Apologies to Tazio Nuvolari and Auto Union fans, and to those who fondly remember Michael Schumacher switching from Benetton to Ferrari for 1996 after winning two world titles on the trot, but there’s a case to be made that Lewis Hamilton heading to Maranello for 2025 is the biggest motorsport driver move ever. Ferrari remains F1’s most evocative and successful squad; Hamilton’s fame transcends the championship.
The parallels with Hamilton’s exit from McLaren over a decade ago, when the V6 turbo hybrid era was set to arrive one year