Can Lewis Hamilton win an eighth Formula 1 World Championship with Ferrari?

Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 season.

Hamilton's current contract with Mercedes is due to expire at the end of 2025 but he will depart the team after this season and replace Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, Sky Sports News understands with official confirmation expected later on Thursday.

Mercedes employees in Brackley will be made aware of the news this afternoon before an announcement. Ferrari and Mercedes declined to comment when contacted by Sky Sports.

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[bkes]

Nobody finds it weird at how Karun Chandok stands?

[Drazzarki]

Background people way to loud, very annoying

[GeneralZod]

NOW.... IF VETTEL MADE A COMEBACK AND JOIN THE MERCEDES...WOULD BE BRUTAL

[Chyeahokay]

Everyone is forgetting he has to beat Charles…. And Charles will be motivated and on it with Lewis as a teammate…. Will be awesome to see

[bensayles]

Why does it sound like this studio is next to the staff canteen and the door is wide open?

[anupamgaurav]

Just Imagine Vettel in Mercedes, Alonso in Aston Martin n Hamilton in Ferrari 😅

[nunessilva]

I got to confess that put a smile on my face... I think I've just become a Ferrari fan!... I've always been one but, you know... that special way!
Go Lewis! Go Ferrari!

[tysonnarwal]

I’m sad that Lewis is leaving Mercedes but I think it’s a great choice in his career to push ahead and win more races but we need to find if the w15 is capable of winning but again good luck to Lewis

[deepakr]

Toto: Lewis, behold the W15!!

Lewis: Ok! I’m out!!!

[godfathermbs]

Ferrari is the biggest brand in f1 by a wide margin....these brits can do whatever mental gymnastics they want, its a fact that ferrari has the biggest pull in motorsport

[TMJ]

It will be an interesting twist having the whole Sky team becoming Ferrari fans

[bkbaughn]

I think he understands the situation. The situation is no one is catching and beating RB and Max in these regs. I think he sees this as a great swan song for the end of his career. Winning some races with Ferrari and donning the Red. I also believe he sees Ferrari as being more competitive than Merc will be and therefore giving him a slightly better shot at an 8th. I think he knows its far fetched to think anyone is beating Max and RB anytime soon though. I find it to be a good move for him to finish his career.

[matheusamaral]

It's interesting that Lewis didn't even wait the season to begin to make the move to Ferrari. Maybe he saw the sim data and just lost faith in mercedes

[ianmorrison]

No, not while Verstappen is in a Red Bull.

[AllInTheGame]

Be a great way to end his career if he wins an 8th Championship with a 3rd Team!

[ExpertYouTubeCommentator]

so 2024 is a forgone conclusion, earlier than last yr when it was finished after testing

[captcharlie]

Good for Lewis! He has nothing left to prove and win lose or draw all his accomplishments to date are monumental. If the man wants to race in a Ferrari, and be honest who wouldn’t, then go do what of the rest of us will never get a chance to do. Oh and by the way, Ferrari is FAST right now! And Lewis’s race craft is far superior to any other Ferrari driver in quite some time. I see him winning sooner than later.

[Koenig]

I have observed that Lewis’s mechanics didn’t stay back on some tracks to cheer when he got a podium. I think Lewis will get more of a better reception from the Ferrari engineers.

[vytskatm]

"You want more breaking news? - Hold my cigar..." - will say Fernando Alonso - "I'm going to join my bestie George Russel at Mercedes" :D

[aaron_ow]

Audio making it sound like they are chatting in a pub