Damon Hill believes that Lewis Hamilton spotted “e💖vidence” of Ferrari’s improvement, convincing him to leave Mercedes.

Hamilton will drive for Mercedes for one final season before wearing the famous red of the S🐬cuderia in 2025.

Hamilton is the F1 driver with the most grand prix wins ever, and Ferrar🙈iꩵ is the most successful-ever team.

Ex-F1 driver Hill said on the Sky F1 show: “This decision? We know itဣ’s a given, the Ferrari benefits of the brand, and the history.

“But I think there’s more to this. Whi🐓ch is: I thought there was evidence that Ferrari were starting to solidify as a competitive package.

“They were starting to put together the components, and they༺ were starting to get results.

“If you had a choice between Merಞcedes giving you the 🍃same equipment, and Ferrari?

“I’d rather go to Ferrari and try somet🤡hing different.♉”

Ferrari, last season, were the only team to win an F1 gran🍨d prix apart from Red Bull. Carlos Sainz won in Singapore.

They also claimed seven pole pos𝔍itions - five through Charles Leclerc and two from Sainz.

Notably, three of Leclerc’s pole positions were se🦹cured at the final five rounds, offering๊ a hint of what might to come for Ferrari.

Karun Chand🗹hok said about Hamiltonꩲ’s decision: “Ultimately he exists to win.

“Leclerc qualified at the front for five grands 𝐆prix l✤ast year.

“I think Ferrari have shown their upward trajecto𝓰ry.”

Martin Brundle added: “Lewis has got to make sure he goes to Ferrari and does a Michael Schumacher, not a Sebas𝄹tian Vettel or a Fernando Alonso!”

Chandhok replied: “Mercedes have changed a lot. James Allison has come back and, reading his interviews, it seemed like he hadไ identified areas of key weakness.

“The car was a bit of a dog? It did finish second in the constructors' cha🎃mpionship ahead of Ferrari.

“For me, where it♏ gets interesting - if the James Alli💝son influence comes in, they have a comprehensive 2024, they beat Ferrari… what’s going on in Lewis’ head then?

“Has he made the wrong call?

“He played a blinder in 2012 to leave McLaren ♑and come to Mercedes at🗹 the right time.”

Mercedes will launch their W15 on February 14.

They will hope, with Allison’s insi🐼ght pivotal, that the car represents a huge upgrade on the past two seasons.

Hamilton has not won a gꩲrand prix since 2021. George Russell, in 2022 in Brazil, won Mercedes’ sole victory of the past two glum yearsꦡ.