Lewis Hamilton, wanda ya ci gasar Formula 1 sakonnin zarra, ya sanar da barin sa daga kungiyar Mercedes bayan kakar 2024, inda zai koma kungiyar Ferrari a shekarar 2025. Wannan sanarwar ta janyo tashin hankali a duniyar motorsport, musamman bayan shekaru 12 da Hamilton ya gudanar a Mercedes.
Toto Wolff, shugaban kungiyar Mercedes, ya bayyana cewa ya ‘dosi’ yanayin da Hamilton ya yanke na barin kungiyar, saboda hakan ya rage shi daga matsala ta kawo karshen aikin Hamilton a wani lokaci.
Wolff ya ce a cikin wata sabuwar littafi mai suna *Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane*, cewa ya samu ta’arifa cewa Hamilton zai bar kungiyar, amma ba a ta ba shi lokacin da zai iya aiki da sauran ‘yan tsere.
Hamilton ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragi na shekaru da dama da Ferrari, wanda zai kawo ƙarshen haɗin gwiwa mafi nasara a tarihin Formula 1 tsakanin Hamilton da Mercedes.
Wolff ya kuma bayyana cewa kungiyar Mercedes ta fara shirin maye gurbin Hamilton, inda suka zabi Andrea Kimi Antonelli, ‘yan tsere dan Italiya, don maye gurbinsa.