The Hamilton saga goes on and on, despite the fact that the driving force’s contract with Mercedes-AMG Petronas expired on the finish of final season. Will Lewis signal or not?
Lewis Hamilton gained a brand new World Championship title with Mercedes, his seventh and the group appears unstoppable. However the driver is but to barter his future with the group’s executives. Unofficial sources declare that he obtained a deadline for signing: the top of February. So there may be nonetheless loads of time till he will get his signature on a brand new contract. However Lewis Hamilton is at present asking greater than Mercedes is prepared to pay.
Rumors have it that the Briton even threatened to stop System 1 if the group continues to say no his monetary claims. It will not be the primary time the group loses a world champion. In 2016, the then-newly topped champion Nico Rosberg introduced the group he was not prepared to proceed.
Staff Principal and shareholder Toto Wolff has been maintaining in contact with Lewis Hamilton all through the winter vacation. The Austrian claims that the whole lot stays clear between him and the driving force. Wolff although avoids pressuring the 7-time champion to decide.
Followers are livid as Mercedes retains suspending the closure of the saga. But numerous VIPs, previously or at present concerned within the competitors slam the sensible driver, irritated by the delay: “If I had been Mercedes, I might present him the door. Both you drive on our phrases otherwise you go”, says former group boss Eddie Jordan.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas has obtained backups if Hamilton waves goodbye
Apparently, the Hamilton saga has not brought about any anxiousness throughout the group. “It doesn’t fear me in any respect as a result of I’ll all the time respect Lewis’ selections. Whether or not that is staying with us for a very long time or whether or not which means leaving the game and pursuing completely different pursuits. I believe we should be prepared for all types of curve-balls being thrown at us”, Toto Wolff warns.
If the negotiations with Lewis Hamilton fail, Mercedes-AMG Petronas would simply surpass the disaster. Presently driving for Williams, George Russell proved able to maintaining with the group throughout the Sakhir Grand Prix. A horrible mistake of the mechanics, that gave him the fallacious tires, despatched him from the result in the alternative finish of the rating.
The now 22-year outdated has been a part of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Junior Driver Program since 2017.
