Lewis Hamilton set to join Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton set to join Ferrari in bombshell F1 move
Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of completing a sensational switch to a new team in search of another title.
Ben Hunt and Etienne Fermie – The Sun
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February 1, 2024 – 10:51PM
Lewis Hamilton. Picture: Clive Rose/Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton. Picture: Clive Rose/Getty Images
Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of completing a sensational switch to Ferrari in a desperate last bid to win a record eighth world championship.
The 39-year-old Brit is poised to join the Italian team for the 2025 season – despite agreeing to a two-year deal with Mercedes last season, The Sun reports.
F1 insiders believe the deal could be completed within the next 24 hours in a bombshell move that would see Hamilton partner Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton has been linked with a switch to F1’s most famous team for a number of seasons but has always pledged his loyalty to Mercedes and their boss Toto Wolff.
Hamilton is close to a move that would rock F1. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
Hamilton is close to a move that would rock F1. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
Wolff and the team’s designer, James Allison, have both recently agreed to extensions to their contracts with Mercedes in what is now being viewed as a final throw of the dice to convince Hamilton to stay on.
However, The Sun reports Hamilton will activate a break clause in his contract which will allow him to leave Mercedes at the end of this season.
Hamilton has been without a win since December of 2021 – the same season he lost the title to Red
Bull’s Max Verstappen.
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