The seven-time world champion will be headed to Ferrari this winter as he leaves a 12-year partnership with Mercedes.

Hamilton left Mercedes at the end of 2024, with his 246th and last race with the team coming at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where he managed to finish fourth despite starting the race down in 16th.

On the whole, however, Hamilton’s 2024 season was one of the worst of his illustrious career, finishing down in seventh in the drivers’ championship and being outperformed by team-mate George Russell in both qualifying sessions and races.

Despite this on-track disappointment, Hamilton has been rewarded off the track at times throughout 2024, and not just by signing a mega-money deal with the Scuderia.

Hamilton was announced to be a co-chair at the 2025 Met Gala, with the 39-year-old saying he was ‘beyond honoured’ to be given the gig at one of the world’s most illustrious fashion events.

Hamilton is a seven-time world champion in the sport and, when taking race wins, pole positions and podiums into account, is the most successful driver the sport has ever seen.

Hamilton is tied on seven world championships with German legend Michael Schumacher, with the Brit set to emulate Schumacher by driving with Ferrari from 2025.

Now, it has been revealed that a Red Bull star considers Hamilton to be the greatest F1 driver, despite being a member of a team that have boasted two four-time world champions in Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

Following Liam Lawson’s promotion up to the main Red Bull team in place of Sergio Perez for the 2025 season, Isack Hadjar has been given a full-time seat in F1 with VCARB.

Hadjar narrowly missed out on the F2 title in 2024, being beaten by incoming Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto.

Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 replacement Kimi Antonelli has issued a statement as he departs his former team.

The young Italian has huge shoes to fill at Mercedes next season and into the future, replacing the seven-time champion and one of, if not the greatest, driver the sport has ever seen.

Antonelli had been tipped as the next rising star of the pinnacle of motorsport and despite only finishing sixth in the 2024 Formula 2 season, there are still high expectations awaiting him as he heads straight to the top with the Silver Arrows.

With Antonelli reportedly destined for greatness, Wolff will be eager to nurture his talent over time with George Russell now acting as the number one driver, the young Italian teenager instead perhaps Wolff’s vision for the future.