The superstar seven-time F1 champion has been locked in negotiations all yearꦦ to extend the deal that is set to expire at the end of 2💦023.

Hamilton and team principal Toto Wolff have constantly insisted an agreement is♑ a formality yet the contract has not yet been signed.

The "lik🙈ely" agreed salary is “around £50m ꦅa year”, according to .

That sum would restore Hamilton to the highest-paid status, above Max Verstappen, on the list of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 driver salaries - although contracts frequen⛄tly carry bonuses for race ൲or championship wins.

The duration of Hamilton’s new contract has also been agreed✨, according to the same report, and is “expected to be tw⛎o years”.

But there is “a sticking point”.

The one problem is “the amount of time Hamilton will be contractu🥂ally obliged to be available♌ for Mercedes' sponsors”.

Hamilton is “✃understandably willing to play hardball”, the repo꧒rt states.

Hamilton or Wolff did not offer any updates on the contract saga at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix. Hamilton suggested it wa🥃s not worked upon during the summer break.

This claim that Hamilton and Mercedes are negotiating how much time he mus🐻𒀰t dedicate to sponsorship activities was also touted by David Coulthard.

Coulthard told the : “Mercedes will waꩲnt a certain amount of time from Lewis for their partners. 

“Mercedes will have s🦹old ꦦsponsorship on obtaining access to their drivers.

“Some businesses will have signed up with the Silver Arrows because Lewis is there, rather than George Rus𝕴sell. 

“Perhaps Lewis might be wanting to do fewer days or have fewer commitments?𒈔”