Because? Lewis Hamilton suffers first disappointment before joining Ferrari

TO despite rumors that Lewis Hamilton he’d take his people in a Ferrari, like Peter Bonnington or Andrew Shovlinwon’t be able to “steal” them from Mercedes due to a clause in his contract.

Formula 1: When will Lewis Hamilton join Ferrari?

The British pilot will leave the Silver Arrows in The end of the 2024 Formula 1 season will stop in Maranello; However, the first disappointment he experienced was revealed.

According to Motorsport Italia, seven-time Formula 1 champion has a so-called “no poaching clause” with Mercedeswhich would prevent him from offering a job to his race director or track operations director, key people to his success.

The automobile portal added that Lewis Hamilton signed an agreement with the German team in his latest contract in August, where “they do not allow him to invite colleagues in the event of a breakdown in the employment relationship by offering work in another workplace.”

The background to the “no poaching clause” in Formula 1

Are conditions are not new in Formula 1and is included in some contracts to protect against the flight of talent and prevent the “stealing” of their workers.

Just like Mercedes did to Lewis HamiltonTeams also tend to apply it to directors and team principals, figures who play a key role in the development of Formula 1 cars.

One of the events that gave rise to such reservations occurred in 2014, when Fernando Alonso leaves Ferrari stay at McLaren; However, he took his then track engineer, Andrea Stella.

Of course this operation couldn’t be copied by Sebastian Vettel when he replaced the Spaniard in Prancing Horse because the German had a “no-poaching clause” at Red Bull that prevented him from inviting Guillaume “Rocky” Roquelinhis engineer, for four seasons he was champion.

There are special cases where this type of transfer is possible, but the consent of all parties is required to terminate contracts; However this That doesn’t seem to be the case for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton.so that they don’t let Bono or Shovlin go to Ferrari.