‘Ferrari president personally contacted Lewis Hamilton - but he said no’
The Mercedes F1 driver has constantly ♍pledged his allegiance to his current team but despite🐈 months of negotiations, there is still no official agreement to extend his contract which will expire at the end of this season.
Ferrari have been mentio♒ned as a drea💖m location for Hamilton should he do the unthinkable and leave Mercedes.
“Hamilton had been contacted personally by [Ferrari president John] Elkann,” wrote Leo Turrini, an Italia𒁏n journalist respected for his ties to the Scuderia, in .
“I understand he politely replied ‘no thank🦂s’.
“And you can understand it (unfortunately).”
insisted that Ferrari were offering a £40m deal to prise Hamilton away from Mercedes.They insisted that Elkꦇann was “already in close contact with Hamilton” over a deal which would partner hꦗim with either Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
But Hamilton and Mercedes ♔team principal Toto Wolff have constantly stated their belief that an extended arrangem𒐪ent would be thrashed out between them.
Hamilton is eyeing a record eighth F1 chaౠmpionship but will have to wait until at least next season, when he will be 39, amid Red Bull’s domꦅinance.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything f🌊rom American sports𒐪, to football, to F1.
