Hamilton’s contract with Mercedes is up at the end of the year, although 🔯the seven-time world champion has insisted he wants to remain with the German manufacturer.

Mercedes have once again failed to produce a title-challenging car, thus leading to some vocal criticism from Hamilton during th🙈e opening two race weekends of the year.

Hamilton is still hungry to win a reco🥃rd-breaking eighth title, however, he may be forced to l﷽ook elsewhere.

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Red Bull have ruled out putting Hamilton alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, while Ferrari could be🌄 an option, but they’ve not tasted title glory since 2007.

In an interview with the Evening Standard, Davidson - who is Mercedes’ simulator driver - admitted he'd be “very surpr♏ised” if Hamilton left Mercedes for another team on the grid.

“I'd be very surprised if he joined another team,” he said. “He's beenꦬ with Mercedes since his karting days. He'd be getting to that age where he'd be thinking about an exit plan and what to do with the rest of his life. He could be a Mercedes ambassador for all time.

"Put it tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚꦏᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhis way, I'd be more surprised to see him change teams than walk away. But he says it with some conviction that he will carry on until he gets that eighth title.

"The team's given him so much and they won their eighth title. You'd💝 have to say that, if anyone can turn it around, it'll be Mercedes. 

“I'd say don't have a knee-jerk reaction like Fernando Alonso in the past, which hasn't worked out well for him until 🌳now. Just put faith in the team that they can turn it around."

In terms of the F1 2023 title race, Verstappen sits one-point clear of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez at the top of the standings.

Even𝄹 so, Davidson doubts a title fight between them is real༺istic. 

“I think a title 🍌fight between th🅷em is too much to hope for them,” he added.

“Sergio showed on his day that he can match Verstappen. Fingers crossed he finds confidence from th൲at and truly believes that he’s in a championship fight all the ꦅway.”