Lewis Hamilton will solely depart Mercedes if he feels he has nothing left to provide them however would fairly see out his “last days” with the Formula One staff, the seven-times world champion mentioned Thursday.
Hamilton is out of contract on the finish of the 12 months, and hypothesis about his future is already rife as Mercedes battle to recapture their previous dominance.
However, Hamilton mentioned he felt “amazing” about his future with the outfit.
“I continue to feel very much at home in this family,” the 38-year-old Briton informed reporters at Albert Park.
“I see myself with Mercedes until my last days, to be honest.”
“I have great allies within the team, great relationships here.”
“Just as long as I can continue to help drive the team forward, really contribute … if there’s ever going to be a point where I feel like I’m unable to do that, it’s time for a youngster to come in.”
Having received six championships by way of a golden run with Mercedes, Hamilton did not win a race final 12 months, his first season with out one.
Neither he nor teammate George Russell managed a podium on this 12 months’s season-opening races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso inserting third behind each Red Bull drivers at every.
Mercedes admitted they obtained their automotive idea fallacious and returned to the drafting board.
Hamilton described the present package deal as a “little bit better” than final 12 months’s automotive, which was susceptible to bouncing, however mentioned it might take the entire season to extract the efficiency from it to catch Red Bull.
“I know it can take a long time to catch the car ahead. You look at the Red Bulls, it’s just going to continue to evolve,” he mentioned.
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