Toto Wolff thinks “someone placed” Lewis Hamilton-Ferrari story to impact contract talks
A report that Ferrari were in contract with Hamilton with a £40m offer were denied at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur shot down the rumour ꦜabout the potentiall💎y sensational switch.
Mercedes boss Wolff has now alleged why he believesౠ the story came about.
"We've had a pact - and we've had that since many, many years ago - that we wouldn't talk t🍬o any other ♌driver before we have taken a decision to stay together or not,” Wolff said.
“So I was never a millimetre in doubt that there were any🅺 discussions.
"Someone just placed that [story] maybe to, in a way, play a role in what seemed to be negotiation. But it is 👍not negotiation.
“It is sitting൩ at a table and saying: 'What is it we need to adapt to in the contract?' So there's nothing to it.
"The contract was ready in 2013. We've never really changed a lot of words in there, just the dates and the number of marketing days🅘.
"I think that, how it is at the✅ moment with us, we're in a super happy position with Lewis.
"There ♛weren't any stu❀mbling blocks with the contract negotiations."
Hamilton is 38 and is in the final year of his current contract with Mercedes, but is seeking an all-time r🌃ecord eighth F1 championship.
He crashed during fina💧l practice at the F1 Monaco Grand P𓄧rix, giving rivals an unexpected glance at the W14’s upgraded floor.
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