The following time Lewis Hamilton races at Monza, he will likely be sporting Ferrari purple within the well-known group’s dwelling nation.
This weekend on the F1 Italian Grand Prix, Mercedes driver Hamilton is raring to return to profitable methods after latest victories at Silverstone and Spa.
His days are numbered on the rejuvenated Mercedes group, the place seven of his eight F1 titles have been received.
However group boss Toto Wolff insists he doesn’t remorse any choices which led to Hamilton’s choice to signal for Ferrari in 2025.
“No,” Wolff insisted to BBC.
“We determined as a group for that and we have been at all times very clear with Lewis and the great factor with him is he is ready to put himself in your place and understood the place we have been coming from.
“So in that respect there aren’t any dangerous emotions, there is no such thing as a betrayal.
“It was additionally for the great of him to alter. This was the longest run between a driver and a group. It was 12 years general.
“And possibly he wanted to, in a method, change and reinvent himself.
“Being a driver for Ferrari is super-prestigious. Possibly for us as a group additionally you will need to emancipate ourselves and go in a distinct course.”
Mercedes have returned to kind within the center a part of this yr, after two years of woe.
Their underperformance started in 2022, after the infamous 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Race director Michael Masi’s utility of the principles resulted in Max Verstappen pipping Hamilton to a late race win, and the title.
“It’s important to take a look at it from a degree extra indifferent than we do,” Wolff mentioned about Hamilton being denied a report eighth title.
“He’s the best F1 driver of all time. He has overwhelmed all of the information and there may be solely this one, with championships, the place he’s equal with Michael Schumacher, one other nice – if not, with Lewis, the best driver. So it’s what it’s. And we won’t change that.
“Would I’ve needed it to go the opposite method? Completely. Do I believe what occurred in 2021 was wherever close to honest? No, it wasn’t.
“However we won’t flip again time and there are worse issues than shedding a race or a World Championship. There’s extra drama on the planet on the market.”
