Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is confident that his driver Lewis Hamilton will continue to do his best for Mercedes until the end of the 2024 season. Hamilton will leave for Ferrari at the end of the season, but says he is currently focusing mainly on achieving good results with his current team.
The 2024 season has proven to be quite a rollercoaster for Hamilton so far. During the first two Grands Prix of the year, the Briton indicated that the W15 was ‘a great car’, but had to change that opinion after the first free practice on Australian soil, when the speed of his Mercedes car seemed to drop again. to search. Hamilton followed up his Australian race with successful Fridays in Japan and China, in Shanghai he even managed to finish second during the sprint race, but at the same Shanghai International Circuit he did not get further than Q1 during regular qualifying.
Hamilton has yet to finish in the top six in a feature race this season, but his team boss Wolff believes Hamilton will continue to work hard until the end of his final season as a Mercedes driver. “I think Lewis is a professional and has behaved like one so far, trying to keep his morale and that of the team high, even if results are not forthcoming,” the Austrian told Motorsport.com. ‘I have no doubt he will continue to do this. He also supported George (Russell, ed.).”
Hamilton not yet involved with Ferrari
The seven-time world champion himself previously indicated that he wanted to end his time at Mercedes on a good note. “Right now I want to finish well here,” Hamilton said earlier in the 2024 season, although the Briton is also looking forward to his switch to Ferrari. ‘Of course I’m looking forward to the future. But right now we are going through a difficult period. That’s my challenge. That’s where all my energy goes, to figuring out how we can get ourselves back to the top. How can I work with the boys? How can I give better debriefings, how can I send them in a better direction to fight at the front again?’
