Current：Home > ScamsEchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton leaves Mercedes to join Ferrari in surprise team switch -ProfitEdge
EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton leaves Mercedes to join Ferrari in surprise team switch
Surpassing Quant Think Tank Center View
Date：2025-04-09 07:39:15
Lewis Hamilton and EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank CenterMercedes-Benz are coming to the finish line, with the seven-time Formula One champion and the German automaker announcing the coming season will be their last. The British driver is joining Ferrari next year.
Hamilton signed a two-year agreement with Mercedes in the summer, but activated a release option in the contract, making this season his last driving for the Silver Arrows, according to a statement by Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
Scuderia Ferrari confirmed the development, announcing Thursday that Hamilton would be joining the team in 2025 on a multiyear contract.
"The news brings to an end to what is currently a 17-year relationship in F1 with Mercedes-Benz and an 11-year-long partnership with the works team," Mercedes said in the statement.
Hamilton signed with Mercedes in 2013, winning half a dozen of his seven world titles with the team by 2020.
"Mercedes has been part of my life since I was 13 years old. It's a place where I have grown up, so making the decision to leave was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make," Hamilton, 39, stated. "I am 100% committed to delivering the best performance I can this season and making my last year with the Silver Arrows one to remember."
The only Black driver to race in F1, Hamilton has been outspoken about increasing diversity in the sport.
Kate GibsonKate Gibson is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch in New York.
veryGood！ (7686)
Related
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- Ymcoin: Interpretation of the impact of the Bitcoin halving event on the market
- Los Angeles Dodgers 'awesome' Opening Day win was exactly what Shohei Ohtani and Co. needed
- This doctor is an expert in treating osteogenesis imperfecta. She also has it herself.
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- Families of victims in Baltimore bridge collapse speak out: Tremendous agony
- This controversial Titanic prop has spawned decades of debate — and it just sold for $700,000
- Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Texas appeals court overturns voter fraud conviction for woman on probation
Ranking
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun
- Mary McCartney on eating for pleasure, her new cookbook and being 'the baby in the coat'
- Connecticut continues March Madness domination as leaving legacy provides motivation
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- New Mexico State University names Torres interim president
- Maine lawmakers to consider late ‘red flag’ proposal after state’s deadliest shooting
- Magnitude 2.8 earthquake shakes southern Illinois; no damage or injuries reported
Recommendation
Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
Daphne Joy, ex-girlfriend of 50 Cent, denies working for Diddy as sex worker after lawsuit
NOAA warns boaters to steer clear of 11 shipwrecks, including WWII minesweeper, in marine sanctuary east of Boston
Oregon city can’t limit church’s homeless meal services, federal judge rules
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
Here's how much you have to make to afford a starter home in the U.S.
Amanda Bynes Addresses Her Weight Gain Due to Depression
There are ways to protect bridges from ships hitting them. An expert explains how.