{"id":297398,"date":"2023-11-16T14:10:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297398"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:10:18","slug":"wolff-makes-clear-statement-on-hamilton-future-and-expresses-personal-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/wolff-makes-clear-statement-on-hamilton-future-and-expresses-personal-anger\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolff makes clear statement on Hamilton future and expresses ‘personal anger’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton commits to Mercedes until 2025<\/h3>\n

Lewis Hamilton put pen to paper on a new two-year contract with Mercedes in August\u00a0that will keep him with the Brackley-based team until the end of the 2025 season. By the time his deal is up, he will have been with the Silver Arrows for 13 years while he will also race into his forties.<\/p>\n

Yet team principal Toto Wolff believes there is still plenty more gas left in the Brit’s tank. \u201cHe is 39 in January, and Fernando (Alonso \u2013 42) is still going strong,\u201d Wolff told the Independent when asked whether he thinks Hamilton will continue racing past the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as you look after yourself, you do the best preparation, physically and mentally, and develop different areas to when you are 25, then yes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just need to give him a car that is quick enough. And, as a driver, I have no doubt about him. You have seen in the last races that his performance, speed and race craft are all there. But, if he doesn\u2019t have the car underneath him, he cannot win.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Whether that will be with Mercedes is hard to call at this point. \u201cWe are living from contract to contract, and it is important that we are doing what we think is right and what we feel is right, and at the moment I personally feel he can go longer,\u201d\u00a0 Wolff added.<\/p>\n

Since Hamilton first joined Mercedes in 2012 the F1 climate has changed drastically. The Silver Arrows were the dominant force throughout the 2010s and early 2020s, winning eight constructor championships straight from 2014 to 2021 but the last two years have seen the momentum shift towards Red Bull.<\/p>\n

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