‘Non-poaching’ clause in Mercedes deal to stop staff following Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton's hopes of taking key Mercedes F1 staff with him to Ferrari may have hꦫit a stumbling block.

Lewis Hamilton shares a special bond with his race engineer 'Bono'
Lewis Hamilton shares a special bond with his race engineer 'Bono'

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton may not be able to take key members of the Mercedes F1 team wit🌜h him to Ferraꦜri in 2025 because of a clause in his current contract.

understands tꩲhat a ‘non-poaching’ clause was inserted into the seven-time world champion’s current Mercedes deal to prevent a ꧟mass exodus of staff.

Sources have confirmed such a clause eꦬxists in Hamilton’s contract, potentially scuppering his hopes of reuniting with key figures at Ferrari.

However, the clause cannot stop a move if both parties agree to a 🅷deal.

Last week Hamilton stunned the F1 world by announcing a seismic switch to Ferrari next season on a mult💖i-year deal, having activated a break clause in his current Mercedes contract.

It had been widely reported in Italian media that Hamilton hoped to lure several key Mercedes personnel along with h🍒im, such as long-time race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington.

These suggestions drew comparisons to when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher was joined in moving from Benetton to Ferrari by key staff including the likes of technical director Ross Brawn and chief designer Rory Byrne in 1✅996💫.

Bonnington, who has been at Brackley since the early Honda days, has worked alongside Hamilton ever since the Briton joined Mercedes back in 2013 and the pair h♋a🥀ve forged a special relationship.

Merced✨es boss Toto Wolff has already admitted that Bonnington’s future needs to be discussed amid talk of a move to Ferrari.

"I think this is a discussion which everyon꧃e 🥀needs to have in the months to come," Wolff said.

"And as much as I've spoken with Bono already, when I told him [about Hamilton's move] he said, 'Is it April the first?' That's something which we will discuss in 🐷the future."

Hamilton will find familiar faces at Ferrari in team principal Fred Vasseur, who managed ART Grand Prix during Hamilton’s title-winning GP2 campaign, and Jock Clear, 🥃who previously worked at Mercedes.

Form🎀er Mercede𒐪s performance director Loic Serra is also set to officially start work at Ferrari in 2025. 

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