Lewis Hamilton has hinted he is prepared to pen a new deal to stay at Mercedes, which could give him a chance to break Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world championships.
The six-time champion’s deal with their current team Mercedes, whom he has been with since 2013, comes to an end, but talks have lingered over the summer amid uncertainty in either side’s future in Formula One.
Hamilton, who is set to all but win this season’s championship within the final five races this term, has broken Schumacher’s 91 race wins record at Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix, though he now claims he wants to be on the grid next year.
With no other realistic alternatives to help him win world titles on the grid, he is edging towards extending his stay at Silver Arrows, where he has won the championship every year bar 2016 since 2014.
Hamilton said to Sky Sports, “I definitely don’t think it’s over. I want to continue.”
“I think once we get the job done and the stress of the bubble and everything passes on, we can get to whatever comfortable or uncomfortable position we need to be in, and we’ll get it done so we can continue.”
“I still want to continue to race, but I don’t know how much longer it will be. It’s definitely not going to be a long time before I stop, so this is a period of time where I’ve got to work out what the future holds slowly.”
