Lewis Hamilton may h꧒ave dropped a hint about Ferrari in a private conversation with Toto Wolff picked up by Netflix’s cameras.

The sixth series of Drive To Survive has been released and is focused on𒉰 last year, when Hamilton and Mercedes were 🌳negotiating a new contract amid their poor on-track results.

The cameras caught Hamilton si🍰tting dow🉐n in Wolff’s office for a frank and honest chat about their partnership.

“Last year [2022], the development of tಞhe car,” Wolff said to Hamilton. “You weren’t happy with me?

“Sticking to the concept🔯, holding onto it because of the encouraging results at the end…”

Hamilt꧒on interrupted: “That was the biggest failure.”

Wolff agreed: “It was the biggest failure.”

Hamilton: “Because last year led us in the 🀅wrong… you know…”

Wolff said: “For me, personally, when you see the step that Aston Martin made over the winter… if we get it right with the concept of the car - the ae🅷ro and the balance - we can win a championship.

“But I don’t want to wait until 2026 when we ha﷽ve the new engine regulations.”

Hamilton then d🐻ropped a clue which may have hinted at what was to come.

Hamilton, then aged 38, told Wolff: “You can be here for 20 more years, 30 more years. I 🍬can’t!”

Wolff: “Who says that?”

Hamilton said: “Precious y𝓰ears for me. I don’t know…”

Wolff: “Lewis, you are much more than a racing driver. Much more than a 🐈seven-time ♍world champion. You are one of the people who leads this team forward.”

Hamilton did sign a new two-year Mercedes contract last🐻 summer. George Russell also pledged his future to the under-performing team while, this y💟ear, Wolff penned new terms to stay as team principal.

But Hamilton stunned F1 - and Wolff - by activating a clause in his new contract, enabling him to go to Ferrari in 20𓃲25.

He will spend this year with Mercedes driving the W15🐼 before heading to the famous Italian brand.

H💝amilton gave an interview, speaking last year, to Netflix’s Drive To Survive: “I have been with Mercedes since I was 13. So, perspectives just shift.

“This year my contract is up for renewal.

“My mindset is: we’ve had two difficult years so m✅y goal is to get back on top to win a world championship ♕again.

“But then we get in the car, in 2023, and it’s the evil siste𝓀r. Yeah…”

Hamilton added about his struggles: “I can’t remem൲ber winning, if I’m honest.

“It’s been a minute. I don’t remember what that feeling⛦ is.

“We have to take it on the c🎶hin. Acknowledge that we did not get it right. We took the wrong decisions. Make big strides in theꦍ right direction before it’s too late.”

Hamilton told a back-story about the Mercedes engiꦦneers ignori💃ng his advice, to their eventual peril.

He said: “Last year I remember complaining to the team: ‘Look we need to make these changes or 🃏this is the trajec🌊tory we’re going to go on, and this is where we will end up, please please do something about it…’

“I remember that day, they said: ‘We know what we are d🔴oing, you are wrong’.

“That was an interesting moment. I step🌳ped back and didn’t want to s🎃tep on anybody’s toes.

“ꦺThen we spoke again in the seaಞson - ‘maybe you were right…’”

Hamilton, s🐼peaking about re-signing with Mercedes last year, said: “Every time you do a contract, you’d be an idiot if you didn’t analyse where you currently are, and wh꧋at other opportunities there are.

“Then you make a decision - explore other opport🐽unities or continue along with what you’re doing.”

Wolff said about Hamiton’s new Mercedes contra🌞ct last year: “I completely uꦺnderstand that Lewis needs to look for the best opportunity for himself.

“But what we agreed early on 🦋was to not talk to anybody else before being 𒐪open and honest with each other.”

Wolff added: “In every relationship you will have moments where your objective🧸s differ. That’s h🎉ow life goes.

“In the context of our relationship, he’s a loyꦐal guy.”

Hamilton said: “Toto and I have a lot in common. We are competitive and hate losing. We’ve had two difficult years but🦩 I still have so much faith in Merc🌸edes. You’ve just got to take a leap of faith.

“Toto has listened. There never feels like a time where I won’t be a Merce💃des driver. It is home. It is fam✅ily.”

Wolff ominously said about Hami൲lton ꦚwearing the red of Ferrari: “It wouldn’t suit him…”

Russell said, speaking last year: “If he were to leave, it would put Mercedes in a tricky spot because it would look like 𒉰he has lost faith in the team.”

The release of Netflix’s new Drive To Survive series coincides with F1 preseason testing🌠 in Bahrain for the upcomin༒g 2024 season.

Ha🅺milton is behind the wheel of the W15 - his final Mercedes F1 car - hoping it brings better fortune than the previous two years.