LEWIS HAMILTON reportedly revealed plans to join Ferrari NINE years before the move was announced. Hamilton – who had only departed McLaren for the Silver Arrows three years prior – eventually arrived at the bar with Mercedes engineers before heading over to chat with Bishop and co. To which Hamilton responded: “Well, what I’d really like to do, one day, is drive for Ferrari… “Yeah. The bar has since closed down, but Hamilton’s dream to race for the Scuderia clearly never did. Hamilton’s multi-year contract at the Prancing Horse could prove to be the final transfer of his F1 career given comments he made in the chat. In the chat Hamilton also ruled out ever returning to McLaren, stating: “I don’t know. Alpine driver Pierre Gasly revealed he knew about the move for some time. Hamilton’s deal at Ferrari is said to be worth a cool £100million.

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