Just one eventuality might trigger Lewis Hamilton to stop Ferrari early, it has been claimed.
Hamilton’s monumental transfer to Ferrari this yr ties F1’s most profitable driver and group collectively.
Their affiliation has been predicted to final no less than for the subsequent two years however even past.
“A variety of that is fulfilling the dream of driving for Ferrari,” Lewis Larkam informed the Crash F1 podcast.
“Hamilton has by no means publicly admitted that whereas he was at Mercedes however it might have been a dream for him.
“The eighth title, ending that drought, is a much bigger pull issue than being informed that ‘in 2026 we may have one of the best automobile’.
“Ferrari have additionally produced sturdy energy models so there aren’t any issues there.
“That is extra about Hamilton having a contemporary begin.
“Can we see Hamilton staying at Ferrari for a very long time? Sure.
“We’ve not seen something from Mercedes that they’ve obtained a solution for his or her competitiveness that they’ve been missing. However on prime of that, they weren’t keen to present him a long-term contract.
“Ferrari have principally stated ‘we provides you with no matter you need!’
“Hamilton may have identified at Mercedes that the long-term plan was to convey Kimi Antonelli into the group.
“I can not see him quitting earlier than the top of the contract that he has signed, which is no less than the top of 2026.
“The one situation the place he could stop is that if he wins the title and retires as an eight-time world champion.
“He’s in it for the lengthy haul and, even when it doesn’t go properly, I don’t see him making such an enormous transfer then strolling away after a season or two.”
Lewis Hamilton ‘desires to really feel love and respect’ at Ferrari
Connor McDonagh stated: “There was speak that Hamilton wasn’t provided an ambassadorial function [at Mercedes]. He didn’t really feel liked, he felt that he wasn’t listened to by way of suggestions.
“These elements all performed an enormous half.
“Everybody expects Mercedes to be fast in 2026 with the brand new energy models, so I feel it was in regards to the greater image of fulfilling a childhood dream.
“That long-term ambassadorial function, as properly. Giancarlo Fisichella remains to be at Ferrari, and he drove for them in 2009!
“So there’s potential for Hamilton to be there for so long as he desires, additionally by way of different initiatives like vogue.
“He desires to really feel liked and revered.”
Subsequent yr, the brand new F1 rules will create a stage enjoying subject and each group will aspire to constructing a dominant period. Mercedes are whispered, contained in the F1 paddock, to have a very sturdy engine coming.
However Hamilton has been unable to win the document eighth F1 drivers’ title with Mercedes, since lacking out on the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
He now has the chance to eclipse Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, the group the place the legendary German loved his heyday.
