Lewis Hamilton told to change if he wants to fit in at Ferrari ahead of 2025 move

Lewis Hamilton will make of the biggest Formula 1 moves of all time when he departs Mercedes at the end of this season to head to Ferrari.

The seven-time F1 World Champion will depart the Silver Arrows at the end of 2024 after opting to end his association with the German brand after being associated with Mercedes since he was aged 13.

Having come through the ranks at McLaren and winning his first world title in 2008, he produced the first of his shock career moves when he left for the Mercedes works team for 2013.

Though producing doubts at the time, it proved to be an inspired career move ultimately, with Hamilton going on to win a further six world championships and equal Michael Schumacher’s total of seven.

Since controversially missing out on an eighth title in 2021 to Max Verstappen after an incorrectly enforced safety car restart procedure, Hamilton and his Mercedes team have fallen behind Verstappen and Red Bull.

The Dutchman has won the last three drivers’ titles in a row and Red Bull have become back-to-back constructors’ champions after producing the best car in new ground effect regulations.

Hamilton last year committed his future to Mercedes until 2025, but has opted to end that deal at the end of this year and make a move on a multi-year deal to Ferrari, where he will replace Carlos Sainz Jr and partner Charles Leclerc.