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D’Ambrosio set to leave Mercedes and join Hamilton at Ferrari
Former Grand Prix racer Jerome d’Ambrosio served as team principal at the Venturi Formula E team before he joined Mercedes as its driver development director in 2023. In his new role at Mercedes, d’Ambrosio oversaw the young driver program alongside Gwen Lagrue and was seen as a potential successor to Toto Wolff in the long term. However, sources have indicated that d’Ambrosio will leave Mercedes at the end of the current season to return to mainland Europe. It is rumored that he might join Ferrari to head their young driver program, the Ferrari Driver Academy, currently overseen by Jock Clear. If this move happens, d’Ambrosio could join Ferrari at the same time as Lewis Hamilton, bringing a familiar face to the Maranello team.
