Lewis Hamilton F1 Career: Lewis Hamilton’s Formula (F1) career with Mercedes has been an incredible one so far. The 38-year-old has won the Driver’s World Championship six times with his current team. The British driver is currently in the final year of his contract but he has vowed to stay with Mercedes. The 38-year-old helped Mercedes launch their new car for the 2023 season i.e- the all-black W14. Follow FI LIVE Updates on Insidesports.in
Lewis Hamilton F1 Career: Lewis Hamilton ‘VOWS’ to stay with Mercedes, British driver’s contract to end next season- check details
Expressing his desire to stay with Mercedes, Hamilton said: “I know I’ve been here [at Mercedes] a long time. It’s the combined energy of all the individuals in the team. I love being a part of a team that’s working towards a common goal. I continue to love racing, I think that’s never going to change as it is part of my DNA”.
He added, “I always believe that I can get better. I always love that challenge of the mental and the physical element of it and having to deep dive and see how you can extract more performance. It’s not the same car every year. You know, it’s always changing. There’s always new tools, always a new logbook they have to get used to and I love that, so you know, I am planning to stay there longer.”
Lewis Hamilton F1 Career: Seven time world champion discusses future plan
During the car launch, Lewis Hamilton was also asked whether he would commit future to Mercedes if the team shows him that they can get back to the top. The British driver in his reply said, “For the team, no, I don’t feel like I need them to prove [anything] to me. I think we’ve proved time and time again over the years that we have strength in depth.We still have all these incredibly talented individuals within the team”.
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“As I said, you don’t lose that ability. We’re continuing to try to improve our processes, we’re continuing to try to be smarter in how we approach things, and with our communication”. He further said, “I think there’s the best harmony within the team that I’ve seen in all these years. We’ve got a real, fresh young group of engineers and people that have just come into the team over the past year as well, so it’s an exciting time for the team, and I don’t plan on being anywhere else.”
Lewis Hamilton F1 Career: Lewis Hamilton ‘VOWS’ to stay with Mercedes, British driver’s contract to end next season- check details
Toto Wolff confident of Lewis Hamilton extending contract
Mercedes team principal Totto Wolff is confident about Lewis Hamilton agreeing on fresh contract and extending his stay with the Britain based F1 team. The Mercedes F1 Team boss during the car launch said that getting the new contract done will come down to slotting in enough time around the other priorities, the team and Hamilton for the upcoming season.
Wolff said, “I think as I said before, we’ve done a few of these contracts in the past and they change little from iteration to iteration, so it’s not usually complex – apart from the obvious terms.We’ve had a first chat, but I don’t want to commit to any timeline, because it’s not important for him nor for us at that stage. It runs a full year and we’re going to find the right time.”
Lewis Hamilton F1 Career: Lewis Hamilton ‘VOWS’ to stay with Mercedes, British driver’s contract to end next season- check details
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