Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari LIVE: Latest F1 updates

Hamilton has been linked with a possible move to Ferrari for years. Here’s him talking about those links in a resurfaced interview:

As Kieran mentions in the article in the post below, Lando Norris extended his deal with McLaren last week – meaning it would take serious money for Mercedes to pry him away, if they want him to replace Hamilton.

More on Norris’s big decision, here:

Our Formula 1 Correspondent, Kieran Jackson, has taken a look at the drivers who could replace Hamilton at Mercedes if today’s news is confirmed…

“A straight-swap deal could be the most obvious move for Mercedes. Sainz was out of contract at Ferrari at the end of this year anyway and may now be looking for a new team for 2025.

“Sainz is a two-time race winner, most recently with a terrific drive in Singapore last year, and has been on the podium 18 times during his nine-year career in F1 so far.

“The 29-year-old may be looking for his fifth team, having previously driven for Toro Rosso, Renault and McLaren prior to Ferrari.”

“Has the Brit showed his hand too soon? The 24-year-old signed a new long-term deal at McLaren last week, taking him beyond 2025 with the papaya and into the next era of regulation changes.

“Yet Norris, who is still searching for his first win in F1, is one of the fastest drivers on the grid and Wolff could well look to land Norris to replace Hamilton – and maintain an all-British feel to the garage.

“That being said, it would take some serious money to do so now.”

More insight into Hamilton’s potential replacements, here:

La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Hamilton’s rumoured move to Ferrari could *even take place ahead of the 2024 season*!

A reminder: Last week, Charles Leclerc extended his Ferrari deal, which was due to run out at the end of this year.

Meanwhile, it is believed that Carlos Sainz’s contract with Ferrari will expire at the end of 2024, and that he has been seeking a two-year extension…

That extension looks a little unlikely, amid today’s news…

Where could Sainz end up, if Hamilton’s move goes ahead? Mercedes? Red Bull, where Sergio Perez is seemingly running out of time?

Ferrari has taken to X, formerly Twitter, to share the following…

Okay, so it’s no announcement… but could it be Hamilton producing that sound in 2025?

Ferrari has added teenager Ollie Bearman to their reserve driver roster ahead of the 2024 F1 season.

Bearman drove for Haas – powered by Ferrari engines – to make his Formula 1 weekend debut in practice last year in Mexico and Abu Dhabi.

The 18-year-old, who hails from Chelmsford in Essex, joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2021 and, after impressing in the cockpit last year, will share Ferrari reserve duties this year with Robert Shwartzman and Antonio Giovinazzi.

The memes have already begun…

The timing of today’s news is strange, after this week’s update that Hamilton has brought back “long term friend” Marc Hynes to his support team for the 2024 F1 season.

Hamilton worked with Hynes from 2016 until 2021, when the Mercedes driver won four of his seven titles, and the pair have reunited ahead of this season.

Hynes, who used to run Hamilton’s management company Project Forty Four, left Hamilton’s support camp prior to the 2021 season, but the split was cordial.

Hamilton has known Hynes, a former British F3 champion, since their days racing against each other in karting.

The latest reports suggest that Toto Wolff may brief the Mercedes factory on the news today, and that a formal announcement will follow, confirming Lewis Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari.