Damon Hill believesও that Lewis Hamilton spotted “evidence𝔍” of Ferrari’s improvement, convincing him to leave Mercedes.

Hamilton will drive for Mercedes for one final season before wearing ♊the𓆏 famous red of the Scuderia in 2025.

Hamilton is the F1 driver with the most🔥 grand♓ prix wins ever, and Ferrari is the most successful-ever team.

Ex-F1 driver Hill said on the Sky F1 show: “This decisio💯n? We know it’s a given, the Ferrar👍i benefits of the brand, and the history.

“🧸But I think there’s more to this. Which is: I though🅺t there was evidence that Ferrari were starting to solidify as a competitive package.

“They were starting to put together the components, and they were starting 𒅌to get results.

“I꧟f you had a choice between Mercedes giving you the same equipment, and F🙈errari?

“I’d rat𓄧her go to Ferrari and try something different.”

Ferrari, last season, were the🍌 only team to win an F1 grand prix a🎶part from Red Bull. Carlos Sainz won in Singapore.

They also claimed seven pole p✤ositions - five through 🍃Charles Leclerc and two from Sainz.

Notably, three of Leclerc’s pole po🍸sitions were secure⛦d at the final five rounds, offering a hint of what might to come for Ferrari.

Karun Chandhok said about Hamilton’s decision: “Ultimately he💮 exists to win.

“Leclerc qualified at the front for five🃏 grands prix last year.

“I think Ferrari haꦰve shown their upไward trajectory.”

Martin Brundle added: “Lewis has got to mak🍷e sure he go🌠es to Ferrari and does a Michael Schumacher, not a Sebastian Vettel or a Fernando Alonso!”

Chandhok replied: “Mercedes have changed a lot. Jam🔯es Allison h🦋as come back and, reading his interviews, it seemed like he had identified areas of key weakness.

“The car was a ꩵbit of a dog? It did finish second in the construct𝕴ors' championship ahead of Ferrari.

“For me, where it gets interesting - if the James Allison influence comes in, they have a comprehensiﷺve 2024, they beat Ferrari… what’s going on in Lewis’ head then?

“Has he made the wrong call?

“He played a blinde𒊎r in 2012 to leave McLaren and come to Mercedes 🎉at the right time.”

Mercedes will launch their W15 on February 14.

They will hope, with Allison’s insight pivotal, that the car 🐟represents a huge upgrade on the past two seasons.

Hamilton has not won a grand prix since 2021. George Russell, in 2022 in Brazil, won Mercedes’ sole victory of the past two 🥀glum years.