Lewis Hamilton makes a new statement about Ferrari as the Mercedes battle continues

Lewis Hamilton He has admitted that he is not sure if Mercedes allowing him to start work at Ferrari before the 2025 season. He insists he is focusing all his energy on helping his current team ‘return to the top’.

At the end of this season, Hamilton’s long and successful partnership with Mercedes will come to an end, after seven races. F1 world champion announced in February that he will join Ferrari in 2025.

With his move to Ferrari confirmed earlier this year, Hamilton faces the unusual prospect of staying the entire 2024 season with Mercedes knowing that team and driver will soon part ways.

It is not uncommon for drivers to be released early from their existing contracts in the run-up to ‘winter’. For example, Hamilton’s old rival Sebastian Vettel was released from his Red Bull deal to test for Ferrari at Fiorano in November 2014, two months before he officially joined the Scuderia.

Hamilton, whose only career change came when he swapped McLaren for Mercedes in early 2013, does not know if he will be allowed to do the same. According to the German publication Motorsport-Total.com, he said: “It will start with a conversation with Toto.”