Lewis Hamilton targeting ‘multi-year’ contract renewal with Mercedes as he plans F1 stay until at least 2025
Ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mexico City Grand Prix, Hamilton opened up about his desire to put pen to paper o🌸ver a c💖ontract extension with Mercedes amid his bid to wrestle back his supremacy from Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and return to the top of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings.
Hamilton’s cꦓurrent deal🥂 expires at the end of 2023 but the seven-time world champion revealed he is working on fresh terms that would see him race into his 40s.
"I have not a put a limit on it to be honest," he told reporters on Thursday when asked how long he would remain in F1. "I'm planning to do a multi-yea✱r deal with my team.
"I really don't know what the next five years... I think 🎃we're still trying to work on that. There are a lot of great things that are being put in place, like I just launched the production company this week, but I🐟 feel great in my body and mind.
"So I want to continue, I think there's more stuff for us to achไi𒐪eve together so I want to be here longer, I just don't know. If Fernando [Alonso] leaves maybe I'll have to think about it twice because I'll be the oldest driver then!”
Hamilton previously said he never expected to continue racing in F1 beyond his 40th birthday, but his controversial title defeat at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and troubled 2022 campaign have m🥃otivated him to stay longer than originally planned.
"It's beᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚꦡᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚen lingering around, this narrative of me winding towards the end of my career," he added.
"I'm sure for all of you in your careers and your jobs you☂ probably have to analyse what's next? Is there someone else you want to go? Is there somewhere higher you want to be? Is there room for growth in th♍at role? I think that was perhaps something for me.
"Being🌳 a racing driver is a great thing but I was trying to see 'How am I going to grow beyond this role?’ And I think you're seeing that with the work we're doing with Ignite, I've got Mission 44 now, Toto [Wolff] has been a great leader and enablꩲed me to do things.
“He said to me in the past when Niki [Lauda] would say to him 'How do you let him do thiꦗs?' and then eventually they're all coming round to the idea tha🐻t supporting and enabling people to be their best is better for everybody's interest.
"So I think I'm just in a happy place in my life, a lot more grounded. I've got my home that I get to spend time in in the UK when I come to see the team for example, and the ❀family come down.
"So it's just a lot better set-up all-round, and I feel꧒ like I can take the team to more championships."
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