Hamilton, 39, announced his shock decision to quit Mercedes in favour of rivals Ferrari at the start of the year. He won six of his seven world championships with the Silver Arrows, having joined 11 years ago from McLaren.
The racing legend went on to suffer two winless seasons with the Brackley-based side after controversially missing out on his eighth world title. But he has now started to experience joy again while driving the improved W15 car.
Hamilton ended a 945-day winless streak stretching back to Saudi Arabia in 2021 at the British Grand Prix earlier this month, before finishing third in Hungary this weekend. That prompted his team-mate Russell to claim there was “no way” the veteran would have left if he had predicted Mercedes’ revival this year.
Russell told Reuters ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix: “I don’t think he would have left if the team was performing like this. No way he would have left, for sure not.
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