LEWIS HAMILTON admits he cannot keep his medal to the metal forever. The F1 great, 39, is set to join Ferrari next season . 2 Lewis Hamilton admits he has a plan in place to call it a day Credit: AFP 2 The Brit is joining Ferrari next season Credit: Rex Yet before making his debut for The Prancing Horse , he is already planning his dismount.

Asked if he had a timeframe by Esquire , he said: "I definitely do. "There are days I’m like, shoot, I don’t know how much longer I can go. "There are days I’m like, shoot, I’d love a break, a proper break, because you don’t get a real big break in the season like other sports.

READ MORE MOTORSPORT NEWS HUNG UP ON IT F1 track looks unrecognisable as it is demolished and reduced to rubble "You don’t finish until mid to late December, and then you’re back into training already in January, and that’s two times a day you’re training. "There are another couple of hours of therapy that you’re doing during that time as well. So you’re not really getting a huge amount of downtime.

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