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Ex-F1 Driver Draws Lewis Hamilton’s Move to Ferrari as ‘Greater History’ Than Winning 7 World Titles

Sabyasachi Biswas
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Ex-F1 Driver Draws Lewis Hamilton’s Move to Ferrari as ‘Greater History’ Than Winning 7 World Titles

Lewis Hamilton’s decision to move to Ferrari shocked everyone in the world of F1. It received both positive and negative reactions, but Hans Joachim-Stuck’s recent take stands out. The former F1 driver believes that Hamilton’s move to Ferrari will go down history and have more impact than him winning seven world titles.

Joachim-Stuck, who raced from 1974 to 1979, spoke about this to Eurosport. As quoted by Junaid Samodien on X, he stated,

“Ferrari is always something special-an institution. If you drove for Ferrari, you go down in history. Even more so than if you became world champion seven times somewhere else.”

With this, the German former F1 driver added that Ferrari functions differently from every other team. In Italy, Ferrari is ultimate and everyone comes second, and so does Hamilton.

Ferrari is Italy. The press is completely different, they list after every little thing, there are no secrets.” 

Hamilton is the most successful F1 driver with 103 race wins, 104 pole positions, and 198 podiums under his belt. Keeping aside the seven F1 titles, what’s interesting is that he is yet to drive for Ferrari. He won six F1 titles in the last ten years, whereas Ferrari failed to land one championship in 15 years. Perhaps, the current result does not reflect how successful Ferrari have been historically.

For the British driver, the switch to Maranello has more to do than just settling for money. Driving the scarlet red Ferrari has always been a dream for Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari in 2025

Lewis Hamilton parts ways with Mercedes at the end of this season. This will see the conclusion of a partnership that started during the Briton’s junior racing days. McLaren signed him when he was 13 and they had a partnership deal with Mercedes. That kept him in the McLaren-Mercedes family for 18 long years [2007-2024].

However, the move to Ferrari does not come completely out of the blue. There were rumors for several years, and Hamilton never hid the fact that he dreamed of driving for the Maranello-based outfit someday.

Hamilton will move to Ferrari for a whopping $435 million fee on a multi-year deal. The British driver will take home $87 million as his base salary and $21 million in bonuses for his Mission 44 and other initiatives per year. Apart from this, Ferrari agreed to make the seven-time world champion their brand ambassador till 2035.

Mercedes, surprisingly, did not agree to these clauses. They were not ready to make Hamilton their ambassador till 2035 and weren’t willing to pay the Briton such a high salary. Nevertheless, Hamilton’s stardom already paid Ferrari back monetarily, as per reports. Following the announcement of Lewis Hamilton’s transfer to Ferrari, the Prancing Horse saw a rise of 10% in their stock. When converted to monetary terms, it crosses $7 billion in market value.

Post Edited By:Somin Bhattacharjee

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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