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Lewis Hamilton<\/a>‘s former Mercedes<\/a> teammate Valtteri Bottas<\/a> has said he expects the seven-time Formula One world champion to be a good fit for Ferrari<\/a> when the British driver moves to the Italian team next year.<\/p>\n The switch was announced last week<\/a> after Hamilton, 39, exercised a break clause in his new contract and signed for the sport’s oldest, historically most successful and most glamorous team on a multiyear deal from the start of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n – Unlapped: How to listen or watch ESPN’s new F1 show, episode archive and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “I never thought it would happen,” Bottas said at a livery launch in London for his Sauber-run Stake F1 team<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n “I thought in my mind he would stay at Mercedes, but that’s Formula One. Things happen, and I think that it’s good for him because he’s obviously made the decision and it’s a fresh, new start.<\/p>\n “It’s a big move in F1, which is going to create some movement as well on the drivers’ market for sure.”<\/p>\n Hamilton will join Charles Leclerc<\/a>, who has a long-term contract, at Ferrari — a team that last won a constructors’ championship in 2008.<\/p>\n Other multiple champions Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso<\/a> have tried and failed to win titles at Ferrari since Kimi Raikkonen was crowned the team’s most recent driver’s champion in 2007.<\/p>\n