Lewis Hamilton’s bombshell move to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 season is untangled in detail in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to discuss Hamilton’s reasons for heading to Ferrari and evaluate the chances of the move paying off. We also ask what it
The 2024 Formula 1 season starts this month as the Bahrain Grand Prix begins on the 29 February where Max Verstappen will commence his championship defence. Before then is also F1 pre-season testing (21-23 February) and car launches with reigning champions Red Bull being the last team to unveil its 2024 livery on the 15
Carlos Sainz has now broken his silence after Ferrari confirmed that Lewis Hamilton is to leave Mercedes and join the Formula 1 team following the end of the 2024 season. The Scuderia quickly followed an announcement by the Silver Arrows that Hamilton will race beside Charles Leclerc starting in 2025. Hamilton has chosen to activate
At the end of a dramatic day of developments, as Hamilton’s bombshell move sent shock waves through F1, Mercedes ended speculation in the evening when it announced that the seven-time champion would leave the squad at the end of this year. As predicted, it said that Hamilton had activated an exit clause in his contract
The revelation that Lewis Hamilton will depart Mercedes for Ferrari, which announced a new multi-year deal for Charles Leclerc only last Thursday, necessarily means there is no room for Scuderia incumbent Carlos Sainz beyond the expiration of his current 2024 Formula 1 deal. Sainz made plain that he wanted his future to be secured before
Lewis Hamilton’s shock exit from Mercedes to join Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 team season and beyond has been formally acknowledged by both teams. Seven-time champion Hamilton agreed what was announced as a new two-year deal with Mercedes last summer that covered the 2024 and 2025 F1 seasons, but it has since emerged that
Lewis Hamilton’s stunning switch to Ferrari for 2025 is one of Formula 1’s biggest driver moves ever and should be lauded for its boldness. Hamilton only signed a new two-year Mercedes deal last summer that was meant to cover 2024 and 2025. That’s one of many reasons this is such a big surprise, but it
Lewis Hamilton signing for Ferrari for 2025 without even having driven the Mercedes W15 in the real world or seen how the Formula 1 season starts in terms of performance is a devastating vote of no confidence in his current team. Losing Hamilton to what would be a well-earned retirement is one thing, but to
Mercedes may well have a Formula 1 driver contingency plan already but if Lewis Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrari has come about as quickly as it seems, then probably not. And in any case the short answer to ‘who can replace Hamilton?’ is ‘not many drivers, if any’. Single-handedly replacing what Hamilton’s given Mercedes is
Last summer Hamilton signed a two-year contract extension at Mercedes covering the 2024 and 2025 seasons, but he will now join Ferrari one season into that deal, partnering Charles Leclerc at the Scuderia from next year. Hamilton’s move means Leclerc’s current partner Carlos Sainz will drive elsewhere in 2025 after the expiry of his current
