‘Ferrari president personally contacted Lewis Hamilton - but he said no’
The Mercedes F1 driver has constantly pledged his allegiance to his current team but despi💖te months of negotiations, there is still no official agreement to extend his contract which will 🍒expire at the end of this season.
Ferrari have been mentioned as a dream location for H🥂amilton should he do the unthinkable and leave Mercedes.
“Hamilton had been contacted personally by [Ferrari president John] Elkann,” wrote Leo Turrini, an Italian journalist respected for his ties to the Scuderia, i🐓nꦺ .
“I understand he𒊎 polit🔜ely replied ‘no thanks’.
“And you can understand it (unfortunately).”
insisted that Ferrari were offering a £40m deal to prise Hamilton away from Mercedes.They insisted that Elka൲nn was “already in close contact with Hamilton” over 🉐a deal which would partner him with either Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
But Hamilton and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff have constantly stated their belief t꧒hat an extended arrangement would be thrashed out between them.
Hamilton is eyeing a record eighth F1 championship but will havꦐe to wait until at least next🅘 season, when he will be 39, amid Red Bull’s dominance.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering every🧸thing from American sports, to football, to F1ღ.
