‘Ferrari president personally contacted Lewis Hamilton - but he said no’
The Mercedes F1 driver has constantly ple🍌dged his allegiance to his current team but despite months of negotiations, there is still no official agreement to extend his contract which will expire at the end of this sea🧸son.
Ferrari have been mentioned as a drღeam location for Hamilton should he do the unthinkable and leave Mercedes.
“Hamilton had been contacted personally by [Ferrari president John] Elkann,” wrote Leo Turrini, an Italian journa꧅list respected for his ties to 𒆙the Scuderia, in .
“I understand he politely repliꦓed ‘no thanks’.
“And you can understand it (unfortunately).”
insisted that Ferrari were offering a £40m deal to prise Hamilton away from Mercedes.They i꧙nsisted that Elkann was “already in close contact with Hamilton” over a deal which would partner him with either Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
But Hamilton and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff ha༺ve constantly stated their belief that an extended arrangement would be th🐻rashed out between them.
Hamilton is eyeing a record eighth F1 cဣhampionship but will have to wait until at least next season, when he will be 39, amid Red Bull’s do💫minance.
James was a sports journalist at S🃏ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
