Lewis Hamilton confirms contract talks underway as Mercedes eager not to 'fall into trap'
Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that contract negotiations are underway with Mercedes regarding his future in Formula One as the Briton eyes up an eighth world title this season.
Earlier in the year, Hamilton set a deadline for talks to begin, saying it would be ‘sensible’ to ‘start conversations’ to seal a new contract with Mercedes before F1’s summer break.
Contract talks were lengthy at the end of last season and dragged into the start of 2021, yet Mercedes said the delays were ideal, with a disrupted end to the F1 season – in which both Hamilton and team principal Toto Wolff contracted COVID-19.
However, this year Wolff vowed not to let contract negotiations drag on with Hamilton, with delays last time leading to the Brit being out of a job at one point.
Speaking to F1.com, Hamilton admitted: “We are hoping to get it done much faster than we did last time; we don’t want to fall into the same trap.
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