Toto Wolff is “completely” assured that Lewis Hamilton will lengthen his keep in F1 amid plans to debate the Briton’s contract over the winter break.
Hamilton will enter into his eleventh season with Mercedes in 2023, together with his present deal set to run out on the finish of the season.
Whereas the occasions of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix sparked hypothesis over his future within the sport, Hamilton has made it clear that he’s eager to proceed past the subsequent marketing campaign, having beforehand steered that he’s hoping for a multi-year contract with the Silver Arrows.
System 1 would possibly at present be on its winter break however Wolff admits that he has a spread of duties to deal with forward of the 2023 season, with one in every of them being Hamilton’s subsequent deal.
Wolff offers replace on Hamilton contract plans
“The job listing is fairly lengthy in what’s wanted to be performed [before 2023],” Wolff instructed the Past The Grid podcast.
“However definitely Lewis’ contract is without doubt one of the matters that we’ll deal with over the winter, however there is no such thing as a agency deadline.”
When requested if he’s assured that Hamilton will re-sign, Wolff responded: “Completely.
“Lewis is a part of the crew and the crew is a part of Lewis, [so there is] no motive to not proceed.”
Hamilton stays ‘extraordinarily pushed’, says Wolff
The 2022 F1 season proved to be a tough one for Mercedes and Hamilton, with it marking the primary yr that Hamilton has not achieved a win in his System 1 profession.
This has not dented the seven-time World Champion’s need to compete, in response to Wolff.
“I feel one in every of his strengths is that he is all the time hungry,” Wolff defined.
“He is all the time keen. He is a good sportsman, however he is additionally somebody that is extraordinarily pushed and decided.”