Lewis Hamilton poured chilly water on strategies he’s about to signal a brand new deal extending his keep at Mercedes in Components 1.

Mercedes crew principal Toto Wolff mentioned earlier this week a brand new contract with the seven-times champion could possibly be signed inside “days”. Nevertheless chatting with media on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve yesterday Hamilton indicated his new contract shouldn’t be imminent.

“I don’t actually have an enormous quantity to say on the contractual aspect of issues,” he mentioned. “It’ll get accomplished when it’s accomplished.

“If that’s subsequent week, if that’s in a month’s time, so long as it will get accomplished I’m probably not bothered.”

“I’ve seen Toto, we’ve talked a number of occasions, now we have an awesome relationship however there’s nothing else to say for the time being,” he added.

Hamilton agreed his final contract extension in 2021, signing a two-year deal which runs to the top of this season. He mentioned a part of that association included how he and the crew are working to advertise variety and inclusion. This entails Hamilton’s Mission 44 charity, Mercedes’ Speed up 25 initiative to make its crew extra numerous and Ignite, which was launched by the motive force and the crew to advertise science, expertise, engineering and maths topics to under-represented teams.

“We’ve bought a tremendous group of individuals again on the manufacturing unit who’re actually targeted on ‘D&I’,” mentioned Hamilton, “actually, there’s been big progress inside our crew because the first time we’ve had the intense conversations and the work that we’re doing with Speed up 25 and Ignite, which is now inside Mission 44. That’s actually my function inside Mission 44 and I feel the crew is at all times super-supportive.”

“Mission 44, I’m actually pleased with the place we bought it to,” he added. “We’re now funding, I feel it’s 25 or 26 completely different organisations on the market, so beginning to actually begin to have affect.

“Hopefully, we’ll begin to see a greater, more energizing chain coming via from with extra numerous college students.”

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