Lewis Hamilton dismisses Ferrari rumours and reveals he is “almost there” with new Mercedes F1 deal
A report by the Daily Mail surfaced earlier this week claiming that Ferrari had made a £40 mill𝓀ion offer to sign Hamilton for next year.
The speculation comes amid Mercedes’ disappointing start to F1 2023.
Even so, Hamilton has remained con🦹sistent in his mess🍌age that he wants to remain with Mercedes beyond this year.
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:has also rubbished reports linking Hamilton with the I🅰talian team, but was complimentary a𝄹bout him.
Speaking ahead of t♓his weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, Hamilton was asked about the rumours in the FIA press conference and wh🤡ether Mercedes’ poor form would sway his decision.
“Naturally when you’re in contract negotiations there’s always going to be speculation,” h🐲e said. “I think ultimately unless you hear 𝓡from me that is all it is.
“No, it doesn't have a bearing I think because we’re still a championship-winning team it’s just we’ve had the wrong car, there have been some decisions that have been made over the past two years that have not been ideal and we’re work🐼ing our way through that.
“A𓆉ll the energy is going towards the new upgrade this weekend, the team have worked incredibly hard to bring this upgrade. We already after Bahrain decided that’s what we’re going to do so I was a little bit gutted when the last race was cancelled as I was excited to try this new package.
“W🐼hilst here is not the best platform track-wise to really see those come to fruition we will hopefully experience that more next week. Otherwise, my team is havin﷽g discussions with the team in the background and we’re almost there.”
Hamilton is ho🌳peful that his new contract with Mercedes will be completed in the “comin🌱g weeks”.
“It’s not really stuff that I can talk about to be honest,” he added. “This is the first time I th🍸ink that I’ve not been negotiating myself. I’ve got a gre♏at team in the background doing all of the work so I am just focused on doing the job at hand.
“I say what🥀 I wa🐻nt and that’s what we’re working towards. Hopefully in the coming weeks.”
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