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Mystic Marko? Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko had quipped that Lewis Hamilton could shed the annoyance of being paid less than Max Verstappen by joining Ferrari…
Hamilton is arguably the most marketable driver on the Formula 1 grid, though the seven-time World Champion has in recent years been demoted from top spot, both on the track and financially, by Red Bull’s dominant force Verstappen, who has now reeled off three World Championship triumphs in successive seasons.
Hamilton and Mercedes are among the chasing pack looking to quell the Verstappen assault, though F1 2024 will be the final year of this union, with a shock Hamilton switch to Ferrari come 2025 now confirmed.
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According to Forbes, Verstappen topped the F1 driver earnings list for 2023 with $70million pocketed, while Hamilton took home $55m, his higher base wage than Verstappen’s comfortably wiped out by a second successive winless season bringing zero in bonuses
In the midst of Hamilton’s F1 2023 frustration, Marko suggested that as well as being absent from the title scene, Verstappen earning more was also of great annoyance to Hamilton, claiming the way he could fix that is by joining Ferrari.
Lo and behold, Hamilton’s shock switch to Ferrari, on multi-year terms from 2025, has now been confirmed in one of the biggest driver moves Formula 1 has ever witnessed.
