F1 Gossip: Lewis Hamilton contract latest and Honda’s engine upgrade plans
- Lewis Hamilton is report꧃edly willing to take a pay cut🎶 to stay with Mercedes until the end of the 2022 F1 season, but wants his winning bonus to be doubled. Meanwhile, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has set a 15 June deadline for talks to be concluded ()
- Red Bull motors🔜port advisor Helmut Marko has revealed that Honda will hold off introducing its permitted engine upgrade for as long🐼 as possible in a bid to extract the most performance out of it. In contrast, rivals Mercedes and Ferrari moved onto fresh engines in Baku ()
- The Circuit of the America🌸s is open to hosting two F1 races this year to fill the void left by the cancellation of the Singapore Grand Prix ()
- 1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Max Verstappen and Red Bull deserved to keep their championship leads after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix a𒁃fter Lewis Hamilton’s “big mistake” ()
- Meanwhile, ex-Ferrari F1 driver Eddie Irvine believes Verstappen꧑ is “definitely the fastest driver” on the current grid, but reckons Hamilton is “still the top driver” ()
- Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon has revealed that discussions took place on two separate occasions about ⛦him potentially making a sensational switch to F1. Gordon said he held talks with Jaguar and Williams ()

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