Martin Brundle: The leaving of Hamilton will ‘energise’ Mercedes

After the 2024 season, Lewis Hamilton is expected to depart Mercedes and join Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton’s imminent leaving from Mercedes, according to Martin Brundle, will “energise” the squad as it seeks for a replacement.

Hamilton’s announcement on February 1st that he will be leaving Mercedes at his last race of the season due to a break clause in his August contract shocked the Formula One world.

He will be joining Ferrari in 2025 to work with Charles Leclerc, therefore Mercedes will need to find a substitute for George Russell, and there will be no shortage of contenders.

As he considers the news, Brundle believes that everything is going well for everyone—and he even made a bold Mercedes forecast.

Brundle’s Hamilton decision

Brundle said to the Sky Sports F1 podcast, “Everyone has got an opportunity here.”

“George Russell has got this shiny confidence, the talent, the speed and the experience to pick up the mantle and be the number one driver at Mercedes-Benz – I have no doubt about that at all.

“It will energise Mercedes, losing Lewis and it is an opportunity for them. Act in haste, repent at leisure, they can wait and see how Andrea Kimi Antonelli goes, they got Esteban Ocon I suspect, they’ve got access to Carlos Sainz and maybe Fernando Alonso.

“Mick Schumacher is also in the gang and any number of other drivers, so I think they’ll see how this season goes, and why do they need to jump now?

“I also think it’ll energise Ferrari and Charles Leclerc as well, and us talking about it, so I don’t see any downsides.

“It is going to be emotional – Lewis is a winning machine and that is what he wants to do.

“It is a good contract and he’ll be paid a lot of money and get a lot of live.

“It will be one of the biggest global sports stories in 2025, so I just see positives.”

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