F1 champion Lewis Hamilton reveals SCARY Wolff meeting

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton reveals SCARY Wolff meeting

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Monday 30 September 2024 16:00

Lewis Hamilton has described what he recalled a 'terrifying' meeting with Toto Wolff, his boss at the Mercedes Formula 1 team.

Hamilton has claimed six of his seven world championship titles with Mercedes, in a partnership that stretches all the way back to 2013.

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Despite this incredible partnership between the two parties, Hamilton is set to leave Mercedes and instead team up with Ferrari from the 2025 season onwards.

The Brit has recently spoken about the opportunity to race with the most iconic team on the F1 grid, following in the footsteps of another seven-time world champion in Michael Schumacher.

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff have worked together since 2013

Hamilton's tough Mercedes meeting

Wolff and Hamilton share a close relationship, forged through eight constructors' titles won together between 2014-2021, with Wolff's machinery also allowing Hamilton to achieve his personal goals.

Speaking to The Times, Hamilton revealed: "It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions from the moment I signed the contract - telling my boss, that was terrifying. "But it is so exciting because I remember as a kid watching Michael [Schumacher]. Every driver watches that car and you’re like, 'What would it be like to sit in the red cockpit?'"

The seven-time champion will have the chance to experience that feeling from 2025 onwards, partnering Charles Leclerc as the most successful team in F1 history look to win their first championship since 2008.

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