Hunger and the desire to eat may unite in their fates next year in F1. The seven-time F1 world champion Lewis hamilton he is desperate to capture that eighth crown that would leave him as the greatest driver of all time before retiring and Scuderia Ferrari He has been in that situation for decades. And the solution, according to the English press this Monday, is to combine their destinations through an offer that will soon 46 million euros, an amount that Mercedes will not offer today for its renewal.
According to the ‘Daily Mail’ the president’s plans John Elkann and the management of the Prancing Horse to succeed again in the World Championship went through the acquisition of the most successful driver on the current grid, Lewis hamilton. The idea was to offer the Englishman, in addition to a juicy contract, the chance to surpass Michael Schumacher in the number of titles at the wheel of the red car won by the Kaiser between 2000 and 2004.
Hamilton is going through a groundbreaking time that could also follow his long and successful ten-year partnership with Mercedes with six of his seven drivers’ titles with them. In March he broke his right hand on circuits Angela Cullen and their relationship to Toto Wolff They are not going through the best of times, especially now that they are negotiating the next contract, but the economic issue is driving them apart.
The current salary of 50.9 million euros is tearing it up hamilton when he was still the title world champion. He is currently the second highest paid after two-time champion of the last two years Max Verstappen with 55.5 million.
In fact, in recent statements to ESPN, the director of Mercedes He acknowledged that “every three years we have this situation. It’s like negotiating financial terms with your best friend, your close friend. I want the best for him, but in the position I’m in, I have to think about what’s best for the team This may be the first time in 10 or 11 years that we are together and our goals are different”, explained the Austrian.
Ferrari is in a delicate phase with Charles Leclerc always in bad shape, but according to the Daily Mail there are two possibilities for 2024. One is the Hamilton-Leclerc couple, who will leave outside Carlos Sainz and another is the change of drivers between Ferrari and Mercedes and then Carlos Sainz will be Lewis Hamilton’s partner.
At 38 years old, Hamilton has few opportunities left to get behind the wheels of the car that every self-respecting driver wants to drive because of the character, idiosyncrasy, uniqueness. This is pure F1 history.
A determining factor could be the success, or otherwise, of Mercedes’ upgrades planned for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix: a new floor, front suspension and sidepods in an attempt to close its deficit to Red Bull. If the changes prove to be a resounding success, there’s no doubt that Hamilton’s spirits will improve in those meetings with Wolff.
Source: La Verdad
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