It sounds like it not a matter "if" but "when" for the Hamilton contract to be signed. Taken from twitter.
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It sounds like it not a matter "if" but "when" for the Hamilton contract to be signed. Taken from twitter.
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Well there we have it. Hamilton/Merc deal finally announced.. interestingly its a one year deal only.
I'm signing up for a weekly popcorn shipment from Amazon as soon as the season starts. Everytime Hamilton speaks to a rival team boss or Toto smiles at Max, the show will be on full tilt. Must See TV returns. This will be better than waiting for the next Hill St. Blues episode. :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
I think this is their last season together. All good things come to an end! And it makes sense with Verstapenn becoming available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
IT BEGAN WITH…
Report: Hamilton seeking $50 million-a-year contract extension
Editor
2 July, 2020
https://www.grandprix247.com/2020/07...act-extension/
THEN, THE WHEELS CAME OFF…
Daimler believed to have blocked Hamilton's new contract of four years and 200m dollars
Marco Canseco
Adapted by Euan McTear
01/01/2021 20:42 CET
This means that the seven-time world champion doesn't currently have a team. The new deadline for him to renew, then, would be ahead of testing in Barcelona, which starts on March 2.
https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports...1558b45b4.html
HIGH NOON WAS THE 2nd March 2021…
How Hamilton and Mercedes came to an agreement
11 February 08:15
https://racingnews365.com/how-hamilt...o-an-agreement
Lewis Hamilton’s New Mercedes Deal Is ‘Worrying News’ For Red Bull
Earlier this week, the Mercedes F1 Team finally announced a new deal with Sir Lewis Hamilton.
by Matteo Ragni
February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
https://formula1news.co.uk/lewis-ham...-for-red-bull/
Lewis Hamilton staying with Mercedes as he eyes record eighth world title
Neil Metcalfe
Published: 11:52 AM February 11, 2021
https://www.thecomet.net/sport/lewis...rcedes-7319312
Driver cost cap looms as Hamilton gets over £40 million a year deal
February 12, 2021 · by thejudge13 ·
1. Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes – Annual Salary £40m
2. Max Verstappen: Red Bull – Annual Salary £18.2m
3. Charles Leclerc: Ferrari – Annual Salary £10.19m
4. Daniel Ricciardo: McLaren – Annual Salary £10.19m
5. Carlos Sainz: Ferrari – Annual Salary £7.28m
https://thejudge13.com/2021/02/12/dr...n-a-year-deal/
YET, THERE LINGERS THIS POSSIBILITY FOR 2022…
Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari prediction made as new Mercedes contract leaves 2022 door open
Lewis Hamilton could become a free agent at the end of the year, but a move to Ferrari still seems unlikely.
By Daniel Blackham
PUBLISHED: 10:37, Wed, Feb 10, 2021 | UPDATED: 10:37, Wed, Feb 10, 2021
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-a...cedes-2022-SNT
DISCUSSIONS HAPPENED…
Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari talks explained by Mattia Binotto as Mercedes saga continues
Ferrari chief Matteo Binotto has lifted the lid on his talks with Lewis Hamilton.
By Mikael McKenzie
PUBLISHED: 07:35, Wed, Jan 13, 2021 | UPDATED: 12:09, Wed, Jan 13, 2021
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-a...notto-Mercedes
DISCUSSIONS MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE…
Lewis Hamilton invited for Ferrari drive while Mercedes contract remains unsigned
Lewis Hamilton has been offered the chance to drive one of Ferrari's famous F1 cars amid his contractual dispute with Mercedes, which is still yet to be resolved
BY Ollie Salt
Sport Reporter
16:10, 22 JAN 2021
UPDATED16:24, 22 JAN 2021
Lewis Hamilton has been invited to drive one of Ferrari’s famous Formula 1 cars amid his contractual dispute with Mercedes.
But the reigning world champions need not worry, as the car in question is from 1970 - 15 years before he was even born!
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/f1...tract-23368597
It would NOT surprise me, if the Ferrari drive happens in the future.
It kind of hard to take this story serious when the author writesQuote:
Originally Posted by Fortitude
When you get this basic fact wrong, are we even sure the author even know who Hamilton is?Quote:
Ferrari have changed one of their drivers for the 2021 camapign as four-time world champions Sebastian Vettel was released.
The German has been replaced by McLaren ace Sergio Perez.
Haha, well spotted!Quote:
Originally Posted by F1nKS
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Originally Posted by Fortitude
So is it Sainz or LeClerc who are getting dropped for 2022.. or is Lewis going to be Ferrari's reserve driver?
Lets face it.. none of the above possibilities are very likely unless Sainz turns into a dud overnight.
