Hamilton’s 2024 season stands in stark contrast to his previous years in the sport, with his deficit to team-mate George Russell forcing critics to blame the champion himself rather than Mercedes for his struggles.

Lewis Hamilton’s first appearance for Ferrari is likely to be in a 2022 machine at the start of next year, with the driver and Mercedes having “jointly decided” against the seven-time world champion taking part in the post-season tyre test in Abu Dhabi for the Scuderia.

Lewis Hamilton is braced for a frustrating end to his Mercedes career after trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin explained that the team will be using the remaining three races of the 2024 season as glorified test sessions to help George Russell and Kimi Antonelli for next year.

Lewis Hamilton will first test a Ferrari F1 car early next year, with the prospect of him driving at the 2024 post-season test in Abu Dhabi a non-starter. Seven-time F1 world champion will leave Mercedes after 12 years at the Silver Arrows at the end of the season and only has three races left before he moves to the Scuderia in 2025.

Lewis Hamilton’s final season at Mercedes should have been his swan song but has instead been his worst year in Formula 1- can the iconic partnership turn things around for their last three races together?

Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert has backed Lewis Hamilton's chances of securing an eighth championship title with Ferrari following his move in 2025. Herbert em