LEWIS HAMILTON reportedly had a secret clause in his contract with Mercedes which could affect his time at Ferrari.

The British driver will join the Italian team for the 2025 season after activating a break clause in his Mercedes deal.

Lewis Hamilton will not be able to poach anyone from Mercedes
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Lewis Hamilton will not be able to poach anyone from MercedesCredit: Rex

He had been linked with bringing Peter Bonnington to Ferrari with him
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He had been linked with bringing Peter Bonnington to Ferrari with himCredit: AFP
Hamilton, 39, signed a two-year deal with Ferrari worth £100 million.

This will bring an end to his 11-year association with the Brackley-based Silver Arrows.

However, he will not be allowed to bring anyone with him to Maranello.

PlanetF1.com have claimed that Hamilton had a “no-poaching” clause in his deal to prevent him from doing that.

Hamilton had been linked with a move to take race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington with him.

But Mercedes are said to have said that the existence of the clause was “accurate”.

This type of clause is not uncommon in F1 as Sebastian Vettel, 36, had a similar one when he was at Red Bull.

The German was unable to take race engineer Guillaume ‘Rocky’ Rocquelin with him when he joined Ferrari in 2015.