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Toto Wolff says he doesn’t expect Lewis Hamilton’s transition to Ferrari to be a difficult one, and he believes “they are going to find a way of working with each other”.
Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025, after 12 years with Mercedes. While some are predicting a difficult transition for the Briton, his long-time team boss and friend Toto Wolff, doesn’t think there will be problems.
“I think many people say that it’s going to be really difficult,” Wolff told Autosport.
“But I think if you say it’s going to be really difficult, then often it’s the opposite. Ferrari is a great team, great people, lots of emotion and passion and therefore it’s pressure.
“But I believe they are going to find a way of working with each other.”
At the same time Toto believes Mercedes’ new 2025 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli will also adapt to his new team well.
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“I think we had such a great run with Lewis over the last 12 years. He’s always going to be part of the family.
“But obviously, as a competitor, when we try to beat him next year, Kimi joining George [Russell] clearly brings momentum with it, plus youth and freshness.
“You can feel the kind of smile that is in your organisation with having an 18-year-old in a car.
“But having said that, obviously, there will be moments where Lewis’s experience would have benefited the team.
“Kimi is going to be on a steep learning curve, but it’s absolutely the right thing for the team to do and there’s not one person that would have done it differently,” the Austrian concluded.
