Lewis Hamilton will make a shock move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season acording to BBC Sport.
Ferrari and Mercedes have refused to comment.
Mercedes F1 staff were told in a meeting with team principal Toto Wolff and technical director James Allison.
The move could be announced officially as early today.
39 year old Hamilton signed a new two-year deal with Mercedes only last summer. His contract is understood to have contained a break clause after one year, which Hamilton has chosen to exercise.
There have been intermittent rumours of Hamilton moving to Ferrari for years. Until now, these have turned out to have little substance, but a number of sources say this is different.
But Ferrari president John Elkann then discovered that Hamilton was a possibility and moved to secure his signature. The two are friends and have met each other socially on a number of occasions in recent years.
Hamilton says he believe they have a North Star now,which he thinks they have not had for two years,but still getting there is not a straight line.
Hamilton's move will send shockwaves through F1 - similar to those when he chose to leave McLaren for Mercedes for the 2013 season.
Source:BBC Sport
