Mercedes team boss 'can't imagine' Hamilton leaving next season
May 4 - Toto Wolff says he "can't imagine" Mercedes' collaboration with Lewis Hamilton ending once the driver's current one-year contract expires late this year.
The seven time world champion caused a stir last weekend when he clearly expressed his desire to keep racing beyond 2021 - even though he recently agreed only to a short-term deal at the end of troubled negotiations.
But team boss Wolff is hopeful his forthcoming talks with the 36-year-old championship leader will bear more fruit.
"At the moment we just can't imagine that we won't hang on for a while longer," the Austrian is quoted by the German broadcaster RTL.
Referring to the Hamilton-Mercedes combination, Wolff declared: "He enjoys it, I enjoy it, the team enjoys it."
However, Hamilton clarified last weekend that because he is "pretty spontaneous", his current thinking about staying in F1 with Mercedes could change.
Wolff responded: "Maybe he'll change his mind, but at the moment the sails are set."
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Perhaps Toto might want to improve his imagination. HAM is giving signals that he is ready to move on.
If he wanted to leave, let him go. his contrast has not been signed, because Hamilton is getting a little greedy and I think that he wants to much money! there are other good drivers and although I am a Mercedes fan and ex apprentice for Mercedes I would not be pushed. His demand is probably excessive.
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