Toto Wolff reveals GHOSTING by rival F1 team boss

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Wolff reveals GHOSTING by rival team boss

Lewis Hamilton will replace Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in 2025

Originally written by Sam Cook.

Sunday 10 November 2024 18:00

Toto Wolff has revealed that he was ghosted by a rival Formula 1 boss over Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari.

The seven-time champion announced the stunning move early in the year, and will be taking his talents to Italy at the end of the season.

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It will mean a partnership between one of the most successful drivers in Formula 1 history, and the most successful and iconic team on the F1 grid.

The stunning transfer displaced Carlos Sainz from Ferrari, who has since gone on to claim two race victories in 2024 and will join Williams on a long-term contract from 2025.

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025

Carlos Sainz will be replaced by Lewis Hamilton in 2025

Wolff reveals shocking Hamilton transfer detail

Hamilton's switch will bring to an end the most successful partnership in F1 history, a 12-season spell that yielded six drivers' championship for Hamilton, and eight constructors' championship titles.

Wolff has previously revealed that he was surprised by the timing of Hamilton's decision to move to Ferrari, but has now suggested that he had some time to get used to the idea of a Hamilton-less Mercedes.

"So I heard the bells ringing two weeks before," Wolff told the High Performance Podcast. "Yeah, the old man Sainz called me and said, this is what's happening.

"Then there were a few drivers' dads rang me up that didn't before. So I thought, OK…there's something going on there.

"And then I sent a text to [Ferrari boss] Fred Vasseur saying: 'You're taking our driver?' Didn't get any response. Very unusual for Fred. He's a good friend. So yeah, I saw it coming."

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