Formula 1: Mercedes discovered Hamilton’s departure to Ferrari by Carlos Sainz Sr.

UOne of the bombs of this season in Formula 1 was not the departure of Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes to Ferrari. After more than ten years and six world championships behind him in the Silver Arrows Shield, this decision surprised the whole ring. Even within the German company, they are unaware of this British move. Toto Wolff, the team manager, revealed a lot of details about how everything was faked and how everything lived from the inside.

Something of the most shocking thing about all these statements he made on the ‘high performance’ podcast, is that the way he The Austrian director knew that this news was not through the mouth of ‘ 44 ‘ himself, but through a call from Carlos Sainz Sr. One of the main affected by this signing was his son, who lost his place and had to leave the team in Maranello. At that time the team manager tried to talk to Frederick Vasseur, but the transfer was a fact.

Bomb moment

On February 1, the big news came out. Before it was known to the whole world, The one who until this year was the head of Louis entered by phone call: “the old Sainz called me and said, This is what happens, And then I was contacted by some parents of pilots who had never done this before.”Until that moment, in Brackley they do not know what intentions the seven-time world champion had for his future.

Faced with such a jar of FRA water, one does not know how to behave. In this case, faced with a lot of rumors that reached the Austrian director at that time, I decided to make sure in his own way: “pens, well, something is happening here. Then I texted Fred Vasseur saying, Would you take my pilot?’. I didn’t get any answers. Very unusual for Fred , he is a good friend, so I saw him coming“.

Fact

After the invitation of the Spaniards and the non-response of the Italian team mandam, Mercedes fears the worst. What started as a rumor began to take the form of reality, and it was time to talk to the driver: “when Louis came home, as he did many years ago, we had a little chat. I said ‘Well, we’re signing people from Ferrari now’ , and Lewis told me,’there’s something I have to say’. When he said that, that initial moment was a little, it really happens“.

At first, the’ team manager ‘was a little shocked and could not imagine seeing the’ 44 ‘ run for a team that was not his. In 2025, this will be a competitor in the red car, but at that moment it seemed impossible to believe him after so many years. “I spoke with Pep Guardiola a long time ago. I said, ‘ What do you do if this and that player leave?’, And he said ‘ how what do I do?, If someone thinks that he can play better elsewhere or win with Ms, let him go, Which is something that I have adopted in the same way, ” comments Mercedes mandam. Now, after several months, they have already recovered and are looking forward to the future with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli as a duo for 2025.