Over the winter, Lewis Hamilton told Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff that he intended to join Ferrari for 2025. And thus the most successful partnership in Formula 1 history came to an end. Hamilton has won six world championships since he joined Mercedes in 2013. That’s the most for any driver at a single team, surpassing Michael Schumacher’s five with Ferrari (2000-2004). But the last few years have been a struggle. Mercedes have struggled to truly get to grips with F1’s ground-effect cars, and Hamilton hasn’t been able to win a race since the end of 2021. This year has been the most diff…
