Toto Wolff heard about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari move from an unexpected source.
Toto Wolff has revealed that he was first informed that Lewis Hamilton would be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari by the father of Carlos Sainz.
The 30-year-old Spaniard announced in July that he will join Williams on a multi-year deal from next season, having been overlooked for seats at the likes of Red Bull and Mercedes, who have promoted teenage sensation Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Hamilton’s successor.podcast, Wolff has revealed that Sainz’s father and rally legend Carlos Sainz Sr was the first to break the news to him that Hamilton would be leaving Mercedes in January, a fortnight before the official announcement.
“Then a few drivers’ dads rang me up that didn’t before. So I thought: ‘OK, there’s something going on there.’“Didn’t get any response. Very unusual for Fred, he’s a good friend. So I saw it coming.” Wolff said: “When Lewis arrived in the house, like he did so many years before, we had a bit of a small talk like we always do about the Christmas holidays and all of that.“And Lewis : ‘Oh, there’s something I need to tell you…”Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes came in the midst of the longest barren run of his F1 career, with the seven-time World Champion suffering two consecutive winless seasons in 2022/23 as the team struggled to adapt to the ground-effect regulations.
He said: “I had much worse in my life happening, like real drama and trauma. This is not even moving the needle.”
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