Lewis Hamilton is close to completing a sensational switch from Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025, multiple sources told ESPN.
Hamilton, a seven-time world champion and the driver with the most F1 wins in history, signed what was believed to be a two-year contract extension with Mercedes last year, but it appears now as if the second year of that may well have been an option.
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Mercedes and Ferrari both declined to comment to ESPN.
Although not confirmed officially, the deal is as good as done, sources told ESPN, with the move seeing Hamilton replace Spanish driver
Carlos Sainz.