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‘Something else' behind Hamilton-Wolff split – Kovalainen

Feb.29 Yet another well-known F1 name has questioned why Lewis Hamilton triggered an exit clause to get out of Mercedes at the end of 2024 in order to move to Ferrari. Fernando Alonso recently scoffed at Hamilton's claim that racing for Ferrari has always been a 'childhood dream', and now another former teammate has a similar view. 'It could be a sincere comment from Hamilton,' Heikki Kovalainen told the Finnish news agency STT, 'but I don't think it was the only reason. 'There must have been something else in the background.' One suspicion is that Hamilton simply fell out with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who reportedly turned down the seven time world champion's request for a...
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