The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is delighted to announce that Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will proceed to guide its driver line-up for the following two seasons. The duo has been paired collectively because the begin of the 2022 season, and every driver continues long-standing relationships with the Team.
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Lewis will drive for the Team within the 2024 and 2025 seasons and proceed a historic relationship that has secured six World Drivers’ Championships and eight World Constructors’ Championships. Since becoming a member of the works group, Lewis has taken 82 victories and 78 pole positions to change into essentially the most profitable driver within the sport’s historical past. The extension ensures the continuation of essentially the most profitable Team and driver pairing in Formula One historical past into a minimum of a thirteenth yr.
George has prolonged a relationship from 2017 till the top of the 2025 season. The then 18-year-old joined the Team’s Junior programme earlier than rising through the ranks to F1. After starring at Williams, he was promoted to companion Lewis Hamilton in 2022 and claimed his maiden Grand Prix victory in final yr’s São Paulo Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton commented:
We dream on daily basis of being the perfect and have devoted the previous decade to attaining that purpose. Being on the high doesn’t occur in a single day or over a brief interval; it takes dedication, exhausting work and dedication, and it’s been an honour to earn our method into the historical past books with this unimaginable Team.
We have by no means been hungrier to win. We have learnt from each success but additionally each setback. We proceed to chase our goals, we proceed to struggle irrespective of the problem, and we are going to win once more. I’m grateful to the Team who’ve supported me on and off the monitor. Our story remains to be ongoing; we’re decided to attain extra collectively and can solely cease as soon as we do.
George Russell commented:
I’ve grown up with this Team ever since becoming a member of as a part of the Junior programme in 2017. It’s my residence, and lengthening our particular relationship through 2025 feels incredible.
After stepping as much as the Mercedes race seat final yr, I needed to reward the belief and perception that Toto and the remainder of the Team positioned in me. Taking my first pole place and race win final yr was unforgettable. More importantly, although, it’s been nice to work with everyone at Brackley and Brixworth to make progress with our automobile and push ahead our improvement. Their loyalty, imaginative and prescient and exhausting work are inspiring.
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We have made some vital steps during the last 18 months and are solely strengthening as a group. I’m excited to assist construct on that momentum as we progress into 2024 and 2025 as we proceed to deal with returning to the entrance of the pack.
Toto Wolff, CEO and Team Principal, continued on the driver line-up:
Continuing with our present driver line-up was an easy resolution. We have essentially the most potent pairing on the grid, and each drivers are taking part in an important function within the Team to maneuver us ahead. The power and stability they supply will probably be important constructing blocks for our future success.
Our partnership with Lewis is likely one of the most profitable within the sport’s historical past. It was at all times a formality that we’d proceed collectively – and it’s energising for us all to verify that publicly. His exceptional monitor file illustrates his qualities as a pure racing driver, however over our years collectively, he has grown to change into a pillar and chief of our Team. Those management qualities are essential as we struggle for world championships once more. As F1’s most distinguished international star, he has additionally performed a key function in shaping our commitments to range, inclusion and sustainability, which will probably be foundations for our success within the years forward.
George is the main gentle of his era. He has repaid the religion we confirmed in him after we promoted him to a race seat in 2022. His maiden pole place in Hungary and first Grand Prix victory in São Paulo have been standout moments final season. As a driver, he combines razor-sharp velocity with the tenacity of a real fighter. But he additionally brings an intelligence and a focus to element that can assist him proceed to develop, develop and enhance additional. He is a pure match for the Team, and we’re delighted to have prolonged the connection for the approaching years.
Markus Schäfer, Non-Executive Chairman & Mercedes-Benz AG CTO, added:
Lewis has cast a relationship with Mercedes-Benz from the beginning of his profession. In that point, he has claimed seven World Drivers’ Championships, 103 race wins, 195 podium finishes and 104 pole positions. His ambition and dedication to successful are second to none. His boundless positivity and fervour for pushing himself and the Team ahead are a continuing supply of pleasure and inspiration for everybody related to the Team and the broader Mercedes-Benz group.
George has additionally been an integral member of the Mercedes-Benz household since 2017. After becoming a member of the Team’s Junior programme, he has continued to develop and excel yr after yr. Watching him take his first Grand Prix victory was unimaginable and demonstrated his immense expertise. George and Lewis’s robust relationship has been wonderful and supplies a stable platform for the Team.
We are excited to proceed this journey with a present driver line-up and sit up for sharing extra success sooner or later. The complete Team is motivated for the remainder of the season and persevering with to construct momentum into 2024 and past.
