• World champion’s deal runs until end of 2020• ‘It’s another stressful situation. I think it is just confrontation’Lewis Hamilton is to begin discussing his future in
Formula One and a new contract with Mercedes. His deal runs until the end of 2020 and the driver anticipates a stressful and confrontational renegotiation.
Hamilton has won five titles with Mercedes, clinching his sixth championship at the US
Grand Prix in Austin. He has repeatedly stressed his loyalty to the team but is not looking forward to renewing discussions, having done a deal in 2018.