Lewis Hamilton is looking back on an “amazing journey” and the most successful partnership in Formula 1 history as he prepares to bid farewell to Mercedes this week and join Ferrari.

ABU DHABI–Lewis Hamilton will bring down the curtain on his Mercedes career in Abu Dhabi on Sunday as his past and future Formula One teams, McLaren and Ferrari, fight for a constructors’ title to end years of waiting.

When Lewis Hamilton rounds the final corner of the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix, it’ll be an epochal moment for the Mercedes driver.

It’s not often Lewis Hamilton is tempted to give up in Formula 1. He nearly did just that Sunday, discussing with his Mercedes team over the radio whether it would be best to retire the car as his Qatar Grand Prix went from bad to worse.

For 12 seasons, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes penned one of the most fabled stories in the history of Formula One.