Hamilton's contract delayed: Is he waiting for a competitive F1 car?
Mar.1 - Three former Formula 1 drivers are wondering if Lewis Hamilton may be edging towards retirement.
Recently, Toto Wolff said contract talks with the 38-year-old are imminent.
But 2009 world champion Jenson Button, who was the seven time world champion's teammate at McLaren, wonders whether the delayed talks are because Hamilton is waiting to see how competitive the 2023 Mercedes is.
"It has to be that, right?" Button told the Telegraph. "Why otherwise would you leave it this late? He knows how annoying we all are asking."
Another British F1 champion, 1996 title winner Damon Hill, agrees that Hamilton will be pondering the issue of when to hang up his helmet "very hard".
"As far as we know, he has no contract for 2024," he said.
Jenson Button at
Williams FW45 First Run,
Monday 13th February 2023, Silverstone, England
On the face of it, Mercedes is continuing to lag behind Red Bull with its new car - and perhaps even Ferrari and Aston Martin as well.
Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland that it could be a big problem as Wolff pushes for a new Hamilton deal.
"There's a worm in there," said the former F1 driver. "They're not hitting their goals or they've set the wrong ones.
"The car is still difficult to drive," Schumacher said after Bahrain testing.
"But the real question is, if Lewis is still behind, what motivation is left?"
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Smoke and Mirrors , all the talk is Lewis , Lucy, Lulu is waiting, so equally it could be Christian waiting to see whether the Dame has the drive and desire to offer him a new deal? Hes old news, his race is run, he cant go anywhere else,, Time to go............ Your Taxis waiting, recent examples Vettel and Alonso, everyone has their time, then its Gone, I told you, He should have done the honourable thing and Nicooooed the whole situation when He/She, was in control of things, now hes just another greedy barsteward, posing for every picture, like a near 40yr gay virgin, oh yeah downthumbs to the...
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Doomed, doomed I say.
So many insults from the moron so early in the season.
Agree but it was quite good tho...:-)
The sycophant doing the sycophant "thang" - wah, wah, wah.
Hey, Stroppy - you nailed it. LOL. It like Noel Coward said - "The only thing worse than being talked about, is NOT being talked about." Gotta feed the drama somehow.
Same old crap, Shrop', the prima donna knight will draw it out and we'll have to listen to the journos all season. As you say, he should have Nico'd at the end of 2020. Perhaps this season he will be exposed and finally gone off to Hollywood, and Awardguy will join Jaxwad in retirement.
BTW, let's go racing and see if anyone can challenge RB.
What’s good for the goose—does’nt Nando need to retire as well?
Alonso IS the Golden Goose, for entertainment skills,determination, Honesty
Lucy is the Lame Duck, shes never been the same since end of 21, and it shows on the track
So in answer to your question No , Nando shouldn't retire BUT the knight should Imo
Pointless speculation at this point.
If Hamilton is waiting for a competitive car, it would not be surprising, as every driver wants to compete at the highest level and have a chance to win races and championships.
It's also possible that the delay in the contract negotiations is due to other factors, such as financial terms or contractual details. Ultimately, only Hamilton and Mercedes know the reasons for the delay, and until an official announcement is made, it's just speculation.
Lew is up to his old self. He can’t grasp that his time has come and gone. Russell seems to be okay with the new ride. Even during the porpoising last year, Russell made the most of it while Sir Lew bitched and complained. He should have done the right thing and retired while he had some self respect. I know this will stir up all his faithful but the facts speak for themselves. Also to consider, MB may not want to pay Lew with he thinks he deserves. Just a thought.
Nando’s ok to carry on though is he?
Beggers belief how fans still mull up to sir Lulu even though he himself says its the car,, as Victor Meldew would say "I DON'T BELIEVE IT". 😜
Yeah but all the yes he was (winning) I don't remember him saying yeah but the cars so good etc, we all knew it.... but now he and all the hamfannies are all saying yeah but it's the car that wins it, quali mmmm being it on