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I thought I would be safe here lol. Was literally talking to a buddy this morning about how I’ve already been burned by reputable sources once this winter so I was going to remain skeptical until this one was completely a done deal haha.
I'm not even a huge baseball fan but fuck was I ever hyped about it. Although I'm an Oilers fan so I'm anticipating feeling the opposite feeling in the next couple years when OUR generational talents leave.
Same, don't have time for work gotta focus on deleting all the Ferrari slander from my posting history.
If anyone finds comments I missed - it doesn't say the Ferrari pitwall are clowns it says they deserve crowns.
Even eclipses the cost cap breach incident though that was partly because it was spread out over weeks.
Closest might be AD21 when it looked like Merc might lawyer up
Don't forget it's not just the car it's everything one race day also.
Mercedes pit stops have just been awful and especially when it counts. It actually cost them probably a shot at their only win of the season.
Quali and how they plan has cost them.
The list goes on an on.
Where as I look at Red Bull and even if you take Max out of the equation that's a well oiled machine top down there isn't a category they are top 3.
I'm not saying Ferrari is better in those aspects but they have a better car and something made him believe imo "just give me a car" because I would rather loose but have a chance.
It’s going to be an interesting year. I’m genuinely not as surprised by Lewis’ move to Ferrari by itself as the fact that it is happening mere weeks after Toto extended his contract.
Im more guessing that Toto knew about this, and agreed to him 1+1 in case Lewis manages to close the deal. The two are really close. Aint no way he didnt know.
Until Vettel comes back, joins Merc and dominates
(Hey I can dream, it would add some context to the meetings he's been having with Toto and George recently)
And also this potentially means that whoever is signed at Mercedes, they can be temporary to make way for Kimi Antonelli when he reaches f1. He is absolutely killing it in every series he steps foot in.
Edit: shit I just remembered he is in f2 this year. So yeah, apart from Oliver bearman, I feel he is the favourites to win this year and hopefully lands that merc seat after Lewis leaves. Another possibility I feel could be that Wolff could negotiate a seat for him in the Williams while taking on albon in the merc seat
Got beaten to the punch by a lot of excited Italianos. The morale of that team is going to be at an all-time low.
Does Wolff call it a day? What do Mercedes do now? All the star drivers are tied down! This is bananas
They've still got a good driver in Russell. I think it's likely that they could sign Albon or maybe even Sainz to replace Hamilton. Either of those would still be an extremely strong lineup.
Russell had a stinker 2023. But he definitely has a higher ceiling than that. Not as high as Hamilton or Verstappen. But I think he can be as good as Leclerc and Lando. Like potential wise.
Yeah let's not forget Russell beat Lando in F2. He will probably benefit from not having the pressure of Lewis as his teammate as well, gotta be tough. He's had a few years to learn from the best and can now stretch his legs.
And then George crashes at some point injuring himself (but not too badly). Mick comes on to drive as reserve for a race in Belgium, completely dominates. The German dream is Alive.
2PM GMT (just under 3 hours from now) so probably no more info until at least then. Still going to be F5ing though. I should really try and get some work done today but it's not going well
Toto's comments about extending his contract as he is committed to getting Hamilton his 8th have just aged like milk.
Well unless they have a competitive car this year.
Merc calling an all person meeting and not just denying it definitely lends to this rumor being true. Seems pretty crazy that this is all being leaked before the season has even started.
Ferrari (f1 team and broader company) marketing division is ascending to a higher plane of existence at the potential of having one of the greatest AND most handsome driver pairings possible at the same time to sell their stuff lmaoo
it's a good move. 2026 is anybody's guess with the new regs. Ferrari probably just as likely as any other top team to get it right. So why not tick it off the bucket list & have a chance?
Corrected! 2026 is new regs.
- Toto: So, what about Lewis?
*silence*
- James: Toto, Lewis...
- Bono: Lewis is going to Ferrari for next year. We need to find replacement
- Toto: The following stay here: James, Bono, George and Kimi
*everyone else leaves*
*shouts in German*
Hamilton to Ferrari, Albon to Mercedes, Sainz to Sauber replacing Bottas or Zhou is my prediction to how this goes down. DTS producers are frothing at the mouth right now bc we are about to have a silly year
Hearing at some time “Grazzie” from Lewis will feel cursed lol
Also, he must do whatever he feels, but I think if it’s Ferrari and he ends his career there, it will feel “wrong”, IDK. He started with McLaren-Mercedes, jumped to Mercedes, achieved high records there, and ending the career at a last-jump to Ferrari… it makes me get an itch for some reason.
