Wolff says Hamilton's rumoured salary demands were "made up” by media
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says reports about Le🎀wis Hamilton’s salary dema𓂃nds for his next contract have been “all made up” by the media.
Hamilton is set to begin talks with Mercedes ahead of the upcoming season over a new deal, with his current contract due to expire at the end of 2020. Wolff himself is out of contract heaꦡding into F1’s new🦩 regulation era in 2021 and the futures of two of Mercedes’ key figureheads have been hot topics in recent months.
Me♐rcedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says reports about Lewis Hamilton’s salary demands for his next contract have been “all made up”💎 by the media.
Hamilton is set to begin talks with Mercedes ahead of the upcoming season over a new deal, with his current contract due to expire at the end of 2020. Wolff himself is out of contract heading into F1’s new regulation era in 2021 and tꦓhe futures of two of Mercedes’ key figureheads have been hot topics in recent months.
Reports in Italian media at the start of the year claimed Hamilton was 1ಞ68澳🥀洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:demanding a bumper new four-year contract to stay a𒅌t Mercedes, but speaking in an exclusive interview filmed by Sky Sports, Wolff rubbished the rumours.
“I texted Lewis the other day because I’m reading all these comments in the press🌃 about our negotiations, that Lewis i🍎s asking for so much money,” Wolff said.
“But we h༒ave never talked about it, it’s all made up. So I said maybe we should sit down one day and have the chat.
"It’s about fi🔯nding a day where we spend a f𝕴ew hours together. We have that respect.
“I know what contribution Lewi🎃s brings to the team as a driver and as a brand. You always need to respect tha⭕t.”
Hamilton revealed he is yet to sit down and open formꦺal negotiations with Wolff but insisted he does not feel stressed about the situation and sees no reason to “rush” ta🅠lks.
🤡“We haven’t sat𝓀 down and talked yet,” Hamilton explained.
“It’s crazy b📖ecause there’s all this talk in the media. I have a certain approach in that I don’t stress. I trust Toto and we have that trust between us. We’ve told each other basically what our goals are and what our aims are, our commitments.
“I don’t always feel there is necessarily a rush but then sometimes, Toto is like ‘is everything okay?’. So, we always keep the channel open and I’m sure in the near-future we’ll start to sit down. I don’t feel stressed wit𓂃h it.”
Asked if they trust each other i🍨mplicitly, Hamilton replied: “I think so”, before Wolff responded: Yes, we must.
“Because if we don’t, over the co♓urse of a season we would have situations where the trust is being tested,” he added. "I think someti🐈mes where the targets don’t align, we can talk about that, openly.
“Fundamentallꦇy there is trust between us because we are in this together.”
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