Toto Wolff says he will “cheer” for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to win with Ferrari if Mercedes are not in the F1 championship fight.

Hamilton turned in a masterclass recovery drive from 16th on the grid, including a last-lap overtake on teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, to claim fourth on his Mercedes fare▨well at the season-ending Ab👍u Dhabi Grand Prix.

The seven-time world champion is leaving Mercedes afte🍨r 12 years in order to complete a blockbuster switch to Ferrari, where he will aim to claim a record-breaking eighth world title and end the Scuderia’s long title drought.

Despite joining one of Mercedes’ fiercest ♏rivals, team principal Wolff said he would love to see Hamilton win an eighth drivers’ crown with Ferrari.

"If we can't win, we will cheer for him,” Wolff told med♕ia including after S𒅌unday’s F1 2024 finale.

"He mꦅerits an eighth championship but, obviously, the team, the drivers, the b🐈rand, that is the main priority to win and we will give it everything we can.”

Asked by about his emotions following Hamilton’s last race for the Silver Arrows, Wolff replied: "It's🔜 been 12 years.

“It's not only the longest driver-team relationship the spo🌞rt has ever seen but one of the longest relationships any sports team has had with a play♍er.

"And one of the longest relationships personally with a person. Obviously that creates attachment, trust and those values in this day and age are rare.🅺 That's why it's a period of time we will hold close to our hea🦹rts.

“And ⛦one of the best periods that I hav🦩e personally had and the team."

Hamilton ‘could have won' without bollard strike

Hamilton started 16th after being eliminated in the first part of qualifying when a loose bollard - dislodged by Kevin Magnussen’s Haas - became stuck under his Mercedes and ruined his final flyi♋ng lap.

Wolff revꦗealed Mercedes’ “best estimate” f🐻or Hamilton was a P6 finish and believes the 39-year-old had the pace to challenge McLaren’s Lando Norris for victory had he qualified higher.

“I always try to be analytical and if the bollard hadn'🐎t been in our way yesterday then🅷 we could have fought for victory,” Wolff explained.

"On the other side, he said to me ‘we’ve had so many wins and so much🌸 success these last few races they don’t change how we feel about it. He drove like a world champion from P16.

“We played the long game and finishing fourth, driving away from the Red Bull that was a statement of a𒈔 world champion.”

Hamilton said he was determinedཧ to end his illustrious Mercedes stint on a high after an at times disappointing and frustrating campaign.

“I just didn't give up, I just kept pushing, like 'Come on, we can get there' and then switched on to the different tyre꧋s, and the car came alive - but I had a massive gap to close, so I jus🌟t focused on just getting absolutely everything from the car and not giving up,” he said.

"I wanted to finish o🌼n as much of a high and just give every ounce of me to the team, ജas they've given to me all these years."