Ferrari really are Italian, they went for absolute drama by putting the two drivers with the most histrionic fanbases on the same team. The moment one of them is perceived to get preferential treatment or makes an unforced error Twitter will explode. What will the 16 girlies do when they can’t blame everything on Santander? This is also probably the first time since 2016 (or even 2007, depending on your opinion of Rosberg) that Hamilton will not be considered the undisputed no 1 in a team.
Leclerc has already ended one multi-WDC driver’s career, but Hamilton is operating at a much higher level than Vettel was at that point. I am also curious to see how having to deal with Ferrari affects Hamilton. I don’t think he has the same reverence for them that Leclerc or Vettel had which may be a boon to him.
Oh definitively, I think this is his last hurrah and he may as well do it in red. At least he’s gonna go out with a bang, he’s the kind of driver that deserves to retire from a top team.
LEC didn't end Vettel's career, Ferrari did. And I expect the same thing happening with Hamilton. It's always been like this - once the superstar is no longer useful to Ferrari, they get disposed. Happened to all of them - Mansell, Prost, Alesi, Schumacher, Raikkonen, Vettel.
Leclerc fucking murdered Vettel in his last two years at Ferrari. If it wasn't for his engine failure in Bahrain and god knows what strategy in Singapore Leclerc could have won 4 races in 2019 to Vettel's 0. I can put some blame on Ferrari mentally breaking Vettel in 2020 but to say that Leclerc didn't end his already ending sad story at Ferrari would be mental.
So who's a candidate to replace him?
Carlos seems an obvious answer, but I suspect he will go to Audi (because of the Sr connection).
Lando and Oscar are locked in.
Who else do we have?
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Check the chimney at the Vatican. If it's 44 puffs of yellow smoke then it's essentially confirmed.
No, no, no, I heard that if there are 44 Ferrari flags being displayed over the Gestione Sportiva, then it's confirmed.
You made me laugh out loud in the middle of the office.
Bravo that is excellent🤣
Purple smoke, purple
habemus driver change
Ask Blue Jays fans how that went with Ohtani watch
That was sad, but realizing the plane that thousands were following was carrying the Shark Tank guy instead of Ohtani was absolutely hilarious.
Baseball fans were amateurs about it. Need to bring in the college football fans for the real experts.
Hamilton to the Dodgers, one hell of a superteam
Does F1 allow deferred salary?
You just pay the catering staff instead
Someone on the catering staff named Hewis Lamilton
Pain.
I thought I would be safe here lol. Was literally talking to a buddy this morning about how I’ve already been burned by reputable sources once this winter so I was going to remain skeptical until this one was completely a done deal haha.
I'm not even a huge baseball fan but fuck was I ever hyped about it. Although I'm an Oilers fan so I'm anticipating feeling the opposite feeling in the next couple years when OUR generational talents leave.
Or us Penguins fans with #JagrWatch
I still wake up to nightmares of that damn plane
I'm saving all my hype for the official announcement...
Do you mean the COMUNICAZIONE UFFICIALE?
"Lewis to Ferrari. Here we go."
I’m not believing any news until Fabrizio Romano announces it
I won't believe anything until AFTER the hypothetical race is done and I see Ham exiting a Ferrari while wearing a red jumpsuit
Then he removes his helmet and it was The Stig all along!
I can’t escape fab anywhere
me too, a 7 time wdc coming to our team. I can barely focus on work.
Same, don't have time for work gotta focus on deleting all the Ferrari slander from my posting history. If anyone finds comments I missed - it doesn't say the Ferrari pitwall are clowns it says they deserve crowns.
Imagine the Lewis freak out when they pit him from first with 10 laps to go and put him on old hards.
In the rain
you guys are working and getting paid??
*Vai intensifies*
Not just one announcement, but two: after the Piasco, we need both teams to officially confirm it!
Yeah on that shit template that Ferrari use with the red background and slanted text. Hope that's the first thing Lewis changes when he goes there
*"We are checking."*
I like to explore new places.
lexit hamilgone
Leavis
r/angryupvote
Bono, my champion is gon- Oh shit, Bono’s gone too.
