Lewis Hamilton has revealed he had little time to make his resolution to depart Mercedes and be a part of Ferrari subsequent 12 months.
The Mercedes driver advised his staff late final month he would go away them on the finish of the season to affix Ferrari. Hamilton stated he had little time to contemplate a proposal from Ferrari staff principal Frederic Vasseur earlier than taking it.
“It occurred very quick,” he advised the BBC. “I’ve recognized Fred for a very long time and for me, I used to be excited for a brand new 12 months, however not likely figuring out what the longer term would maintain, not likely figuring out how lengthy I used to be going to race for, however figuring out that I felt super-driven and excited to proceed to race.
“The chance simply popped up and I used to be like, ‘okay, I’ve obtained to assume for a second’. I didn’t have a variety of time to assume, and I needed to simply go together with my intestine feeling. And I made a decision to take the chance.”
Mercedes have powered Hamilton’s vehicles in each one in all his 17 Method 1 seasons up to now. He stated the choice to depart them for Ferrari was one to make with “your intestine and your coronary heart.”
“I didn’t converse to anyone,” he continued. “I didn’t inform my mother and father ’til the day of it being introduced. So nobody knew. I actually needed to do it for myself. Finally, I needed to discover out what was going to be the very best for me.”
Hamilton has solely moved groups as soon as earlier than in his profession, when he left McLaren to affix Mercedes in 2013. He stated he’ll nonetheless root for his two former groups when he joins Ferrari.
“It was the toughest resolution. Once I left McLaren it was a really, very laborious resolution additionally as a result of it was like my household. You’re feeling such part of the household and clearly Mercedes has been such an enormous a part of my life and we’ve achieved a lot collectively.
“The factor is, I’ll at all times be a Mercedes fan, and we’ll at all times have this unimaginable historical past collectively. Even now, all these years after I’ve left McLaren, I at all times verify the place they’re and I’m typically at all times supporting them. And that may at all times be the case for me right here additionally.”
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