Formula 1: the millionaire offer that Ferrari would prepare to tempt the British Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton He struggled for a long time behind the wheel of the Mercedes Benz. The team finds no faults in the assembly of its single-seater and is increasingly moving away from the monarch version that it has been able to show off in the hybrid era, conquering seven titlesfour in a row (2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020).

Despite the difficult time he’s going through with his current team, the British driver has taken the trouble, on more than one occasion, to underline that he wants to stay connected to Mercedes for a while longer: “My goal is to continue with Mercedes. I’ve been with Mercedes since I was 13. And truly Mercedes-Benz is my family.”.

The seven-time Formula 1 champion ends his contract with the German marque this season and there seems to be no indication of a possible renewal yet.

“It is extremely uncomfortable. Every three years we have this situation. It’s like negotiating financial terms with your best friend, your best friend. I want the best for him, but in the position I’m in, I have to think about what’s best for the team. This may be the first time in 10 or 11 years that we’ve been together and our goals have diverged.”explained Toto Wolff, director of Mercedes.

Given this situation, and as reported by the portal of the English newspaper Daily mailthe president of Ferrari, John ElkannI would send him an offer of 40 million euros to Hamilton.

Similarly, the British media have revealed which are the two variables that the Maranello team manages to make the dream of signing the 38-year-old Briton come true.

The first option is to join charles leclerc with Lewis Hamilton. This would mean finding a way out of Spanish Charles Sainz. The other alternative would be an exchange. On the one hand Hamilton and Sainz in Ferrari, on the other Leclerc and Russel in Mercedes. What will happen?