Mercedes Formula 1 t𒐪eam principal Toto Wolff has dismissed claims that Lewis Hamilton demanded a driver veto in his new contract to block a potential move for Max Verstappen.

The long-running saga over Hamilton’s future was finally put to bed on Monday when Mercedes announced the seven-time world champion had 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:agreed a one-year extension to continue rac🍰ing for the team in the upcoming 2021 season.

Continued delays over the past few months had only fuelled a number of rumours about what could have been behind the hold up in what was considered 🔯to be a straightforward renewal.

Such speculation ra🍒mped up in recent weeks as the 2021 F1 season loomed closer with no deal agreed, with reports claiming that Hamilton wanted to avoid being partnered with another star driver such as Red Bull’s Verstappen.

There was also a suggestion that Hamilton was pushing for a share of Mercedes’ revenue income as part of his salary, but Wolff was quick to rubbish💃 both claims.

“There was never a moment where we thought he wouldn’t🍎 sign, and there was never a moment where he doubted it,” Wolff said in a press conference on Mond꧅ay afternoon.

“The curveballs [comment] was meant abo💯ut the situation with him having coronavirus in the time where we exp𒆙ected to sit down face-to-face in Bahrain.

“On the specific 🧜clauses that were out there in the media, I don’t know where that came from because 𝔍none of that is true.

“I actually read about this, I found it an interesting pers💖pective but the truth is there was not a second of discussion about any driver-specific clause. He has never asked for that in the last eight years and it’s a team decision.

“The other clause about a revenue split or revenue share… it came 🏅out of nowh𝐆ere and that rumour was baseless too, so none of that was ever part of our discussions.”

Wolff explained the r🍰eason only a one-year extension was agreed was down to both parties wanting to take the time to discuss the situation regarding 2022 and beyond at length once the 2021 season has ♎got underway.

“We jointly agreed on a one-year deal," he said.  “First of all, there is a substantial🌠 regulation change in 2022.

"We also want to see how the world develops, anꦛd the company. And on the other side, because we kept it ve൩ry late, we wanted to discuss the contract at the end of the season between the Bahrain races and then obviously, Lewis didn't feel well.

"In the end, we started our conversation just before Christmas so it was important to get itꦦ done as soon as possible. And in that respect, we thought, let's postpone the discussion about 2022 and onwards to a later stage in 2021."