The F1 community, particularly the fans, were in complete shock when it was announced last month that Lewis Hamilton has decided to leave Mercedes at the end of the season to join Scuderia Ferrari from 2025 onwards. However, it now seems as though it was a long time coming and some of the events that led to the decision were featured in the recently released sixth season of the hit Netflix series "Drive to Survive".
Of course, everyone bore witness to the disastrous 2022 and 2023 seasons that Mercedes had to endure following a string of eight consecutive Constructors' World Championship victories (2014-2021). During that same period, Hamilton won six out of his seven Drivers' World Championship titles (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020). His former teammate, Nico Rosberg, was the only man to break his streak by winning the 2016 title.
