 39, has used the release clause in his two-year contract to quit the Silver Arrows and sign a “multi-year contract” with the Scuderia.
It puts Sainz, who won Ferrari’s lone race in Singapore last year, rather in the lurch and without a drive for 2025.