TBH, I just don’t know, BUT Lewis Hamilton wanted a four year deal, so he gets JUST one year and now can look else-where for the other three years if he wants to, which could mean Ferrari.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zico
Ferrari ARE so ruthless, if Lewis Hamilton is the driver that they want, then one of those drivers will be gone.
Lewis Hamilton’s one-year contract at Mercedes means Ferrari and Red Bull rumours will rumble on all season
The short-term nature of the deal is a compromise that leaves both sides with cards to play as F1 heads towards radical changes in 2022
By Kevin Garside
February 8, 2021 5:50 pm
And because the teams are working within budget limitations, the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull cannot spend their way past the rest of the grid. This, in theory at least, creates space for Hamilton to race elsewhere without diminishing his title chances.
On the other hand, the commercial reality means only teams with deep pockets can spend the kind of dough on drivers – whose salaries are not included in the budget cap – that would secure Hamilton’s signature. So we are back to Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari.
https://inews.co.uk/sport/formula-on...36?ITO=newsnow
In Tom Rubythons' book about Ayrton Senna, called 'Fatal Weekend', it explains how Ayrton Senna and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo met up to discuss a contract for 1995. That is why I have posted previous links to meetings with Ferrari & Lewis Hamilton, it MAY be a sign of something, then again it could all come to nothing...
What ferrari wants doesn't matter. As long as they don't build a car that is superior to the mercedes lewis will not come their way.
Hamilton will just stay at mercedes or retire. Everything else would be a unnecessary step backward.
The F1 Management are also trying to impose a cap of 30 million for two pilots per team. Hamilton alone earns more than that per year. This move would affect Vettel, Ricciado, Verstapenn also directly. Leclerc and Sainz are close to maximum they can ever earn.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
These F1 management guys are control freaks. WTF
Drivers salary is not the problem of the smaller teams struggling to stay in the sport. Why do they feel the need to meddle in areas that do not concern them. Teams are not stupid to require this sort of interference. They pay what they think is a fair wage.
That said, it would be interesting to see what driver loyalty would be like in the future. If a team is paying the same wage as anyone else, then driver do not have to put up with an under performing team if they are able to go elsewhere with better performance and paying the same max wage.
It would be interesting to see how the drivers react to this. I expect there would be a flux out of F1 to other Formula's offering higher wages than F1 is offering. It presents other formulas an opportunity to establish themselves as the pinacle of motor racing, as that position would be vacant from 2022.
Tom Rubythons’ book Fatal Weekend is a phenomenal book. I have both a paperback edition and a hardback edition. I also bought a paperback edition and gave it away as a gift to a friend.
I recommend it to anybody who has an interest in Formula 1 and I have provided three pages as attachments to whet your appetite and encourage you to buy a copy.
Having said that, those three pages show how contracts are conducted privately and discreetly. It is an eye opener, into the ‘F1 circus’.
I ‘sense’, I have a hunch, maybe Lewis Hamilton MAY go to Ferrari for 2022, he didn’t get his four year contract, so would be questioning Mercedes commitment to him and there is George Russell… …maybe waiting in the wings…
If the Mercedes car is dominant, then the Mercedes management may be wondering why they are paying so much for Lewis Hamilton…
There are a lot of variables to consider for 2022.
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You're absolutely right. But remember, we're talking about the same geniuses who thought that they needed to impose limits on how often drivers could change their helmet liveries. If there's a "problem" that doesn't need solving, and fifteen that do, the FIA will jump all over the one that doesn't need solving. In the words of Kevin Hart: "It's what I do."Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
Personally, I'm OK with Lewis retiring once he secures #10. Then Merc can recruit my boy Danny Ric for Lewis' seat and George Russell for Valtteri's seat. With that, I'm happy. Well wait, since I'm dreaming, I want the grid girls back too! :cool: But let's take one fantasy at a time.
Actually I think all the drivers should revolt against this decision and refuse to drive should a salary cost cap come into effect. F1 management are overreaching here big time and it’s up to the drivers to draw the line and tell them fuck off or we won’t drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
And what magic Formula would that be that could offer a driver a salary in the region of 15 million $ a year? Indycar runs an entire team on that budget, as does Formula E (Jaguar spent around 12m $ on the 2019 FE season according to Forbes).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
The only racing series that comes close is NASCAR, where the top three drivers earn around 15 to 18 million $ a year. Not enough of a difference IMO to see top F1 drivers suddenly want to race tin-tops.
There is nothing like calling it, for how it is...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Well that is the picture at this moment in time. What it would be in the future is another matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by gm99
The not too distant future, though, with F1 salary caps poised to arrive in 2023. What series in your opinion will within two years be able to grow - amid the current economic climate - to a state where its teams can offer driver salaries in the region of 15 million $ a year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze