Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes Can Have Their Money Back

In Formula 1, each driver’s salary is independently decided during the signing of the contract and sometimes there might be huge differences. It’s only obvious that the World Championship-winning drivers get paid more than drivers without a title. In fact, each race decides how much a driver is worth to a team, and that changes each season and even lap at times.

When we talk about Mercedes, the team has a 7-time world champion and on the other hand, George Russell who stepped into the grid just 5 years ago. As you might think, different drivers are treated differently, and in this case, Lewis Hamilton should be the one that is more favored, but you have thought wrong.

Lewis Hamilton shows signs of disappointment with Mercedes

In Season 6, Episode 6 of Drive to Survive, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are called in by their team for a photo shoot. Hamilton was the first one to arrive while Russell shows up a few hours later. Lewis Hamilton is baffled by the timings given to both the drivers with him called in at 5:45 am and George Russell sleeping till 8:15 am.

To this, he raises the question, “What’s this with timing? He left at quarter past eight.” To this, Russell replied, “That’s why you get the big bucks.” After saying that Russell is younger than him and that he doesn’t need sleep, the 39-year-old said, “They can have it back. I want my sleep.” 

Russell took the opportunity and said, “Give it to me. I’ll take it.” Although this was just some friendly banter between the two drivers, this issue must have frustrated Hamilton. As more things surface about Hamilton and Mercedes, it’s evident that the world champion is not happy. These could be the few things that snowballed into his decision to leave the team.

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However, by the end of the episode, Lewis Hamilton signs a deal with Mercedes till 2025, as we know. And shortly after the season, he decided to head to the stables of Ferrari. And that brings up the question.

How will Lewis Hamilton do with his new teammate in Ferrari?

As the news of the Hamilton switch started spreading like wildfire, many netizens started to point out that his new teammate would be Charles Leclerc. The Monogasque driver will be driving alongside the Billion Dollar Man and fans started to notice that both of them have musical talents.

While Charles Leclerc has been diving into playing the piano, Lewis Hamilton has an alter-ego called XNDA where he takes on the mic. The two drivers have both put out songs, either alone or in collaboration with other artists. With both musical F1 drivers in one iconic team, it’s just fair that fans are aching for a collab. The two personalities are known and loved for being friendly and it’s safe to say the two will get along.

Along with a collaboration on the racetrack, speculations for collaborative musical tracks are incoming from fans, as they wait for 2025 to see Ferrari parading its melody during Formula One Grand Prix. Do you think the 2025 Ferrari drivers will release music together? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.