‘Non-poaching’ clause in Mercedes deal to stop staff following Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton's hopes of taking key♏ Mercedes F1 staff with him to Ferrari may havജe hit a stumbling block.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton may not be able to take key members of the Mercedes F1 team with him to Ferrari in 2025 because of a clause in his curr🤡ent contract.
u♏nderstands that a ‘non-poaching’𒁏 clause was inserted into the seven-time world champion’s current Mercedes deal to prevent a mass exodus of staff.
Sources have confirmed such a clause exists in Hamilton’s contract, potential﷽ly scuppering his hopes of reuniting with key figures at Ferrari.
However, the clause cannot stop a move if b✱oth𒆙 parties agree to a deal.
Last week Hamilton stunned the F1 world by announcing a seismic switch to Fer﷽rari next season on a multi-year deal, having activated a break🎐 clause in his current Mercedes contract.
It had been widely reported in Italian media that Hamilton hoped to lure several key Mercedes personnel a✨long with him, such as long-time race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington.
These suggestions drew comparisons to when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher was joined in moving from Benetton to Ferrari by key staff including the likes of technical director Ross Brawn and chief🍸 designer Rory Byrne in 1996.
Bonnington, who has been at Brackley sin𝔍ce the early Honda days, has worked alongside Hamilton ever since the Briton joined Mercedes back in 2013 and the pair have forged a special relationship.
Mercedes boss Toto Woꦜlff has already adm💞itted that Bonnington’s future needs to be discussed amid talk of a move to Ferrari.
"I think this i꧟s a discussion which 🥃everyone needs to have in the months to come," Wolff said.
"And as much as I've spoken ♒with Bono already, when I told him [about Hamilton's move] he said, 'Is it April the first?' That's something which we will discuss in the future."
Hamilton will find familiar faces at Feℱrrari in team principal Fred Vasseur, who managed ART Grand Prix during H🔜amilton’s title-winning GP2 campaign, and Jock Clear, who previously worked at Mercedes.
Former Mercede▨s performance director Loic Serra is also set to officially start work at Ferrari in 2025.

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