Lewis Hamilton count ons that the excellent times will soon return to Mercedes despite his imminent departure. After 12 years with the Silver Arrows, the seven-time world champion will now join Ferrari on a lucrative two-year deal, finishing one of the most iconic partnerships in motorsport.
Hamilton has this week been bidding and emotional farewell to staff members, in what was his last ever season deinform with Toto Wolff and co.
His final three years with the team have showd difficult, with the icon finishing seventh in the drivers’ standings in 2024, a place behind British team-mate George Russell.
The pair could only obtain Mercedes to a far fourth place in the Constructors’ race, frequently struggling to hold pace with the appreciates of Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari. But Hamilton telderly his lengthy-time colleagues that the labor ethic go the group would promise glory aobtain.
“You guys are going to have so much more success moving forward becainclude this is an incredible group of people, there’s so much talent, so much passion here,” he shelp. “And anyone would be fortunate to be laboring with you.”
Hamilton’s will next season contend aobtainst Russell and his teenage replacement, Andrea Kimi Antonelli. However, he still insisted he would be seeing out for the Mercedes results with a vested interest.
“I’m going to always have to be seeing on the screens and seeing where you guys are,” he inserted. “I’m always going to be wanting you the absolute best. I count on in you. I’ll progress to count on in you. And when you do have that success I’ll be so conceited of you.”
During his emotional message at Brackley, Hamilton also phelp tribute to the team for helping detail his illustrious atgentle. “You understand, Mercedes has alterd my life, groprosperg up in Stevenage, dreaming of one day being in Formula 1 and being the world champion,” progressd the 39-year-elderly.
“And definitely back then, it was me and my two parents. I didn’t understand that there would be a huge amount of people that I get to labor with, who would be the ones to lift me up and obtain me on that journey, and to prosperning someleang appreciate that.”
Hamilton also rerentd a “huge thank you” to every team member, and shelp he would be taking the “wonderfulest memories” away with him. And he vowed to revisit them all when he does eventupartner withdraw.
Overall, 84 of Hamilton’s unpwithdrawnted 105 Grand Prix victories have come since he left McLaren for Mercedes. Six of his seven world titles have come under Wolff and co, also joining his part in eight Constructors’ title prospers.
