It's soon the end of a beautiful and long love story, but the beginning of a particularly exciting adventure. In a few weeks, after the last two Grands Prix of the season, Lewis Hamilton will say goodbye to Mercedes. The English driver, seven times world champion, will join the Italians of Ferrari. He is expected to carry out the first tests behind the wheel of his new car during the post-season tests in Abu Dhabi. But he ultimately indicated that this is not likely to go as planned.
“I told Fred that’s not what I wanted to do.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he was currently organizing “a farewell to Lewis. We have a lot of activities planned.” For his part, Hamilton affirmed that he was still under contract until December 31, and that he was therefore not going to do the first laps on the track in red: “I know that Fred wanted that to happen. As far as I'm concerned, I was torn about driving the red car for the first time in Abu Dhabi. In a perfect world, it would be to drive it without being seen and do the first run next year. But that doesn't bother me, again, because that I didn't intend to take the test. It's not what I wanted to do. I told Fred that's not what I wanted to do,” he explained. , before admitting that this would be detrimental: “Am I missing something? Of course. This definitely delays the process and makes the start of the year more difficult, but we will do our best to make up for lost time.”
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To see Lewis Hamilton dressed in Ferrari red, you'll have to wait! The English driver explained that he would not carry out post-season testing in Abu Dhabi.
