Lewis Hamilton has conti🐬nued to pour cold water over speculation linking him to a move away from Mercedes as he continues contract neg🔴otiations with the reigning Formula 1 world champions.

At the start of the winter break, rumours swirled linking the🃏 six-time F1 world champion to a dramatic switch to Ferrari in what would be expected to be his final long-term driver contra✅ct in the sport before retiring.

The 35-year-old has spoken about his great admiration for the ic🎉onic Italian team but having held informal talks with Ferrari it appears Hamilton is opting to stay put with Mercedes.

In combination with the recent 🌃respective contract renewals for Charles Lerlerc at Ferrari and Max Verstappen at Red Bull, Hamilton doesn’t anticipate many key changes in the F1 driver market.

“In the top teams there isn’t going to be a lot of movement, most likely. In the o🐼nes cascading down I’m not too sure what everyone’s contracts are - but I don’t think there’s going to be a huge amount of movementꦺ,” during the launch of the Mercedes W11.

“I t🔜hink just get used to what’s similar at the moment. I don’t know what Seb’s [Vettel] plan is for the🌱 future.

Hamilton was quick to dismis🔥s any br🅘eakdown in talks with Ferrari were due to not getting assurances about being free to do what he wants outside of the sport.

The British driver has launched his own fashion line in partnersh🌠ip with Tommy Hilfiger, helping bring in the designer brand as a Mercedes team sponsor, while he’s also enjoyed a F1-MotoGP swap with Valentino Rossi organised through mutual sponsor Monster Energy.

“It’s not about freedom, it’s about being able to be yourself. People say, ‘you wouldn’t be able to get t𒐪he freedom here ꦅand there’, but I wouldn’t go anywhere where I would be able to be myself,” he said.

“When I joined this team, Mercedes em𒊎braced that and Toto [Wolff, team boss] could ꧂see this is the way I am.

“We have the biggest sponsors, we’ve been winning the💛 most championships and we’ve won the most races꧋. I don’t think there’s a single bad thing about it.

“It’s a real privilege to be wanted to stay and be part of a great team. That’s a great feeling. I hope I can continue to contrꦯibute.”

At Mercedes’ livery launch earlier this week, Wolff confirmed contract negotiations would commence at the start of the upcoming season. Hamilton’s existing Mercedes deal expires at the end of this season and the reigning F1 world champion has already hinted his next multi-year contract could be his last in🌄 the ꧙sport.