Back in the winter, Lewis Hamilton dropped perhaps the biggest driver market bombshell in Formula 1 history. He announced that he’d be leaving Mercedes to join Ferrari in 2025. The partnership between Hamilton and Mercedes has been more successful than any other in the sport. It delivered an unparalleled six world championships between 2014 and 2020. But things have taken a turn for the worse since the beginning of F1’s ground effect era in 2022. Mercedes have been a long way off the benchmark of Red Bull, and Hamilton hasn’t been able to add to his 103 victories. As he pursues an eighth world…