Only one eventuality♏ could cause Lewis Hamilton to quit Ferrari eꦛarly, it has been claimed.

Hamilton’s monumental move to Ferrari this year ties F1’s most successful driver and tea𝓰m together.

Their association has been p🐓redicted to last at least for the next two years but eve🎃n beyond.

“A lot of this is fulfilling the dream of dr🧸iving for Ferrari,” Lewis Larkam told the Crash F1 podcast.

“Hamilton has never publicly admitted that while he was at Mercedes but it would have been a dream for ওhim.

“The eighth title, ending that drought, is a bigger pull factor than being told tha❀t ‘in 2026 we will have the best car’.

“Ferrari haveꦡ also produced strong power ꦅunits so there are no concerns there.

“This is more about Hamilt🌞on having a fresh start.

“Can we see Hamilt🎐on staying at Ferrar🐲i for a long time? Yes.

“We’ve not seen anything from Mercedes that they’ve got an answer for their c🐻ompetitiveness that they’ve been lacking. But on top of that, they weren’t willing to give him a long-term contract.

“Ferrar🌜i have basically said ‘we will give you whatever you want!’

“Hamilton will ha🐭ve known at Mercedes that the long-term plan was to bring Kimi Antonelli into the team.

“I cannot see him quitting bef𓂃ore the end of the contract that he has signed, which is at least the end of 2026.

“The only scenario where he may quit is if he wins the title and retires as an eight-t🔯ime world champion.

“He’s i𓆏n it for the long haul and, even if it doesn’t go well,𒉰 I don’t see him making such a huge move then walking away after a season or two.”

Lewis Hamilton 'wants to feel love and respect' at Ferrari

Co⛄nnor McDonagh said: “There was talk that Hamilton wasn’t offered an ambassadorial role [at Me🤡rcedes]. He didn’t feel loved, he felt that he wasn’t listened to in terms of feedback.

“These factors all played a big part.

“Every✨one expects Mercedes to be quick in 2026 with the new power units, so I think 🥂it was about the bigger picture of fulfilling a childhood dream.

“That lo🔴ng-term ambassadorial role, as well. Giancarlo Fisichella is still at🌞 Ferrari, and he drove for them in 2009!

“So there is potential for Hamilton to be the▨re for aꦰs long as he wants, also in terms of other projects like fashion.

“He wants to feel loved and respected.”

Next year, the new F1 regulations will create a level playing field andꦅ every team will aspire to building a dominant era. Mercedes are whispered, inside the F1 paddock, to have a particularly strong engine coming.

But Hamilton has been unable to win the record eighth F1 drivers’ title with Mercedes, since missing out at the 🏅2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

He now has th🐬e opportunity to eclipse Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, the team where the legendary German enjoꦇyed his heyday.