{"id":62501,"date":"2024-11-06T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/?p=62501"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:56:29","slug":"mercedes-denies-rumors-of-hamiltons-final-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/mercedes-denies-rumors-of-hamiltons-final-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes denies rumors of Hamilton\u2019s final race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mercedes has dismissed speculation that the F1 S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix might have been Lewis Hamilton\u2019s last race with the team, following his cryptic radio message on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seven-time world champion had a challenging weekend, finishing in a disappointing 10th place. Hamilton struggled with the handling of his W15 and was once again baffled by his lack of one-lap pace. In an unusual twist, he also struggled in wet conditions\u2014typically one of his strong suits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/ferraris-resurgence-a-2024-season-of-promise\/\">FERRARI\u2019S RESURGENCE: A 2024 SEASON OF PROMISE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After crossing the line, Hamilton made a puzzling comment over the team radio, saying, \u201cThat was a disaster of a weekend, guys. The worst the car has ever been. Thank you for contributing and great job to all the guys at the pit-stop. If this is the last time I get to perform, it\u2019s a shame it wasn\u2019t great, but I\u2019m grateful for you.\u201d His \u201cif this is the last time\u201d remark fueled speculation about his future with the team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the race, Hamilton mentioned he was looking forward to a holiday. However, Mercedes confirmed to Sky that Hamilton will indeed drive in the season\u2019s final three races in Las Vegas, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. Hamilton is expected to leave the team after the Yas Marina Circuit race, joining Ferrari in 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 39-year-old is unlikely to debut with Ferrari until 2025, potentially testing in an older model at the team\u2019s Fiorano track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes has dismissed speculation that the F1 S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix might have been Lewis Hamilton\u2019s last race with the team, following his cryptic radio message on Sunday. The seven-time world champion had a challenging weekend, finishing in a disappointing 10th place. Hamilton struggled with the handling of his W15 and was once again baffled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1"},"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62523,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62501\/revisions\/62523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}