Last Updated: February 01, 2024, 18:17 IST
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Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari and Lionel Messi at Real Madrid (X)
With Lewis Hamilton transferring from Mercedes to Ferrari, soccer followers floated the concept of Barcelona legend Lionel Messi transferring to Real Madrid.
With the news of seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton being linked with a shock transfer from Mercedes to Ferrari subsequent 12 months, in line with experiences on Thursday, social media customers began trending ‘Messi to Real Madrid’ on X.
Given the sheer unlikelihood that the concept that Lewis Hamilton would transfer between the F1 rivals, soccer followers floated the concept of Barcelona legend Lionel Messi transferring to Real Madrid.
Here’s the true motive why Messi to Real Madrid is trending. Sir Lewis Hamilton becoming a member of Ferrari from the 2025 season, has such an identical feeling in Formula One. pic.twitter.com/ExBiSbsJCI— footie fantasy (@FootieAdFantasy) February 1, 2024
It’s hilarious that “Messi to Real Madrid” is trending— B. (@itsberyl) February 1, 2024
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Sky Sports News mentioned Hamilton would depart Mercedes after the 2024 season and exchange Carlos Sainz Jr. at Ferrari. It didn’t cite any sources. The Daily Mail additionally mentioned the deal would undergo whereas motorsport.com mentioned it wasn’t a completed deal but however negotiations have been at a complicated stage and could possibly be concluded this week.
Mercedes and Ferrari have declined to touch upon if Hamilton will be a part of Ferrari.
The transfer would shock many F1 observers as a result of the 39-year-old British driver signed a brand new two-year deal final summer season till 2025, though it stays unclear whether or not the deal contained an escape clause.
Hamilton received six titles with Mercedes in seven years from 2014-20 and misplaced the 2021 championship to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the ultimate lap of the final race. He has not received a race since 2021 and stays caught on a report 103 wins.
If he joins Ferrari he would doubtless exchange Sainz, contemplating Sainz’s teammate, Charles Leclerc, not too long ago signed a multi-year contract extension.
Hamilton joined Mercedes in 2013 from McLaren in what was additionally a shock transfer on the time.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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