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Last Updated: February 28, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Formula 1 nice Lewis Hamilton stored his Ferrari transfer so intently guarded that he did not even inform his dad and mom till the day it was introduced.
Formula 1 nice Lewis Hamilton stored his Ferrari transfer so intently guarded that he didn’t even inform his dad and mom till the day it was introduced.
The British driver rocked the F1 world when it was introduced on Feb. 1 he was becoming a member of the Italian producer subsequent yr, regardless of signing a brand new contract with Mercedes final summer season.
“I didn’t speak to anybody. I didn’t tell my parents till the day of it being announced. So, no one knew,” Hamilton informed a BBC podcast. “I really wanted to do it for myself. Ultimately, I had to find out what would be the best for me.”
It then emerged that the 2-yr deal penned with Mercedes and introduced final August was truly for one yr with an possibility for a second yr, which Hamilton didn’t take.
Hamilton knowledgeable Mercedes group principal Toto Wolff of his determination to go away solely the day earlier than over breakfast at Wolff’s house. They have change into shut buddies over time after Hamilton joined Mercedes from McLaren in 2013.
The 39-yr-outdated Hamilton and Michael Schumacher have a file seven F1 titles every, and Hamilton is the outright chief with 103 race wins and 104 pole positions.
Hamilton has spoken up to now of the lure of racing with Ferrari, the place Schumacher gained 5 of his world titles.
“I mean, the opportunity just popped up and I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got to think for a second,’” Hamilton stated. “(But) I didn’t have a lot of time to think and I had to just go with my gut feeling and I decided to take the opportunity.”
Hamilton begins his final season with Mercedes on Saturday on the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
His final win was on the Saudi Arabian GP within the penultimate race of the 2021 marketing campaign, the place Max Verstappen gained the primary of his three straight titles with Red Bull.
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