At the start of the year, when the 2024 F1 season had not even started yet, Lewis Hamilton made a shock announcement, to everyone’s surprise, including at Mercedes. In fact, the Briton announced his departure from the German team, effective at the end of the current year. Finally seduced by the sirens of Ferrari, the person concerned took his boss, Toto Wolff, a little by surprise…
F1: Mercedes’ beautiful excuse
And obviously, their friendship took a hit knowing that the period of crisis (in terms of results) of the Team in question had already sparked heated exchanges between the two men, gradually puncturing their good relationship. So, has the Austrian retained some resentment towards the seven-time F1 world champion? This is the question we can ask ourselves when reading this information, coming from the BBC, via Andrew Benson.
Indeed, the latter indicates that Lewis Hamilton will not be authorized to take the wheel of the Ferrari SF-24 this year. Thus, while the teams generally agree to release their drivers leaving for another team, during the final day of testing of the season, the firm with the three-pointed star will a priori refuse this favor to its pilot.
« Hamilton is under contract with Mercedes until the end of the year, and they say he will not be able to test for Ferrari at the end of the season, due to the heavy promotional workload and farewells to say after 12 years of collaboration and even 18 with Mercedes engines. », Reveals the journalist.
Obviously, this seems like a ready-made excuse, in order to take a bullet out of Ferrari and its future driver. The idea therefore being, a priori, to deprive the Scuderia of important information, which would have helped Lewis Hamilton to integrate earlier into his team and to acclimatize to his new environment…
Article published on 11/10/2024 at 6:09 a.m.
