What to expect from Hamilton at Ferrari

Despite his upturn in fortunes at Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton is committed to his Ferrari switch for 2025. Both parties – and their many fans – wait with bated breath

During the 2023 summer break, Formula 1 was still drying out from a soaking Spa weekend, and more crushing dominance from Red Bull was expected when the championship reconvened. Now, it’s basking in a sunny Belgian send-off, with Lewis Hamilton ultimately its most recent race winner.

His sensational win at Silverstone in July was an important part of what has made the 2024 campaign F1’s most varied in 12 years in terms of different victors. Now that it’s clear how interesting this season has been compared to last, let’s recall how Hamilton himself started this year of compelling narrative twists.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.