Is it too early to raise this scenario if Lewis Hamilton retires from his career as an F1 driver? Not at all, when the British driver has made moves to get ready for a new life, including the possibility of buying MU.

This year’s season is not going as expected for Hamilton as the 37-year-old racer is far behind in the championship race. The British racer’s contract with the Mercedes racing team will expire at the end of next year. It is not too early for Hamilton to start thinking about a new direction for his career.

Ambition to ally with Ratcliffe to buy back MU

Right before the Dutch race, the most notable question about Hamilton was not how he improved his performance, but rather rumors related to the possibility that the British driver would participate. into an investment group of billionaire Jim Ratcliffe in the campaign to buy back MU in the future. This combination actually appeared this year when they were one of the candidates in the race to buy Chelsea, before the Stamford Bridge team officially transferred ownership to billionaire Todd Boehly and his associates. . Billionaire Ratcliffe is no stranger to sports activities as his company INEOS is the owner of Nice Club, a team competing in Ligue 1 as well as the INEOS Grenadiers racing team.

Hamilton appeared vague when mentioning the possibility of entering the field of sports investment in the near future: “I hope in the future I can do something with Mr. Ratcliffe. I’m not sure if it was a deal to buy MU or not. On the other hand, I am very interested in the possibility of participating in sports team ownership because the world right now lacks black owners involved in sports activities.” Before rumors about the Hamilton-Ratcliffe alliance’s possible acquisition of MU appeared, the British racer also joined the alliance that owns the American football team Miami Dolphins. In this alliance, there is also the appearance of Serena Williams, a female tennis player who recently announced her retirement. The Hard Rock Stadium of the Miami Dolphins team is the venue for an F1 race, GP Miami taking place in early May this year.

It is entirely possible that Hamilton will become the new boss of MU in the future

Hamilton’s transition to a career as a sports owner is completely conceivable if one looks at the British racer’s attraction to sports brands over the years. That is one of the factors that help him own a personal fortune with an estimated value of up to 300 million pounds.

In 2018, he was the representative face of the fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger, which had just begun a sponsorship contract with the Mercedes racing team. This fashion company pays the British racer 4 million pounds per season to become a character promoting their fashion models. They are ready to give him a new contract as an individual promoter if Hamilton says goodbye to the Mercedes team or retires from his F1 career. Tommy Hilfiger is not the only commercial partner of the Mercedes racing team and Hamilton driver. Monster Energy, a famous American beverage brand and its products appearing in the Vietnamese market, is also a commercial partner of Mercedes and Hamilton. In 2017, Monster Energy launched a specially designed drink inspired by racing driver Hamilton. Like Tommy Hilfiger, Monster Energy sees Hamilton as an important part of its promotional plans even when this racer says goodbye to the F1 race.

In addition, Hamilton is also a familiar face of Puma with an advertising offer worth 1.5 million pounds/year. The relationship between him and the German sports company started from 2019 until now.

That’s enough for Hamilton to be able to live well even when the British driver begins to think about the day he leaves the steering wheel and the call of F1 races in the future.