After matching his best result of the season with second-place at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Hamilton, whose current deal has six months left to run, indicated he was f🌞inally on the verge of agreeing a new Mercedes contract for 2024.

The seven-time world ch𒀰ampion revealed he was planning further tal🧜ks with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff directly after the Barcelona race. 

Wolff suggested that Hamilton’s F1 future could be resolved be🎐fore this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, but no announcement has com🐽e.

And Sky Sports h🐽ave reported that a new deal will not be confirmed this weekend⛎. 

“As far as I understand it, and I’ve gone a𓆏nd done my chats this morning, nothing this week for Lewis Hamilton and the contract♔ announcement,” Croft said in Montreal. 

“I know we had some words of✨ teasing from Toto Wolff at the start of the week. Both Lewis and Toto were together in New York, where they may or𒁏 may not have had a contract chat or two.

“But🍸 Lewis made it clear the last time he spoke publicly about it that it was his management team that were sorting out the contract negotiations. 

“But as far as I’m aware, the Mercedes tea♔m aren’t preparing a press release. Nothing is on standby to go out this weekend.

“A Lewis contract, which is more likely to be two years with an option maybe🍃 for an extra year on top of that, is not going to be announced this weekend.

“Lewis is more concentrated on tryin🤪g to add tꦏo that wonderful record here in Montreal of seven wins and six poles.” 

In Thursday’s FIA press conference, Hamilton said: “I've seen Toto and we talked se♉veral times. 

ღ“We have a great relationship so the🌃re is nothing else to say at the moment.”

When asked if they had made any progress on a new deal, Hamilton added: “Yeah. But nothing else n𒉰ew to really add.”