‘It has no impact on me’ - Lewis Hamilton unfazed by speculation linking Charles Leclerc to his Mercedes F1 seat
The seven-time world champion’s future beyond this season remains uncertain with his current contract expiring a൩t🐬 the end of the year.
Leclerc, whose own deal with Ferrari runs until the end of 2024, had found himself heavily linked with Merced🐻es🌜 in recent months as a potential long-term replacement for Hamilton.
The 38-year-old has helꦚd initial talks with Mercedes boss Toto Wolf𝄹f over a contract extension, but four races into 2023 and the two parties appear no closer to putting pen to paper over an agreement.
Amid the continued wait for news, rumours surrounding Leclerc’s own future have only ramped up, with a paddock insider claiming it is an 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“open secret” that the Ferrari driver is “talking to Mercedes”ౠ.
Asked ahead of this weekend's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Azerbaijan Grand Prix if the speculation has any bearing on his f🌃uture, Hamilton responded: "Not really.
“Maybe all the drivers have relationships with differen💯t bosses.&n♊bsp;
“I like where I am. I love꧃ my team. I am grateful for the journey that we’ve been on, and what we’re working o🌳n moving forwards.
“It doesn’t have any impact, no.”
Earlier this year at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Hamiltဣon stressed that he has no plans to leave Mercedes or F1.
"I've got some amazing🐼 allies. I've got great reജlationships here," he said.
"I think, for me personally, just as long as I can continue to help the team, as long as I can continue to help drive the team forwards and really contribut🙈e, then that's why I want to stay.
"If 🧸there's ever going to be a point where I feel like I'm not able to do that, then it's time for a youngster to come in to take my seat. But I'm still pretty young, in pretty decent shape.”
Hamilton added: "I continue to feel very much at home. It's family. I seeꦚ myself being with Mercedes ไtill my last days, to be honest," he said.
"Ifꦺ yoꦺu look at the legends, Sir Stirling Moss was with Mercedes till the end of days.
"So, that's been the dream for me to one day have that… well I have that, so I mean j🃏ust continue on with that and continue to build with the brand."
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