168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has chosen to exercise a break clause in his Mercedes F1 contra🌠ct in order to se🐻al a shock move to Ferrari.

T🍃he seven-time world champion only signed a new two-year extension to remain with Mercedes last summer, but his contract contained a break clause after one year.

Hamilton has opted to 💖take up that exit option in order to complete a bombshell switch to Ferrari from the 2025 season.

The 39-year-old Briton has agreed a deal to become 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc’s teammate, replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.

Mercedes staff were informed about Hamilton’s decision in a meeting with team principal Toto Wolff o🅰n Thursday afternoon.

Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrari is arguably the biggest driver mov﷽e of the 21st century, seeing F1’s most decorated driver partner with the sport’s most famous and successful team.

Mercedes and Ferrari🐻 🎀confirmed the deal on Thursday evening. 

Ferrari president John Elkann is understood to have been the driving force🌱 behind the mov🐽e to lure Hamilton away from Mercedes.

“My understanding is that this courtship [between Ferrari and H😼amilton] has been going on for some months,” Sky Sports F1 reporter Craig Sla🌌ter said on Thursday. 

"It’s not a sudden thing. John Elkann, the president and a very heavy-hitter, is very much🌼 at the centre of it and the driving force.

“Team principal Fred Vasseไur is someone Lewis knows from the junior days so there’s no friction there.

“It’s not like the chair👍man has signed someone over the manager’s back, that you sometimes get in 𓃲football! This isn’t like that.”