“I can clearly imagine that Lewis Hamilton will retire at the end of the year. He can decide to make movies.”
Article by Sebastian Vasile – published on Friday, August 08, 2025, 19:38 / Updated on Friday, August 2025 19:38
Former Formula 1 pilot, Ralf Schumacher (50 years old), said he can imagine a scenario in which Lewis Hamilton (40 years old) ends his career at the end of this season, after the disappointing performances of the Ferrari pilot.
At the beginning of the year, the most titled pilot of the last decade joined the Ferrari team, hoping to find the shape that brought so many successes with Mercedes. To date, however, this has not happened, and in Hungary, last week, Hamilton seemed very demoralized.
The British said even after the qualifications on Hungariring that he feels “Needless and Ferrari should replace it”.
Ralf Schumacher: “I can clearly imagine that Lewis will retire at the end of the year.”
This statement has fueled numerous speculation that the world champion septupple will end its career in the near future, and Schumacher said that, in his opinion, the possibility that this will happen at the end of the season is as real as possible.
Lewis Hamilton / Photo: Imago
“In fact, it is a very simple process. You see your teammate doing something, and you try and try and try, but you fail. At one point, you think and you realize that you have tried everything and you recognize that your teammate is better. And when you do not find a solution, then you do not start. You neglect the family.
That's how the process started. Lewis is a very rich man. It can decide to do something else, such as movies, for example. He was involved in the new movie about Formula 1. He will be wondering why to continue doing this. And this is a process that is not far away when you are 40 years old. You don't have to spend your life going in a circle. So yes, on the basis of his statement, I can imagine how he retires. Only three months ago I was talking about it, when everyone criticizes me because I said why I think Lewis should retire.
But now he started talking about this topic. Something happened. I think if he manages to reverse the trend, this will become an old news. Sometimes it takes one or two situations to change things and make you enjoy sports again. As in football, when you score a goal after you have not scored for a long time. For pilots, this translates to a perfect tour – to make that tour and climb the podium when no one believed you could. When this happens, it's fine. But if not, then I do not exclude the possibility of him to leave at the end of the year, “Schumacher told Podcastul Sky Deutschland – Backstaged Boxengasse.
