Lewis Hamilton ‘already knows when he will retire’ as incoming Ferrari star ‘has very clear plan ahead of him’

LEWIS HAMILTON has reportedly already planned his Formula One retirement.

The seven-time satellite champion volition join up with Ferrari from adjacent play connected a multi-year £100million contract.

Hamilton announced his daze power to the Italian giants successful February.

The 39-year-old has been with Mercedes since 2013 aft a determination from McLaren.

Hamilton said earlier this year: "I person had an astonishing 11 years with this squad and I'm truthful arrogant of what we person achieved together."

The Brit operator volition contention for Ferrari successful 2025 and 2026, but his semipermanent aboriginal remains uncertain.

Author Matt Whyman, who has written a publication connected the past of Mercedes, spoke with Hamilton up of his Ferrari switch.

And helium claims the Stevenage autochthonal has a "very wide plan" connected erstwhile helium volition measurement distant from racing.

Whyman told The Mirror: "I asked him straight what was going connected and helium conscionable said, ‘It is each kid's imagination who gets progressive successful centrifugal racing to contention a Ferrari, and that is it - I did not privation to get to the extremity of my vocation and look backmost and go, what if?’

"He says helium knows erstwhile the extremity of his vocation volition be, helium has got this precise wide program up of him.

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"He said it is truly meaningful to him, the information that helium has won each these races with Mercedes and helium has been connected this journey.

"The 1 happening helium had not done and helium conscionable thought, ‘I bash not privation to locomotion distant and go, I privation I had done that'."

Hamilton has racked up 105 wins successful F1 since making his debut mode backmost successful 2007.

He admitted earlier this play helium "will know" erstwhile it's yet clip to measurement retired of the car.

Asked if helium had a timeframe for status by Esquire, helium said: "I decidedly do.

"There are days I’m like, shoot, I don’t cognize however overmuch longer I tin go.

"I’ve conscionable got to strategise and series things.

"I’m precise overmuch astir sequencing, similar looking astatine brands that I collaborate with, companies that I’m fundamentally starting, however I negociate my clip betwixt each those, and however I’m capable to dedicate myself to this occupation still.

"Is determination a clip erstwhile I’m not each successful and I’m conscionable not successful emotion with it anymore?

"That’s the infinitesimal that hopefully ne'er happens, successful the consciousness that I’ve fallen retired of emotion with it.

"But I volition cognize erstwhile I request to stop."