World champion’s contract expires at end of yearValtteri Bottas handed a three-place grid penaltyMercedes seem confident that
Lewis Hamilton will commit to racing for them beyond 2021 after the team principal, Toto Wolff, said the world champion has been energised by the world title fight with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen this season.
Hamilton is now in his 15th season in F1 and his current contract ends this year. However, before the Styrian
Grand Prix in Austria this weekend, the 36-year-old
British driver revealed that positive discussions on a new deal had now begun.