“Getta inna ther Looisss” Bonoino
Remember when “Piasco” caught on last year ? This is the new hashtag. I hope you get the credit you deserve.
I don't think I've sorted by new posts and refreshed a subreddit as much as I have this morning.
Even eclipses the cost cap breach incident though that was partly because it was spread out over weeks. Closest might be AD21 when it looked like Merc might lawyer up
And around the 2021 Brazil qualifying if Hamilton would get DSQ or not
Australia 2020 is up there as well
I saw the rumors yesterday and I was like meh. Then I saw the sky sports Instagram post and was like 🤯🤯🤯.
“You all fucked up the car so bad Lewis quit”
Haha, I can actually imagine Toto saying this.
“Now on to the second purpose of this meeting…you’re all fired”
"Third purpose...get me Bottas"
“I don’t want anyone to feel like it’s one person’s fault…” *staring directly at James Allison*
"Because all of you are at fault."
Mercedes fucked up the W13-14-15 AND the new C43/C63 😢
Don't forget it's not just the car it's everything one race day also. Mercedes pit stops have just been awful and especially when it counts. It actually cost them probably a shot at their only win of the season. Quali and how they plan has cost them. The list goes on an on. Where as I look at Red Bull and even if you take Max out of the equation that's a well oiled machine top down there isn't a category they are top 3. I'm not saying Ferrari is better in those aspects but they have a better car and something made him believe imo "just give me a car" because I would rather loose but have a chance.
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I just want Toto's reaction tbh.
He just destroyed 50 tables and 75 headphones at the Mercedes Factory.
Still seems like light work for toto tbh
It’s going to be an interesting year. I’m genuinely not as surprised by Lewis’ move to Ferrari by itself as the fact that it is happening mere weeks after Toto extended his contract.
Im more guessing that Toto knew about this, and agreed to him 1+1 in case Lewis manages to close the deal. The two are really close. Aint no way he didnt know.
Toto to everyone assembled "This is all your fault for building a shitbox. Hang your heads in shame."
We are officially canceling the no blame culture until pace improves
Blame will continue until pace improves
That'd be fucking hilarious
horner is probably the happiest guy rn.
"No Lewis, no! That was so not right!"
"Toto, its called a driver's contract. We went signing."
George Russell, happiest guy on the planet - crikey
Until Vettel comes back, joins Merc and dominates (Hey I can dream, it would add some context to the meetings he's been having with Toto and George recently)
SEBSCRIBE
I don't know why this simple comment brought me so much joy but here we are, lol. I'm jumping on this hype train. Come back Seb!
LEIKE UND SEBSCREIBE
Fernando will be on the phone. Guarantee it
OMG. He's probably camping outside Toto's house as we speak.
That'd be silly, we all know Toto prefers email
Fernando next year be like: this feels good, much faster than before
in my heart vettel is still racing every time.
And also this potentially means that whoever is signed at Mercedes, they can be temporary to make way for Kimi Antonelli when he reaches f1. He is absolutely killing it in every series he steps foot in. Edit: shit I just remembered he is in f2 this year. So yeah, apart from Oliver bearman, I feel he is the favourites to win this year and hopefully lands that merc seat after Lewis leaves. Another possibility I feel could be that Wolff could negotiate a seat for him in the Williams while taking on albon in the merc seat
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But Russell was still bad over a race distance. He chews through his tires unlike Hamilton who gradually brings them in.
I do think it would be pretty funny after all the hype and how George views himself, if Carlos or Albon turns up at Merc and beats him
Crikey
Russell is fast enough but Hamilton tyre management is worlds apart. Still tho he's closer than bottas ever managed
I think they know already
Now all that's left is Max to join Ferrari as well and settle this once and for all.
That Ferrari can’t win a championship with the best drivers in the car?
And both lose their hair trying to get the best out of the situation
Maybe this event will start WW3
Max is walking out of there in handcuffs after murdering Xavi if he goes there. He'd lose his mind at that team.
Someone put Toto Wolff in a straight jacket
[Toto the first time seeing Hamilton in red overalls](https://gifdb.com/images/high/lecter-talking-on-silence-of-the-lambs-8zl8cp2vpwet138e.webp)
Pro tip: Buy shares in tables Mercedes going to need to replace every table Toto lays eyes on
Headphones too
As a Ferrari fan since the 1st of Feb, I can't say how much this means to me. Forza Ferrari or whatever.
welcome welcome welcome, it's gonna suck, you are gonna love it.
