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Hamilton: 'Never gave up hope' on Ferrari dream
Key takeaways
- Hamilton surprised the Formula 1 world ahead of the 2024 season when he announced he would leave Mercedes to join Ferrari at the start of 2025.
- Lewis Hamilton won from second on the grid.
- "First, I have to start and say a huge grazie to everyone here, my team here at Ferrari, everyone back at the factory, Fred [Vasseur, team principal] for believing in me and bringing me to this team," he said.
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The seven-time champion beat his former teammate George Russell to victory, showing superior pace to the Mercedes drivers and benefiting from a fortuitously timed Virtual Safety Car under which he made his final pit stop and consolidated his lead.
Hamilton surprised the Formula 1 world ahead of the 2024 season when he announced he would leave Mercedes to join Ferrari at the start of 2025.
He endured a difficult first season with the Italian team, in which he failed to score a grand prix podium, and at one particularly low point after the Hungarian Grand Prix said Ferrari should consider a replacement driver.
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