168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has spoken for the first time about his shock decision to leave Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of the 2024 F1 season.

The 🎉seven-time world champion has activated a release clause in his Mercedes contract, signed just last summer, to pull of one of the biggest driver transfers in F1 history.

After a day full of speculation and rumours, Hamilton has finally broken his silencꦗe on his impending departure from Mercedes, which will signal the end of an 11-year partnership with the team.

Hamilton is F1’s most successful driver and won six of his seven world championships w🃏ith Mercedes between 2014 and 2020.

"🌳I have had an amazing 11 years with this team and I'm so proud of what𓆏 we have achieved together,” Hamilton said.

"Me🙈rcedes has been part of my life since I was 13 years📖 old. It's a place where I have grown up, so making the decision to leave was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make.

"But the time is right for me to take this step and I'm excit🌜ed to be taking on a new challenge. I will be forever grateful for the incredible support of my Mercedes family, especially Toto for his friendship and leadership and I want to finish on a high together.

"I am 100% committed to delivering the best performance I canℱ this season and making my last year with the Silver 🎉Arrows, one to remember.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff also reacted to ✃the news, saying: "In terms of a team-driver pairing, our relationship with Lewis has become the most successful the sport has seen, and that's something we can look back on💮 with pride.

“Lewis will always be an important part of Mercedes motorsport history. However, we knew our 𒅌partnership would come to a natural end at some🔥 point, and that day has now come.

“We accept Lewis's decision to seek a fresh challenge, and our opportuniti﷽es for the future are exciting to contemplate. But for now, we still have one season to go, and we are focused on going racing 𝓡to deliver a strong 2024."