Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has provided an update on the team’s search to find a replacement for Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time Equation 1 world winner will take off the Brackley-based furnish in 2025, as he sets out on a new challenge within the wear with Ferrari.
Hamilton has cut a baffled figure in later seasons having been supplanted as F1’s overwhelming constrain by Max Verstappen.
The Dutchman has won the final three drivers’ titles and is on track to include a fourth in December, in spite of being distant from his best so distant this year.
Hamilton sits sixth within the standings, but reminded everybody of his incomparable gifts amid this month’s British Amazing Prix, where he fixed his to begin with race win since 2021 on an emotional evening at Silverstone.
Whereas the 39-year-old knows where his future lies, there remains a incredible bargain of vulnerability over who will take his put at Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton will make the move to Ferrari in 2025
Toto Wolff would cherish to sign Max Verstappen at Mercedes
All alternatives being considered
Verstappen has been connected with a move, with Wolff as of now transparently conceding he would be sharp to strike a bargain with the Dutchman, much to the frustration of Rud Bull boss Christian Horner.
Youthful prospect Andrea Kimi Antonelli has moreover been tipped to form the step up from F2, with Wolff consistently praising the Italian’s performances in the moment level.
Talking to Sky Sports Germany after the Hungarian Amazing Prix, Wolff uncovered that all choices are still being considered, as he denied to run the show any of the best targets out of dispute.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been tipped for huge things in F1
“No decision has been made however,” said the Austrian. “I do not know, there are still a part of feelings – we are holding up for presently.
“On the one hand, I do not need to extend the weight on Kimi, since it is already big sufficient.
“And with Max, we have to be hold up and see what happens inside the group. We moreover do not know what will happen with Sergio Perez’s seat.”
