Martin Brundle claps back at Lewis Hamilton’s ‘emotional’ Mercedes farewell comments

The F1 community was not ready when 39-year-old Lewis Hamilton boldly chose to depart from his current team, Mercedes, and join Ferrari next year for the 2025 season. Since then, he has engaged with various media outlets, expressing the necessity of his decision even in the face of emotional ties with the team.

Nevertheless, Martin Brundle has made a rather unsparing remark about Hamilton’s emotional statement, showing little regard for the sentiments expressed by the renowned driver.

Martin Brundle responds strongly to Lewis Hamilton’s farewell remark

Lewis Hamilton has been the primary driver for Mercedes for a decade, accumulating numerous memories with the team. Despite this attachment, the British driver has made a significant decision to move to the Italian team once his current contract expires.

Although Hamilton signed his current contract with Mercedes in August, none of the team members anticipated his departure to occur so soon.

Earlier this week, at Mercedes’s W15 launch event, the seven-time World Champion expressed his feelings as “emotional and surreal,” while realizing that it was his last year with the team he drove for the longest period.

However, British F1 reporter Martin Brundle completely disregarded Hamilton’s feelings by saying, “I don’t buy all of this; it’s going to be emotional leaving… Lewis is a winning machine, and that’s what he wants to do. It’s a good contract. He’ll be paid a lot of money, get a lot of love, and it will be one of global sport’s biggest stories in 2025.”

What did Lewis Hamilton say about his 2025 Mercedes farewell?

While sealing the £100 million contract with Ferrari, Hamilton might have initially been enticed by the prospect of the increased financial rewards. However, the 39-year-old is gradually coming to the realisation that this decision signifies the end of all the connections bonded with Mercedes up until this season.

As a result, while speaking about his 2025 farewell with the team, the Mercedes driver expressed emotional sentiments by saying, “(The last few weeks) have obviously been emotional, and it is very surreal to be here. The focus through the whole of winter training is getting the team back to where we once were.”

“We have had these difficult couple of years, which have been really grounding for us. It has helped us regroup and really look at things.”

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