“Towards the summer”, Mercedes does not intend to rush to find Hamilton’s successor

You want to know who will succeed Lewis Hamilton in Mercedes from 2025? Unfortunately, we will have to wait a little longer. Probably a few months. If he is already analyzing the profiles to replace his world champion next season, Brackley's staff does not aim to decide right away.

Since the announcement of the Englishman's departure from Ferrari last February, many drivers were linked to Mercedes like Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso... Even the name of young Andrea Kimi Antonelli, great hope of the German manufacturer's academy, was mentioned as a potential replacement. For the moment, nothing has filtered out and above all nothing has yet been decided internally. Far from there.

Toto Wolff and Mercedes scrutinize the market

About to begin a new cycle, Mercedes' mission is to replace Lewis Hamilton with a driver of the same caliber, or almost. To do this, the management of Étoile will carefully study each profile and its compatibility with the ambitions of the team, and especially the market. For in the midst of it, Toto wolff and his gang could take advantage of this to pull off a nice stunt.

« As much as we were surprised by the speed of Lewis' decision, I want to take my time, he noted to Fox Sports Australia.

We have a free place, the only one among the top teams, unless Max decides to come, in which case there would be no more free place with us. A few options are really interesting for us, whether they are very talented young riders or older but very experienced pilots.."

For the final decision, Toto Wolff did not get wet and made an appointment “ towards summer » to know the name of Lewis Hamilton's successor. “ This will not happen in the next few weeks or months, he adds. I want to continue to monitor the market. » Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Andrea Kimi Antonelli… There is no shortage of solid files on his desk but after the surprise of the Englishman's announcement during the winter, the Austrian does not want to be surprised again. So be patient until the summer…

ALSO READ > James Allison identifies W15 difficulties in Melbourne