Toto Wolff shuts down questions around Lewis Hamilton’s ‘integrity’ after shock 2025 Ferrari move

Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari is one of the biggest off-track happenings in F1 over the last decade.

Toto Wolff shuts down questions around Lewis Hamilton’s ‘integrity’ after shock 2025 Ferrari move

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff (Via: IMAGO)

Lewis Hamilton, the former seven-time F1 world champion, has become the talk of the town after his recent move to the Ferrari F1 team from 2025 onwards. A lot has been said about it already and amidst all the noise, Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff has come forward to shut down questions regarding the Brit’s integrity.

Since the announcement of Lewis Hamilton‘s move to Ferrari, questions have been raised about whether the former will pass on certain technical information to the Ferrari camp. However, Toto Wolff has shut down the questions in one blow by claiming that he does not doubt Hamilton’s character.

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While shedding light on the same recently, he said, as reported by Motorsport-total:

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We have engineers leaving us and going to other teams, and the notice periods are sometimes as short as six months. So I have no doubts about Lewis' integrity when it comes to passing on information. We want to make sure that this is a successful season, a successful season for both drivers, and a successful season for Mercedes, and we will all do our best to achieve that.

The Austrian. with his comments, has made it quite clear that he has no doubts regarding Lewis Hamilton’s integrity. Moreover, has made it known that he is really looking forward to having a successful 2024 campaign with Hamilton and George Russell.

Lewis Hamilton and Co. will launch the W15 on Valentine’s Day

While Toto Wolff has shut down integrity questions around Lewis Hamilton, the duo is to launch the Mercedes W15 on the upcoming 14th of February (Valentine’s Day). The W14 proved to be an extremely difficult machinery to tame and considering this, it will be fascinating to see what kind of a car the Barckley-based team will come up with this time around.

Lewis Hamilton George Russell and Toto Wolff at 2022 formula1news.co.uk
Lewis Hamilton George Russell and Toto Wolff (Credits: formula1news.co.uk)

Lewis Hamilton is desperate to win an eighth world championship and this is one of the reasons why he is leaving for Ferrari. The 39-year-old does not think that he will be able to win another title with the Mercedes F1 team.

Keeping in view everything that has been discussed above, the upcoming campaign will be a fascinating watch from the point of view of the fans, Mercedes, and also the Ferrari F1 team. Several eyes will be on the number 44 car this year.

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