Lewis Hamilton opens up on ‘terrifying’ Toto Wolff meeting after Ferrari contract signed

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari on a multi-year contract from F1 2025Lewis Hamilton has admitted it was “terrifying” to inform Toto Wolff that he would be leaving Mercedes after agreeing to join Ferrari for the F1 2025 season.Hamilton rocked the F1 world in February by announcing that he will join Ferrari on a multi-year contract from the F1 2025 season, ending his long and successful association with Mercedes.Lewis Hamilton: Telling Toto Wolff about Ferrari F1 2025 move was ‘terrifying’The British driver has claimed six of his joint-record seven World Championships with Mercedes, as well as becoming the first man to surpass 100 grand prix victories and pole positions, since arriving from McLaren in 2013, with the German manufacturer’s engines powering each of Hamilton’s 350 F1 appearances since 2007.Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes came after his first-ever winless season in 2022 was followed by another last year as the team struggled to adjust to F1’s ground-effect regulations.Hamilton’s decision to part ways with Mercedes came less than six months after he signed a two-year extension to his contract, having activated a break clause in the deal announced by the team at the Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s home race, in August 2023.Now 39, Hamilton returned to the top step of the podium with record-extending victories at Silverstone, where he ended a 945-day winless streak with an emotional triumph at his home race, and Spa.