Toto Wolff's true opinion on Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes exit has been revealed. Toto Wolff has claimed Lewis Hamilton ’s decision to leave Mercedes for Ferrari ‘helped’ the team avoid having an awkward conversation about the seven-time world champion's future.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed the unusual reply he received from Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur following the news of Lewis Hamilton's move.

Toto Wolff has conceded that Lewis Hamilton's impending Mercedes exit in Formula 1 has "helped" the team avoid the situation

Toto Wolff has revealed he was tipped off about Lewis Hamilton 's Ferrari move before he was told by the seven-time champion, before an unsettling radio silence. Hamilton is set to move to Maranello ahead of 2025, in an attempt to claim an unprecedented eighth world championship title.

Toto Wolff claims Lewis Hamilton’s late call to join Ferrari left him unable to negotiate with other drivers such as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris. News of contract extensions for both Norris and Leclerc before the season was quickly upstaged by the bombshell that Hamilton would depart Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025 and Wolff believes that delay prevented him from poaching a rival.

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Lewis Hamilton will not win another world championship ahead of the Mercedes star’s move to Ferrari next year. Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton will leave the Silver Arrows – where he has won six of his titles – at the end of the season ahead of his highly-anticipated move to the Scuderia in 2025.

Toto Wolff has revealed he was tipped off about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari move before he was told by the seven-time champion, before an unsettling radio silence. Hamilton is set to move to Maranello ahead of 2025,

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Bernie Ecclestone believes Lewis Hamilton won't have an easy time at Ferrari because he will face Charles Leclerc, whom the team "won't dump" for anyone. He also suggests Chairman John Elkann might have some doubts about whether the Italian team made the right choice in signing the seven-time World Champion.