04-10-2022, 11:22 AM
Toto Wolff has confirmed Lewis Hamilton will sign a new deal with Mercedes that could run for five years.
The Briton's current contract with the Silver Arrows covers him through to the end of next year's championship, meaning an extension would take him up to 2027.
Hamilton jointly holds the record with Michael Schumacher for the most number of F1 titles with seven but has been out of the running this season due to an uncompetitive W13 limiting his chances with Mercedes to challenge.
The 37-year-old is the second-oldest driver on the grid behind Fernando Alonso but Wolff has stated Hamilton is set to drive well into his 40s.
"Over time, we have grown together. We are totally transparent, we talk about the future also," Wolff told Channel 4 in an interview released during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
"Lewis will be the first to say 'I can't do this anymore because I feel like I don't have the reactions any more or I have lost fun doing it and there is another generation growing up that is very strong'.
"So I have no doubt that whenever we agree on a contract extension - which is going to happen - that we will both discuss very openly 'What does the future hold?'
"The advantage is we speak a lot together.
"Just last week we sat down and he says ‘Look, I have another five years in me. How do you see that?’"
Read this on the crazy site, the top comment made me laugh & I thought of you Forza.
"That will give Horner an ulcer"
The Briton's current contract with the Silver Arrows covers him through to the end of next year's championship, meaning an extension would take him up to 2027.
Hamilton jointly holds the record with Michael Schumacher for the most number of F1 titles with seven but has been out of the running this season due to an uncompetitive W13 limiting his chances with Mercedes to challenge.
The 37-year-old is the second-oldest driver on the grid behind Fernando Alonso but Wolff has stated Hamilton is set to drive well into his 40s.
"Over time, we have grown together. We are totally transparent, we talk about the future also," Wolff told Channel 4 in an interview released during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
"Lewis will be the first to say 'I can't do this anymore because I feel like I don't have the reactions any more or I have lost fun doing it and there is another generation growing up that is very strong'.
"So I have no doubt that whenever we agree on a contract extension - which is going to happen - that we will both discuss very openly 'What does the future hold?'
"The advantage is we speak a lot together.
"Just last week we sat down and he says ‘Look, I have another five years in me. How do you see that?’"
Read this on the crazy site, the top comment made me laugh & I thought of you Forza.
"That will give Horner an ulcer"
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.