Hamilton joins Ferrari from 2025!

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Originally Posted by Matthew

After seeing the win for Carlos Sainz at Australia GP, the Ferrari management must be thinking about their decision of replacing him with Hamilton after this season.

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I seriously doubt that. They probably would ponder whether they let the right driver go for a very brief moment and move on. When it comes to winning titles, Sainz is unproven and Hamilton is a sure thing. Not having the car to make a mark in the last three years does not make Hamilton a lesser driver than the one who won seven world championship titles. If you know anything about F1, the thought would not cross your mind. Except those Hamilton haters amongst us of course.

I watched Antonelli win his second race in F2. He reminded me of the younger Hamilton. From the midfield, he carved his way to the lead of the race. Very intelligent driving from the young man. I saw why Mercedes are so excited about putting him in their car.

I think he would be brilliant in an F1 car.

This is going to be an interesting move. It appears Hamilton isn't able to utilise his natural speed under the current rule set. George is pasting him in qualifying this year even though Hamilton is ahead of him in points tally at this point of the season. Hamilton is coming back at George a little recently but his qualifying this year has been fairly poor overall. I do think George is one of the best qualifiers the sport has ever seen though.

How Hamilton will stack up against Leclerc is going to be fascinating. I think Leclerc will have to up his game significantly to be as consistent as Hamilton in the race but qualifying is the aspect of it I'm most curious about given Leclerc is also one of the grids best qualifiers.

Great move overall for the sport and looking forward to see how it pans out next year.

Mercedes would be silly not to employ the services of Sainz. He's a great driver, one of the hardest working and deserves a top seat.

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

This is going to be an interesting move. It appears Hamilton isn't able to utilise his natural speed under the current rule set. George is pasting him in qualifying this year even though Hamilton is ahead of him in points tally at this point of the season. Hamilton is coming back at George a little recently but his qualifying this year has been fairly poor overall. I do think George is one of the best qualifiers the sport has ever seen though.

How Hamilton will stack up against Leclerc is going to be fascinating. I think Leclerc will have to up his game significantly to be as consistent as Hamilton in the race but qualifying is the aspect of it I'm most curious about given Leclerc is also one of the grids best qualifiers.

Great move overall for the sport and looking forward to see how it pans out next year.

Mercedes would be silly not to employ the services of Sainz. He's a great driver, one of the hardest working and deserves a top seat.

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The dynamics within Mercedes seemed to have changed considerably since he announced his departure to Ferrari. It was dire for a while but changed noticeably since the famous email accusing Mercedes of sabotaging Hamilton. I don't think Hamilton's performance has dipped. I think the resulting changes in circumstances have created a situation where his side of the garage is unable to give him the car setup he is comfortable with. I

I expected him to be strong in Canada but was a whopping 0.350 seconds behind Russell. Which is not believable on a track Hamilton had won six times. If Hamilton had started anywhere in the front row, Mercedes may have won that race with Hamilton. Same conditions as Silverstone but different outcome. Since the email, he seems happier and has won a race to show that.

I expect Leclerc to be faster in qualifying, but Hamilton would be ahead in the race. If Leclerc struggled to tame Sainz. I suspect he would struggle to tame Hamilton

The cat is out of the bag now. Wolff admits he has been contemplating dropping Hamilton for some time prior to Hamilton signing for Ferrari. All the suspicions were not conspiracy theories after all. They were real but politically correctly coated. Wolff was no longer in Hamilton's corner for quite some time it would seem. You can see how that would translate to a lack of support or commitment to the Hamilton side of the garage.

Wolff never said that. He said that he knew one day he’d have to have a conversation with Lewis when he thought it was time to call it a day and that his move to Ferrari saved him that conversation. He never stated that he wanted to drop Hamilton or have that conversation with him this year.

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

Wolff never said that. He said that he knew one day he’d have to have a conversation with Lewis when he thought it was time to call it a day and that his move to Ferrari saved him that conversation. He never stated that he wanted to drop Hamilton or have that conversation with him this year.

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In a TV interview where he stated that he was let in on Hamiton's Ferrari move, he said it had crossed his mind in 2022 on whether to drop Hamilton. 2022 was a very depressing and massively under-performing year for Hamilton as he recovered from the disappointment of the 2021 title loss. So it is understandable that he would have considered it. But that year also coincided with the passing of Nikki Lauda, a staunch supporter and friend of Hamilton. His stock seemed to have dropped considerably to the Mercedes management without that support.

Let's face it, Toto has no experience of managing superstar drivers like Hamilton, he has never won an F1 race or championship to properly have the sorts of insights that Lauda would have. Most of us wondered how he would cope without Lauda. We have to remember that Hamilton stated he would finish his career with Mercedes during the Lauda years. How situations may changed enough for Hamilton to jump ship and head to Ferrari in search for an eigth title indicates how things may have gone south in the handling of Mercedes' most iconic and most successful champion in their entire racing history.

This season has been a demonstration of what it looks like when you have no supporting figure in your corner at a racing team. We see it happen to Hamilton and Perez as these men have to fight for dignity and performance every race weekend this season. It was appalling to watch.

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