Lewis Hamilton Mercedes contract: Mercedes driver and seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton is in no hurry for a contract extension regardless of being in the ultimate yr of his deal. Hamilton, who’s related to the Silver Arrows since 2013 was reluctant at first to open on the development of talks for a deal extension. But the English driver confirmed the talks are open.
Speaking forward of the Canadian GP on Sunday, Hamilton was requested about his contract talks. Asked if he and Wolff had “hooked up” as scheduled, Hamilton tried to brush it off. “We’ve never hooked up,” Hamilton mentioned. Then he was requested whether or not he went to satisfy his crew boss Toto Wolff for pizza. The driver responded, “We’ve never had pizza.”
He then broke the silence on the third try. “I’ve seen Toto, we’ve talked several times,” mentioned Hamilton. “Yeah. Nothing else actual to essentially add to it,” the British driver added.
Hamilton is trying for a multi-year extension and the deal could possibly be accomplished on the Canadian Grand Prix, the place he gained his first profession F1 victory again in 2007 and in addition his seventh win. But Hamilton will not be frightened concerning the timeline. “I don’t really have a huge amount to say on the contract side of things,” Hamilton mentioned. “It’ll get accomplished when it’s accomplished. If that is subsequent week, if that is in a month’s time, so long as it will get accomplished it would not actually hassle me,” he added.
Notably, Wolff earlier said that the deal is ready to get confirmed soon. It goes to occur soon, and we’re speaking extra days than weeks,” Wolff mentioned on the “Squawk on the Street” program. “We have such relationship that we dread the second that we have to discuss cash.
From a crew’s perspective, Lewis and Mercedes have gone again a very long time.
“We both joined the team in 2013 together and from a professional relationship, we now have a friendship. It has been a wonderful time,” Wolff continued. “He is crucial character in the game. He is so multi-faceted, not solely the racing but additionally off monitor, so we have to hold him in the game for so long as potential.
