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Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin says had the team been “winning championships” it “would have been difficult” for Lewis Hamilton to leave.
The Formula 1 world was shocked when it was announced that Lewis Hamilton will be ending his tenure at Mercedes in 2024, to join Ferrari in 2025.
Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin gives his thoughts on why Lewis decided to leave the team.
“I think if we’d been winning championships, it would have been difficult for Lewis to say no,” the Briton said.
“However, I think his biggest reasons are not necessarily ones of car performance. He clearly wants to have another chapter in his career beyond his very successful one with Mercedes.
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“He’s of an age where if he was going to do that, he would need to do it sooner rather than later.
“As I said, if we were dominating a championship, I suspect it would have been difficult for him to do that [exit the team].
“But I think a big part of Lewis is wanting to have another team and another challenge in his career.
“I think when someone’s decided that they want to do that, it can be quite difficult to persuade them otherwise,” Shovlin concluded.
