Nico Rosberg finds surprise motive behind Lewis Hamilton swapping Mercedes for Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes for Ferrari partly because it meant having to fulfil fewer sponsorship comments.

That is the claim of Nico Rosberg, the 2016 World Champion and Hamilton’s former teammate at Mercedes.

‘That was one of the reasons for Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari’

Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 paddock last year when he announced even before the first race of the season that he’d exercised an exit clause in his Mercedes contract that meant he could leave the team one year into his latest two-year extension – an extension he had signed only months prior.

Instead of spending a 13th season with the Silver Arrows, Hamilton would be fulfilling a boyhood dream of racing in red having signed a multi-year contract with Ferrari.

The Briton joined Ferrari in a deal that was r