The Mercedes Englishman begins his last season with the Star before moving to Maranello: “I feel affection in the team, everyone has understood my choice and the approach at the start of the World Championship does not change: I am excited and ready to do my best “
He will experience an anomalous season, as Ferrari’s betrothed for 2025 and therefore almost separated at home with Mercedes for this 2024 World Championship which starts in Bahrain, but Lewis Hamilton is only thinking about the Sakhir GP which marks the start of the new season. “The atmosphere is good, we’re all focused, it’s an exciting moment and we’re starting from a better base than the last two years – says Lewis -: we’re happy with this, but we’re not satisfied because we’re not yet at the level of the best”.
affection and motivations
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His World Championship will be different, knowing that he is leaving Mercedes at the end of the season, but Lewis does not feel conditioned by his unusual position: “Nothing changes: I go to the factory, I follow the work that is being done and we all want to attack – he says -. I warn so much affection in this team, which I will always love: everyone understood my choice and everyone knows that I will give my best like every other year. George Russell new leader in Mercedes? I can’t say, but he is a technical driver, he knows how to involve the team, he has come a long way and Toto Wolff knows him well.”
the right choice
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Lewis’ winter was unusual, with the preparation for the new season and the announcement of the move to Ferrari: “It was strange. In January everything turned upside down when the Ferrari opportunity presented itself to me. I spent some time alone to do the math and make my decision: I think I made the right one, I’m grateful for what I’ve achieved here and excited for the challenge that awaits me.”