Bojan Vrbnjak
Some believe both sides are essentially arguing for money, but a journalist Alessandro Gargantini from the store autosprint considers it a Mercedes Hamilton put only on the table one-year contract in value 35 million.
One of obstacles could be the future of the young George Russell, who is in the race VN Sakhir impressed in the race car Hamilton, which the seven-time world champion had to miss due to a coronavirus infection. “It wouldn't surprise us if Hamilton wants to play an active role in choosing the team's second racer after 2021,He wrote gargantini. According to an Italian magazine, it is Russell surprising performance in Bahrain may have strongly influenced Hamilton future. “Unlike Valtteri Bottas in the junior classes, Russell showed that he can win incredibly easily and often. His performance was not unnoticed by the people at the top of the Mercedes,He added Italian.
A colleague from autosprint he also speculates that he could, if he will Hamilton left after the end of 2021, Mercedes per season 2022 and in the period new rules entered with a spectacular racing duo George Russell in Max Verstappen. And in words Gargantinia supposed to Helmut Marko he may have even anticipated this, so he did Red Bull decided to Alex Albon replaced by a very experienced and consistent Sergio Perez. As far as contract reports are concerned Hamilton, a Mercedes spokesman insisted: “We do not comment on speculations and rumors."
Luigi Perna, a highly regarded newspaper journalist Journal of Sport, commented: “Negotiations between Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes team to extend his contract, which expired late last year, have become a chess game."
