Hamilton signed a new contract extension with Mercedes in 2023 that was supposed to keep him with the team for at least two more seasons. However, according to ESPN, the second year was an option, and the 39-year-old driver is now looking to embrace a new challenge.

Hamilton spent his entire F1 career with Mercedes teams, McLaren Mercedes and Mercedes-AMG Petronas, and established himself as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He is tied with legendary Michael Schumacher for most championships and holds a number of records, including most career wins at 103.

However, in recent years, Hamilton hasn’t been able to consistently compete for championships. After finishing second on the F1 Driver Standings in a dramatic fashion in 2021, he failed to win a single race in the following two seasons.

Ferrari recently gave a new contract to Charles Leclerc but kept the status of their No. 2 driver, Carlos Sainz, uncertain after the 2024 season. It now becomes clear why.

By bringing a big name in Hamilton, Ferrari is likely hoping to end their championship drought. Their most recent title came in 2007, thanks to Kimi Räikkönen.

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Hamilton started Sunday’s Russian GP from grid number four but soon found himself at the sixth position following a bad start. With a timely pit stop and excellent driving, the Mercedes driver managed to get to second place but still had McLaren’s Lando Norris ahead of him. Then, four laps before the end of the race, the rain started.

Hamilton immediately entered the pit stop and changed his tires to intermediate, while Norris decided to take a risk and stay on dry tires. But this would soon prove to be a costly mistake, as Norris couldn’t keep his car in check on the wet tarmac and ended up sliding off the track, which Hamilton used in his favor and took the lead on lap 51.

Hamilton finished first with more than 53 seconds ahead of the second-placed Max Verstappen from Red Bull. Norris had to be content with the number seven finish.

“It’s taken a long time to obviously get to 100, and I wasn’t even sure whether or not it would come,” Hamilton said in the post-race interview. “Lando did such an amazing job. He had incredible pace.”

The win helped Lewis Hamilton jump over Verstappen and sit at the top of F1 Driver Standings for the 2021 season with 246.5 points. Verstappen, who finished second after starting from the back of the grid, has 244.5 points.

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During the practice at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Lewis Hamilton showed his superior skills once again after the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the previous two races. Hamilton lead the race setting the pace, Verstappen followed with 0.184 seconds and the third best time was scored by Sebastian Vetter. The second Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the fourth best time with 1.121 seconds behind Hamilton, Alexander Albon from Red Bull came fifth and the winner of the previous GP Leclerc finished in the 6^th position.  

If things stay this way on race day, the main struggle will be between the young Verstappen and current champion Hamilton.  

Shortly before this race, the famous driver Robert Kubica announced that this would be his last season with team Williams. He joined the team this year after an eight-year-long following a crash in 2011. 

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Starting first, 21-year-old Verstappen dominated during most of the race and managed to hold the first place despite aggressive attempts by Lewis Hamilton to take the leading spot. But towards the end of the race, a gamble with the tires gave Hamilton the chance to beat Verstappen and finish in first place. The brilliant Mercedes driver won the race with a time of 1:35:03.796 and Verstappen finished second with +17.796s behind the champion.  

The third and fourth places were secured by the two Ferrari Drivers with Sebastian Vettel in third and Charles Leclerc in fourth. Finally, it’s worth mentioning that Carlos Sainz Jr. showed great driving skills and had an amazing performance at the race, ending in fifth place. 

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The F1 star finished with 25 points and a time of 1:24:31.198. Behind him in second place was the other Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas, with 18,056 seconds plus, while the young Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished third with a plus of 18,985 seconds. Sebastian Vettel finished only fifth, after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the fourth place. 

Hamilton now has 79 victories in his career with four of them in a row. This score places him only 12 races behind the record of 91 victories that is currently held by the legendary driver Michael Schumacher. In the meanwhile, F1 fans have criticized the beginning of the season on social media, saying that the races have become predictable, dull and have lost excitement.

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Mercedes’ brilliant Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix race, finishing 1.342 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

What first seemed like a clear victory for Vettel, quickly changed into a frustrating second place after he got a five-second penalty for unsafe re-entry during the race, thus making British driver Hamilton a winner of the Canadian GP.

Driving under tremendous pressure from the world champion, the Ferrari driver made a mistake and paid for it. If he didn’t get blocked, he would likely have passed Vettel, who was leading until things got a new direction in the 48^th lap.  

Even though Hamilton technically finished second, he got to claim the 7^th straight victory for Mercedes during this season. Vettel said that that overregulating gives no edge to the sport and that this was not the sport he fell in love with.  

The final results at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec were Hamilton in the first place, Vettel in the second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the third. 

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The star of the race was, of course, Mercedes’s brilliant driver Lewis Hamilton who once again proved that he deserves his place as the world champion driver.

What started as an expected win for Hamilton quickly turned into an intense and nerve-wracking struggle. The race was marked by Mercedes making their first mistake by putting the wrong tires on Hamilton’s vehicle which caused him to lose his grip. It was then that he showed his driving skills, even with one of the most aggressive drivers behind his back (Max Verstappen).

Hamilton is known for not giving up on his wins and races, placing a lot of importance on winning, and rightfully. Hamilton said that this race was in the top five he ever had and it was his hardest one yet.

