“If Lewis Hamilton's contract is not about money - maybe he wants a longer deal?”
The seven-time F1 champion arrives at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, ཧhis home race, with his l🎀ong-term future still unsolved.
He has been in talks to extend his Mercedes deal, which expires at the end of this year, for some time yet it remains unsigne▨d.
“[Toto Wolff] says the✨ contract discussions are not about money, that’s not the sticking point,” Sky commentator Crofty said.
“So maybe Lewis is after a longer deal.
“If you look ⛦at Fernando Alonso now, just because you’re over 40 it doesn’t mean you can’t compete 🍸in Formula 1.
“Personally, as someone who loves racing, and whꦡo has watched every Lewis win and every Lewis pole, I’d love to see him stay for a lot longer.
“The🥀 sport needs him and he needs the sport. He’s excellent. Keep him around!”
Hamilton is currently 38 so a new contract would likely take him into his 40s in his pursuit of the all-time r𒐪ecord eighth F1 titl𝐆e.
Red Bull comments ‘jumped upon’
The l🌃atest row inside the F1 paddock surrounds the engine regulations which will come into play f🍷or 2026.
Red Bull team princiꦡpal Christian Horner and star driver Max Verstappen have both criticised the rules, forcing Mercedes boss Wolff to hit back at them.
“Chrisꦏtian Horner and Max Verstapp🍌en saying they don’t particularly like what they’re being asked to do, in terms of engines for 2026,” Crofty said.
“Immediately those comments are jumped on by their competitors saying: ‘You are on▨ly saying that because your engine is ru🧸bbish!’
“We don’t know if that’s true or not.
“Time after time in this sport, people want things changed because they think they won’t be as competitive 🤪as they are now, or as they might be against t🦹heir peers in years to come.
“We’ll see what transpires.”
Red Bull will manufacture🎶 their own engines for the🍸 first time from 2026 via their Red Bull Powertrains project.
Wolff had teased that Horner’s recent criticism of the rules was because he was “frightened” that Red Bull’s new engine project was not making en꧒ough progress.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America𒀰n sports, to football, to F1🥂.
