Mercedes eager to retain world champion Lewis Hamilton beyond 2016
•Two-time world champion to personally negotiate long-term deal• I haven’t made decisions on how you go about it, Hamilton said• Hamilton becomes fourth Briton to win more than one F1 title
Mercedes are ready to sign Lewis Hamilton on a new long-term contract following his victory in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which sealed the 2014 Formula One world championship and the second title of his career.
Talks postponed from last month are expected to start within days and Mercedes want Hamilton, whose three-year deal runs out at the end of next season, to stay well beyond 2016. “We want Lewis to stay for many more years,” said the team’s motorsport director, Toto Wolff, on Monday, as he appeared at a press conference with Hamilton, who had been ready to discuss his future earlier but was advised to wait until after Sunday’s race.
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