Only one eventuality could cause L🅘ewis Hamilton ꦇto quit Ferrari early, it has been claimed.

Ham𒐪ilton’s monumental move to Ferrari this year ties F1’s most successful driver and team togeth💛er.

Their association has been predicted to lastౠ at least for the next ♒two years but even beyond.

“A lot of this is fulfilling the dream of driving for Ferrari,” Lewis Larkam told the 𒈔Crash F1 podcast.

“Hamilton has never publicly admitted that while heඣ was at Mercedes but it would have been a dream for him.

“The eighth title, ending that drought, is a bigger pull factor than being tol𝓰d that ‘in 2026 we will have the best car’.

“Ferrari have also produced strong power unit💞s so there are no concerns there.

“This is more aboﷺut Hamilton having a fresh start.

“Can we see Hamilton staying 🐼at Ferrari for a long ♚time? Yes.

“We𝕴’ve not seen anything from Mercedes that they’ve got an answer for their competitiveness that they’ve been lacking. But on top of that, they weren’t willing to give him 🦄a long-term contract.

“Ferrar💝i have basically said ‘we will give you whatever you want!’

“Hamilton will have 𓄧known at Mercedes that the long-term plan was to bring Kimi A💎ntonelli into the team.

“I cannot see him quitting before the end of the contract that he has si𝐆gned𝓰, which is at least the end of 2026.

“The only scenario wherꦺe he ⛦may quit is if he wins the title and retires as an eight-time world champion.

“He’s in it for the long haul and, even if it doesn’t go well, I don’t see him making such a 🌠huge move then walking away after a season or two.”

Lewis Hamilton 'wants to feel love and respect' at Ferrari

Connor McDonagh said: “There was talk that Hamilton wasn’t offered an 💙ambassadorial rol🎉e [at Mercedes]. He didn’t feel loved, he felt that he wasn’t listened to in terms of feedback.

“These factors all played a big part.

“Everyon🧸e expects👍 Mercedes to be quick in 2026 with the new power units, so I think it was about the bigger picture of fulfilling a childhood dream.

“That long-term ambassadorial role, as well. Giancarlo Fisichella is still at﷽ Ferrari, and he drove for them in 2009!

“So there is potential for Hamilton to be there for as lo♈ng as he wants, also in terms of other projects like fashion.

“He wants to feel loved and respected.”

Next year, the new F1 regulatio🌟ns will create a level playing field and every team will aspire to building a dominant era. Mercedes are whispered, inside the F1 paddock, to have a particu🎃larly strong engine coming.

But Hamilton has been unable to win the record e▨ighth F1 drivers’ title with Mercedes, since missing out at the 2021 Abu ⭕Dhabi Grand Prix.

He now has the opportunity to eclipse Michael Schumacher at 💦Fer🌳rari, the team where the legendary German enjoyed his heyday.