Published 17:06 IST, February 11th 2020
Mercedes make fresh contract offer to Lewis Hamilton with £46.5m deal to snub Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton's contract talks with Mercedes have been in news for a while now amid rumours of him moving to Ferrari after the end of the current season.
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Lewis Hamilton's contract talks with Mercedes have been in news for a while w amid rumours of him moving to Ferrari after end of current season. It looks like Mercedes are putting rest to all those rumours by offering a new deal to Lewis Hamilton. 2020 season will be crucial for British driver as he will be aiming to win his seventh F1 crown and equal legendary Michael Schumacher's record of most F1 titles.
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Lewis Hamilton salary at Mercedes
According to Lewis Hamilton's former teammate Jenson Button, 34-year-old pockets an ermous £40million base salary. He had said that someone like Hamilton is t only highest-paid person in team but also probably highest-paid person in whole of Daimler AG, Mercedes’ parent company.
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Lewis Hamilton contract
According to report published by Express.co.uk, Mercedes are reportedly ready to offer Lewis Hamilton a deal worth a staggering £46.5million-a-year. Earlier multiple reports suggested that Lewis Hamilton is seeking to boost his annual salary with Mercedes to a lofty $60million from 2021, but German manufacturer could reject its star driver's demands. Hamilton has become most successful driver winning five of last six F1 World titles.
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Toto Wolff speaks on Lewis Hamilton's future with Mercedes
On Monday, Mercedes launched ir car for 2020 F1 season and that is when Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he believes Hamilton will stick with team. Hamilton is currently in final year of his deal with team with whom he has won five of his six titles. While talks are yet to take place, at end of 2019, rumours emerged that Hamilton could join Ferrari in 2021. Wolff during unveiling of car said that he thinks that Hamilton-Mercedes is an obvious pairing going forward and team would like to have fastest man in car and he kws that Lewis Hamilton wants to have fastest car.
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17:06 IST, February 11th 2020