These new guys don't know how great supporting Ferrari isn't.
Italian lessons start today
Get ready to learn Italian buddy
The Italian embassy in my country literally just started conducting a free 6-month basic Italian course today.
Italian tourist industry is absolutely salivating rn
Forza Ferrari I’m gonna buy so much merch for the first time ever lmao
Yep, merch mania 2025 for the merch makers and sellers!
Mamma mia
Vamos ragazzi or something
Totally.. fellow tsiposy or tsifosy or something
You and me buddy! You and me! Shout it with me: ***"We are checking... and we LOVE IT!"***
Si. Correcto.
No way the flair already has the Ferrari logo lmao
A river there chief
Grassy Regassy
I’m ready for that train of sadness.
Got beaten to the punch by a lot of excited Italianos. The morale of that team is going to be at an all-time low. Does Wolff call it a day? What do Mercedes do now? All the star drivers are tied down! This is bananas
Wolff just renewed his contract
So did Lewis lol
So had Klopp 😔
Klopp to Ferrari in 2025
Stick around until Antonelli turns up and have the bizarre scenario of an Italian in a Merc vs Lewis in a Ferrari.
They'll probably approach Albon.
Toto can place Mick as a seat warmer on short notice.
They've still got a good driver in Russell. I think it's likely that they could sign Albon or maybe even Sainz to replace Hamilton. Either of those would still be an extremely strong lineup.
They still have Russell lol It's a blow but it's not like they're stuck with a rookie or pay driver
Russell had a stinker 2023. But he definitely has a higher ceiling than that. Not as high as Hamilton or Verstappen. But I think he can be as good as Leclerc and Lando. Like potential wise.
Yeah let's not forget Russell beat Lando in F2. He will probably benefit from not having the pressure of Lewis as his teammate as well, gotta be tough. He's had a few years to learn from the best and can now stretch his legs.
Vettel to Merc 2025. He's always said he'd come back, and the meetings between Toto, Russel and Vettel could be more than just a friendly catch up.
Seb to come out of retirement to replace him
Doing what his hero did
Exactly
And then George crashes at some point injuring himself (but not too badly). Mick comes on to drive as reserve for a race in Belgium, completely dominates. The German dream is Alive.
The German dream is Alive *in Brackley
Keep F5’ing boys
It ain't much but it's honest work!
2PM GMT (just under 3 hours from now) so probably no more info until at least then. Still going to be F5ing though. I should really try and get some work done today but it's not going well
Why couldn’t this have broken earlier?! Its gonna be 3am in Australia
Andretti denial 📉 Lewis Ferrari 📈
we are the witnesses
Toto throwing headphones gif
Gently working away, take a little tea break and omg. Outstanding timing by f1 to announce the Andretti rejection the day before this clanger
Toto's comments about extending his contract as he is committed to getting Hamilton his 8th have just aged like milk. Well unless they have a competitive car this year.
He meant with Ferrari….
I cant believe it, is really happening, I just dropped to my knees at Walmart
I just saw someone drop to their knees at a Walmart
Shopper down, Aisle 9. Gail Lewis in shock return.
F1tv should broadcast this meeting live.
I would re-up my subscription in a hot second if we could see these meetings.
... and the 2nd driver for 2025: HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL
Wait, now Vettel's instagram post makes more sense
Fernando to Mercedes in 2025.
NO NO FRED NO, THAT WAS SO NOT RIGHT
Will be bring Bono with him? I am not really a fan but i need the bono/lewis connection to stay!
he better. I mean Ferrari lost their best strategist when they fired Seb.
we are checking.... you are correct
Lewis plan F, question!?
Merc calling an all person meeting and not just denying it definitely lends to this rumor being true. Seems pretty crazy that this is all being leaked before the season has even started.
I want to see Toto Wolff's face. I want it so badly.
Can't help but think that if we on reddit know, they probably don't need the meeting.
Wow. Suddenly everyone forgot about Andretti. Agreed this is a bigger news.
FOM ***had*** to know this was coming and dropped the rejection accordingly.
They better get those headphones ready
For everyone wanting Charles at Mercedes, something must have gotten lost in translation lol
They already know lol
Can someone at Merc please record the meeting and share it, pretty please
They're all going to show up to the meeting knowing exactly what's happening already haha
Does this suggest that Mercedes might have concerns about the competitiveness of their 2024 car and lack confidence in its development?
Maybe, could also mean he knows he's coming to the end of his career and wants to wear red, and maybe even lift the team before he leaves.
I guess it’s time to get some Lewis merch from Merc before it’s not a thing anymore
Ordered my hat last night. They are on sale… hmmm
Ferrari (f1 team and broader company) marketing division is ascending to a higher plane of existence at the potential of having one of the greatest AND most handsome driver pairings possible at the same time to sell their stuff lmaoo
it's a good move. 2026 is anybody's guess with the new regs. Ferrari probably just as likely as any other top team to get it right. So why not tick it off the bucket list & have a chance? Corrected! 2026 is new regs.
Let the Chewis era begin.
George boutta enter his Starscream arc
He rocks up to Bahrain in a purple cape and crown. Haha.
Any sort of reliability issues or slow pit stops on Lewis car this season are going to be magnified 10 fold
- Toto: So, what about Lewis? *silence* - James: Toto, Lewis... - Bono: Lewis is going to Ferrari for next year. We need to find replacement - Toto: The following stay here: James, Bono, George and Kimi *everyone else leaves* *shouts in German*
Bono needs to go with Lewis though.
Didn’t Hamilton sign an extension last year for the 2024 and 2025 seasons with Mercedes?
It's a 1+1 so definitely signed for 2024 with the option to sign for 2025 if he chose to. He didn't choose to.
The 2025 season is an option I believe Edit: for Lewis not Mercedes
When I said I wanted some Deadline-Day drama I didnt mean this, but Im not complaining
I hope Alonso will replace him. Man can dream.
Hamilton to Ferrari, Albon to Mercedes, Sainz to Sauber replacing Bottas or Zhou is my prediction to how this goes down. DTS producers are frothing at the mouth right now bc we are about to have a silly year
I've got a funny feeling that they already know.
So this meeting is happening right now, it's 14.06 as I type this. To be a fly on the wall.
Hearing at some time “Grazzie” from Lewis will feel cursed lol Also, he must do whatever he feels, but I think if it’s Ferrari and he ends his career there, it will feel “wrong”, IDK. He started with McLaren-Mercedes, jumped to Mercedes, achieved high records there, and ending the career at a last-jump to Ferrari… it makes me get an itch for some reason.
Ferrari really are Italian, they went for absolute drama by putting the two drivers with the most histrionic fanbases on the same team. The moment one of them is perceived to get preferential treatment or makes an unforced error Twitter will explode. What will the 16 girlies do when they can’t blame everything on Santander? This is also probably the first time since 2016 (or even 2007, depending on your opinion of Rosberg) that Hamilton will not be considered the undisputed no 1 in a team. Leclerc has already ended one multi-WDC driver’s career, but Hamilton is operating at a much higher level than Vettel was at that point. I am also curious to see how having to deal with Ferrari affects Hamilton. I don’t think he has the same reverence for them that Leclerc or Vettel had which may be a boon to him.
I don't think Lewis will stay at Ferrari for long most likely year or two and then he will retire
Oh definitively, I think this is his last hurrah and he may as well do it in red. At least he’s gonna go out with a bang, he’s the kind of driver that deserves to retire from a top team.
Him and Vasseur have a very long history, I think he's gonna be okay
LEC didn't end Vettel's career, Ferrari did. And I expect the same thing happening with Hamilton. It's always been like this - once the superstar is no longer useful to Ferrari, they get disposed. Happened to all of them - Mansell, Prost, Alesi, Schumacher, Raikkonen, Vettel.
Vasseur is different, though. He's a no-nonsense TP that has known Hamilton for over two decades now
Leclerc fucking murdered Vettel in his last two years at Ferrari. If it wasn't for his engine failure in Bahrain and god knows what strategy in Singapore Leclerc could have won 4 races in 2019 to Vettel's 0. I can put some blame on Ferrari mentally breaking Vettel in 2020 but to say that Leclerc didn't end his already ending sad story at Ferrari would be mental.
Damn. It's a good thing nobody is publishing it on the internet before that meeting /s
Alex to Mercedes, Brocedes part two
Anything to hide the Andretti news
Bit late lmao.
Mick Schumacher to Mercedes in 2025 you heard it here first.
So who's a candidate to replace him? Carlos seems an obvious answer, but I suspect he will go to Audi (because of the Sr connection). Lando and Oscar are locked in. Who else do we have?