Lewis Hamilton has responded harshly to Wolf's comments regarding his shelf life that the Austrian believes the seven time world champion is living and it does indeed look like things are going to end on a sour note between these two however with Hamilton looking more than ready to win it all with Ferrari and after the latest statements made from the Marinello team could Mercedes regret letting Hamilton go so easily despite the confidence they have in their future it's safe to say that Wolf's comments made towards Hamilton have sparked a big debate as to whether or not
the Austrian team principal felt like Hamilton was too old for his job and that's something that has aggravated a bit of an angry response from the seven time world champion when addressing the situation regarding him having a shelf life and at the team having to look to the Future similar to how coaches like Guardiola and Ferguson have had to do with their squads Hamilton said I think just me being here Standing Tall I feel strong I've been training well honestly I feel like I'm in the best place I've been mentally and considering how bad the
last race was I think that says enough I've been around this game for a long time there's been so many things that have been said about me there's been so many microaggressions not from my boss because he's been supportive but in General within the media nothing can take me down I'm still here I'm fighting and I'm going to continue to push while Hamilton specified that he has no issue with with wolf the comments of the Austrian have been loud and clear he said that he knew that there would come a time where Hamilton would leave
it's just the fact that his actions have caught him unprepared and he missed out on negotiating with drivers like Norris and llaa but the move that Mercedes did promoting anelli who at that time was at F3 directly to F2 and now in F1 goes to show that they've been quite desperate in this situation and the value that Hamilton will take away from Mercedes is not something that you can just measure with results what we are happy to hear is that Hamilton is in a great mental state because this has been one of the most if
not the most challenging seasons of his career the man has gone through so much with the car and the changes of the setup at the last minute and the silences that were present on the radio after races like Canada and Brazil have gone on to show the disappointment that Hamilton has with his team obviously even the strategy in Singapore has brought massive question marks about whether or not the team are in fact sabotaging Hamilton just so that Russell can finish ahead of him in the dri's championship because he is the future of the team and
the comments from Wolf regarding the age of Hamilton and the direction that Mercedes have chosen to go have further fueled this fire but it looks like fer has a lot of Hope in the seven time world champion and said that pursuing his signature was very easy once they presented him with the project that they had in their mind which is likely to be from 2026 onwards when talking about it the team principal of Ferrari said it wasn't difficult to convince Hamilton to sign with this actually Ferrari has always been in his thoughts in some ways
and now the stars have aligned but he comes to win not on vacation and I'm convinced that we have everything to try I'm not sure that Hamilton needs tons of hours of climatization he is experienced enough to be quick on the first day or at least very soon we will have one or two tests of previous Cars Plus the testing Bahrain and that will be enough for sure we have part of the team already focused on 2025 on the test plan on the communication and so on with Lewis being part of this but when it
comes to the race team it's not on my mind this is why the pressure has been mounted on the team principal of Mercedes in order to clarify the situation of letting go of Hamilton the way they did and accepting the circumstances of his departure the Austrian however has explained himself a bit better in the latest St M he's addressed on this matter and when talking about it he said you know my comments were taken a little bit out of context what I was referring to was that all of us age whether it is in the
car on a pitch or as a manager or entrepreneur and that is what I'm trying to do with myself understand am I going from great to good because good is not in Formula 1 anymore now contrary to my own self assessment I think we see with Lewis that he is very much there when the car is right and we haven't been able to give him that c to perform his best and that is a frustration that we share equally in the team and for himself but he is very sharp he is different to when he
was a 20-year-old that's certainly clear but his experience in racecraft is tremendous what is very interesting is the fact that despite this being labeled as one of the worst if not the worst seasons of his career he still managed to win two races with the most legendary win coming in Silverstone in front of his home crowd back then the car started to look like some competitive Machinery but still the upgrades from Spa have made it work anticlockwise meaning that Mercedes are still in the unknown when it comes to the ground effect era they might have
to wait until 2026 before they compete at the front and this is something that Hamilton might have had in mind before choosing Ferrari as his team before even testing out the W5 in the preseason something that hurt wolf a lot and something that might have activated the preferential treatment towards Russell in 2024 of course seeing Russell starting at the front row and leading the majority of the Brazilian GP while Hamilton was struggling to score points and was fighting rookies in the Midfield has caused a lot of stir throughout the grid and the cryptic message that
Hamilton sent to his team that if this is the last time that he's going to race with them he's sorry that it's going to end this way has been quite difficult to comprehend for the fans but that doesn't mean the mission ends here Hamilton hinted that he will stay in this sport for quite some time and his statement as of now is that he will remain longer than Alonzo who is currently 44 although that wasn't what Hamilton was saying recently where he even contemplated early retirement because of the situation he found himself in when talking
about the 20125 prospects of Ferrari lir said that he is adamant that they are the next World Champ champion of the sports which further bolsters the hope that there is an opportunity for Hamilton to win the eighth record-breaking Championship that was taken away from him and of course there is always going to be a hope that Ferrari can turn things around and be a lot more competitive similar to what they presented at the beginning of 2022 with the f175 before the upgrades and the strategy ruined any chance of fighting for any type of title when
talking about it lir said I feel like we are working well however it's a relative Sport and it all depends on how well the others are doing as well and they are doing super well for now so we've got a lot of hard work to do in the next few years but I believe in the project I have to believe in the project 100% And I'm sure that Ferrari is the next team that will be world champion we've just got to keep working what might hurt Mercedes in this situation is that Hamilton is leaving them
at a very peculiar time where they will likely see a massive Exodus of not just technical staff but also sponsorships and fans that supported Mercedes just because Hamilton was in the team and the fact that it wasn't that hard to convince Hamilton to join Ferrari as verer said earlier in the video goes to show that the mentality of the seven time world champion hasn't changed and he is here to win the only question remains whether or not he will be competitive against llaa and make his new home his Empire with all this in mind what
do you think think about the statements made from Hamilton's side towards wolf and more importantly do you think the Mercedes will regret letting Hamilton go in such a way let us know in the comments below and if you're interested in the latest early retirement bombshell made by ven make sure to check out the video it's appearing on your screen right now
