A big decision ahead for Lewis Hamilton, but which option will he choose? 🤔 Quit Mercedes, join a rival Take a sabbatical Completely retire from F1 Sign new one-year deal Sign long-term deal
A poor start to Formula 1’s new era with ground-effect cars in 2022 was a tough blow for Mercedes to take, their W13 taking just one pole and victory all season, both scored by George Russell.
Perhaps it is these struggles which have led him to now remove the veil somewhat on his laser-focused pursuit of World Championship number eight, a record that in the past he had played down the significance of to him. “I don’t think that Lewis will leave Mercedes,” he said. “Nevertheless, if he wants to win another championship, he needs to make sure that he has the car and if we cannot demonstrate that we’re able to give him a car in the next couple of years, then he needs to look everywhere.
Mercedes have effectively written off their initial W14 concept and a major upgrade is coming, so if the team can make strides again as F1 2023 goes on, then Hamilton could well sign up for an extra year and give Mercedes the chance to show that any improvement is not a false dawn this time.
So, if he decides that he has had enough of lapping behind the leaders, and does not see Mercedes returning to the front anytime soon, then he may decide that it is better to call it a legendary career and move on to the next chapter of his life.Or, does he walk away temporarily? Fernando Alonso did that back in 2018 after a frustrating time with McLaren as their Honda reunion flopped in a major way.
If Hamilton was then to actually decide to take a sabbatical after F1 2023, it feel like this one would go how Mika Hakkinen’s did, rather than Alonso’s.The issue also with taking a break and coming back later is that Hamilton is almost like part of the furniture at the Mercedes team now, so seeing him racing with a different team would almost just not feel right.
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