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Hamilton signed a new contract extension with Mercedes in 2023 that was supposed to keep him with the team for at least two more seasons. However, according to ESPN, the second year was an option, and the 39-year-old driver is now looking to embrace a new challenge.

Hamilton spent his entire F1 career with Mercedes teams, McLaren Mercedes and Mercedes-AMG Petronas, and established himself as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He is tied with legendary Michael Schumacher for most championships and holds a number of records, including most career wins at 103.

However, in recent years, Hamilton hasn’t been able to consistently compete for championships. After finishing second on the F1 Driver Standings in a dramatic fashion in 2021, he failed to win a single race in the following two seasons.

Ferrari recently gave a new contract to Charles Leclerc but kept the status of their No. 2 driver, Carlos Sainz, uncertain after the 2024 season. It now becomes clear why.

By bringing a big name in Hamilton, Ferrari is likely hoping to end their championship drought. Their most recent title came in 2007, thanks to Kimi Räikkönen.

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Hamilton started Sunday’s Russian GP from grid number four but soon found himself at the sixth position following a bad start. With a timely pit stop and excellent driving, the Mercedes driver managed to get to second place but still had McLaren’s Lando Norris ahead of him. Then, four laps before the end of the race, the rain started.

Hamilton immediately entered the pit stop and changed his tires to intermediate, while Norris decided to take a risk and stay on dry tires. But this would soon prove to be a costly mistake, as Norris couldn’t keep his car in check on the wet tarmac and ended up sliding off the track, which Hamilton used in his favor and took the lead on lap 51.

Hamilton finished first with more than 53 seconds ahead of the second-placed Max Verstappen from Red Bull. Norris had to be content with the number seven finish.

“It’s taken a long time to obviously get to 100, and I wasn’t even sure whether or not it would come,” Hamilton said in the post-race interview. “Lando did such an amazing job. He had incredible pace.”

The win helped Lewis Hamilton jump over Verstappen and sit at the top of F1 Driver Standings for the 2021 season with 246.5 points. Verstappen, who finished second after starting from the back of the grid, has 244.5 points.

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During the practice at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Lewis Hamilton showed his superior skills once again after the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the previous two races. Hamilton lead the race setting the pace, Verstappen followed with 0.184 seconds and the third best time was scored by Sebastian Vetter. The second Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the fourth best time with 1.121 seconds behind Hamilton, Alexander Albon from Red Bull came fifth and the winner of the previous GP Leclerc finished in the 6^th position.  

If things stay this way on race day, the main struggle will be between the young Verstappen and current champion Hamilton.  

Shortly before this race, the famous driver Robert Kubica announced that this would be his last season with team Williams. He joined the team this year after an eight-year-long following a crash in 2011. 

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Starting first, 21-year-old Verstappen dominated during most of the race and managed to hold the first place despite aggressive attempts by Lewis Hamilton to take the leading spot. But towards the end of the race, a gamble with the tires gave Hamilton the chance to beat Verstappen and finish in first place. The brilliant Mercedes driver won the race with a time of 1:35:03.796 and Verstappen finished second with +17.796s behind the champion.  

The third and fourth places were secured by the two Ferrari Drivers with Sebastian Vettel in third and Charles Leclerc in fourth. Finally, it’s worth mentioning that Carlos Sainz Jr. showed great driving skills and had an amazing performance at the race, ending in fifth place. 

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The F1 star finished with 25 points and a time of 1:24:31.198. Behind him in second place was the other Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas, with 18,056 seconds plus, while the young Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished third with a plus of 18,985 seconds. Sebastian Vettel finished only fifth, after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the fourth place. 

Hamilton now has 79 victories in his career with four of them in a row. This score places him only 12 races behind the record of 91 victories that is currently held by the legendary driver Michael Schumacher. In the meanwhile, F1 fans have criticized the beginning of the season on social media, saying that the races have become predictable, dull and have lost excitement.

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Mercedes’ brilliant Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix race, finishing 1.342 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

What first seemed like a clear victory for Vettel, quickly changed into a frustrating second place after he got a five-second penalty for unsafe re-entry during the race, thus making British driver Hamilton a winner of the Canadian GP.

Driving under tremendous pressure from the world champion, the Ferrari driver made a mistake and paid for it. If he didn’t get blocked, he would likely have passed Vettel, who was leading until things got a new direction in the 48^th lap.  

Even though Hamilton technically finished second, he got to claim the 7^th straight victory for Mercedes during this season. Vettel said that that overregulating gives no edge to the sport and that this was not the sport he fell in love with.  

The final results at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec were Hamilton in the first place, Vettel in the second and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the third. 

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The star of the race was, of course, Mercedes’s brilliant driver Lewis Hamilton who once again proved that he deserves his place as the world champion driver.

What started as an expected win for Hamilton quickly turned into an intense and nerve-wracking struggle. The race was marked by Mercedes making their first mistake by putting the wrong tires on Hamilton’s vehicle which caused him to lose his grip. It was then that he showed his driving skills, even with one of the most aggressive drivers behind his back (Max Verstappen).

Hamilton is known for not giving up on his wins and races, placing a lot of importance on winning, and rightfully. Hamilton said that this race was in the top five he ever had and it was his hardest one yet.

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