On January 1 next year, Hamilton will be parachuted into Maranello and officially become a member of Ferrari, in the 12 years of cooperation with Mercedes, a total of 6 drivers' championships, and for the Silver Arrows team to win the team's eighth consecutive team championship, if you add his 6 seasons for McLaren, Hamilton has been working with Mercedes engines for 18 years, it can be said that in these 18 years of 341 races, Hamilton's partnership with Mercedes Engines has spanned almost his entire F1 career.
As the first black F1 driver, Hamilton is also remembered by fans around the world for his efforts to achieve diversity through his influence, and since then, Mercedes has adopted a black livery for the 2020 and 2021 seasons in line with Hamilton's positive advocacy to show that the German manufacturer team is against racism, and while the Silver Arrows briefly reverted to the traditional silver livery in 2022, they reverted to the black livery again last year at Hamilton's request.
It has been suggested that Hamilton is trying to convince Ferrari to ditch their trademark red livery in favour of a black livery for the 2025 season, but when asked about that possibility during the Canadian Grand Prix, the seven-time winner said: "I haven't driven a car in black livery for a while, so I probably won't push forward with this proposal too soon, but I talked to John Elkann about the idea, and he's also actively involved in charity, so we're going to be working with Mission." 44 Foundations together continue to promote globalization in diversity proposals. ”
But at the same time, Hamilton did not deny that when he arrived at Maranello, the more realistic goal was to help the team return to the top, and as for whether it was possible to add some black to the surface of the car, the team would certainly consider it, after all, Ferrari had also used red as the main colour and outlined the style with black lines, which Hamilton said could also make his claim. In the eyes of the outside world, it is almost impossible to use the black livery throughout the season, but there is still the possibility of using a customized version of the all-black livery in some races, but for the majority of the Iron Buddha Temple, as long as Hamilton can join Ferrari, I believe they can also accept the black livery Ferrari temporarily, why not?