Hamilton signed a contract extension with Mercedes to continue past 2024, which is why it was so surprising when, a few months later, his departure from the team was announced. Hamilton isn’t the first driver to make a switch of this kind,

Ferrari are lacking pure pace to rivals Mercedes in the opening stages of the F1 2025 season. That is the claim made by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, as he assessed how Ferrari compare against the Mercedes team which he left after re-writing records at every turn in order to realise a childhood dream by joining Ferrari.