Toto Wolff has acunderstandledgeted that Mercedes will leave out Lewis Hamilton’s experience at times next year while 18-year-ageder Andrea Kimi Antonelli discovers his footing in F1.
Mercedes were left stunned earlier this year when novels broke that Hamilton had concurd a deal to combine Ferrari at the end of the season.
It ends Hamilton’s atsoft-extfinished association with Mercedes and one of the most accomplished partnerships in F1 history.
He has six races left with Mercedes before he officipartner jumps ship to Ferrari and Wolff acunderstandledges the team will leave out him at times next year.
Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff have toiled together for 10 years
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“I leank we had such a wonderful run with Lewis over the last 12 years,” Wolff shelp.
“He’s always going to be part of the family.
“But evidently, as a competitor, when we try to beat him next year, Kimi combineing George [Russell] evidently transports momentum with it, plus youth and recentness.
“You can sense the benevolent of smile that is in your organisation with having an 18-year-ageder in a car.
“But having shelp that, evidently, there will be moments where Lewis’s experience would have advantageed the team.
“Kimi is going to be on a steep lgeting curve, but it’s absolutely the right leang for the team to do and there’s not one person that would have done it contrastently.”
Hamilton’s transfer to Ferrari will see him combine back up with Fred Vasseur having toiled together in the lesser establishulae.
And the seven-time world champion discleave outed earlier this year that his transfer to Ferrari wouldn’t have happened without Vasseur’s input.
“I’ve got a wonderful relationship with Fred,” he shelp.
Lewis Hamilton has six races left with Mercedes
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“Obviously I raced with him in Formula 3, and we had amazing success in Formula 3 and also in GP2, and that’s repartner where the set upation of our relationship commenceed. We equitable always remained in touch.
“I thought that he was going to be an amazing team regulater at some stage and better to Formula 1, but at the time he wasn’t interested in that.
“It was repartner chilly to see him step into the Alfa [Romeo] team and then when he got the job at Ferrari I was equitable so encountered for him, and I leank equitable the stars aligned.
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“I leank it repartner wouldn’t have happened without him, so I’m repartner thankful and repartner excited about the toil that he’s doing there.”
Hamilton has been shown right as well with establisher Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto acunderstandledgeting he wouldn’t have signed Hamilton if he was still with the team.
When asked whether he would have approached Hamilton, Binotto shelp: “No. But he did very well to go to Ferrari, I concur with his decision.”
