Hamilton to Ferrari? Shock in Formula 1 due to the possible arrival of the Briton in the Italian team

The dream you once had Lewis Hamilton since he was a child he could be on the verge of realizing himself almost at the end of his career. This Thursday, the Formula 1 world woke up shocked by information emerging from England and Italy about a possible departure of the British driver to Ferrari, probably in the 2025 season.

The rumor of the signature of the year came from the Italian site Formula One and later media from across the continent such as L’Equipe, the BBC and Gazzetta dello Sport joined in, confirming that both parties are negotiating a deal which could be announced quickly.

On the one hand, the British media have confirmed Hamilton’s intention to move on after some frustrating seasons at Mercedes, the team with which he won his seventh and final title in the top category of world motorsport in 2020.

A few hours later, the portal of the Italian newspaper ‘Il Corriere della Sera’ confirmed the information, in which it was specified that the transfer could take place even before their relationship ends, at the end of 2025, on the basis of a clause in Hamilton’s current contract.

Last August Hamilton, 39, had renewed until the end of 2025 with Mercedes, the team he joined in 2013, but would have a clause to leave the German team at the end of the 2024 season.

Contacted by the French international agency AFP, Ferrari neither confirmed nor denied the information: “We don’t comment on rumours”replied the press service of the Italian team. “Mercedes has no comment to make”the British driver’s current team told AFP.

The rumor broke out in the last few hours and has revolutionized the queen category of motorsport, especially after the recent statements in which the British driver himself claimed to be in the midst of a debate between continuing his F1 career or hanging up his helmet.

The British chain sky sports went further and hypothesized the signing of Hamilton for the Scuderia, occupying the place currently occupied by the Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr, and reported that workers at the Mercedes factory in Brackley (United Kingdom) will be informed this Thursday of the departure of the English champion , before it becomes official.

The Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc He has just renewed with Ferrari for “several seasons”, but Sainz only has a contract with the Scuderia until the end of 2024.

Hamilton has the record for victories in Formula 1 with 103 and shares the record of world titles with the German Michael Schumacher (7, one with McLaren and six with Mercedes), but the Briton has not won any race since the end of 2021 and in In the last two seasons it has been significantly overtaken by Red Bull and Dutchman Max Verstappen.

Ferrari, on the other hand, is the team that has won the most constructors’ titles with 16, the last one in 2008.