‘Another five years’ - Toto Wolff says Mercedes contract extension for Lewis Hamilton "is going to happen"
The seven-time world champion’s current deal expires at the end of F1 2023, but Hamilton, who will then be about to turn 39, stated after his 300th grand prix in France that he feels he has got 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“plenty of fuel in the tank”.
Hamilton recently admitted Mercedes’ struggles in 2022 are likely to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:prompt him to continue in F1 for lon♊ger than if he was still winning champ🍎ionships, having previously made it clear he was not keen on the idea of racing into his 40s.
In an interview with David Coulthard for Channel 4 that aired on Sunday, Wolff opℱened up about Hamilton an📖d Mercedes’ plans.
“The advantage is we speak a lot together,” Wolff said. “Just last week we sat down and he says ‘look, I have another fiv𝔉e years in me, how do you see that?’
“He’s the shining star on and off𝄹 track. I think we would lose the greatest personality that Formula 1 ever had.
“Over time we have just grown together,” Wolff added. “We ꦅare totally transparent with each other. Lewis will be the first one to say ‘I can’t do this anymore’, because I feel I haven’😼t got the reactions anymore, or I’ve just lost fun doing it and there is another generation growing up that is just very strong.
“So I have no doubt that whatevไer we agree on a contract extension, which is going to happen, that we both are always going to discuss, very openly, what does the future hold.”
Wolff has no concerns about Hamilton’s performance diminishing with age, citing the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and other sports stars including NFL legend Tom Brady who ha🥃ve continued to perform at the highest 😼level.
“I don’t know if 40 is that age where you say that is not 🌠adequate anymore for a racing driver,” Wolff explain🐈ed.
“If you look at where Fernando is with 41 years, he’s still very much there. Now, is he the same Fernando that he was at 25? I don’t know,🃏 but he’s very competitive ✃still.
“You look at Tom Brady, who is somebody I really admire for having the discipline in how he manages hisꦦ life and his sport, he’s 43 or 44 – and he’s on the pitch.
“So Lewis, with the way he leads his life, with the full, ultra-narrow focus on his Formula 1 racing – all ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe others are just hobbies – I thinꦯk he can take it quite far.”
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