Finicky Lewis Hamilton Playing Hard to Get With Mercedes Honcho Toto Wolff: “He Wouldn’t Want a Zero Less!”

The partnership between Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team has been the most successful in the history of Formula 1. In 2023, Hamilton enters the last year with Mercedes, as stipulated by his previous contract. The world now awaits the renewal as much as they await the inception of the new season after the winter break. According to Toto Wolff, the 7x champion is making the Silver Arrows work hard to extend the association.

The Mercedes Team is more than confident that they will retain the most decorated man of Formula 1 for a few more seasons. Hamilton has echoed the emotions of the team, stating he doesn’t see himself anywhere else. Yet the final deal doesn’t appear close to done. The boss speaking to the media gave an insight into the ongoing negotiation between the team and Briton. He even went ahead to state his intentions of providing the champion with a race-winning car that will make him the most successful driver in history.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Wolff said, “Our talks have always been going OK. I think we’ve done it three times now. We are changing a sentence, or a word, or a number here and there. He wouldn’t want a zero less!”

He further added the reason why Hamilton intends to stay in the sport: “It’s more about doing what he loves, what he does best. If we provide him with a good car, there is nothing between him and an eighth title.”

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The Mercedes Boss has full faith in his champion and has already declared that the 37-year-old is fired up for the upcoming season.

Lewis Hamilton is in great form claims Toto Wolff ahead of the 2023 season

While the world saw Mercedes struggling in an unprecedented manner last year, struggles for Hamilton began the moment he couldn’t claim his eighth title due to controversial last-lap drama at Abu Dhabi in 2021. But if anyone can overcome the odds, it is Sir Lewis Hamilton who has given the Brackley outfit 8 constructors’ championship wins.

Toto Wolff said, “How he appears to me is in great form, very positive, motivated, energized, maybe the best so far I’ve seen in those 10 years after the winter. He knows what he has win the team, we won eight constructor titles in a row, and I’m not saying anything you don’t know, we got it wrong last year.”

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With all said and done during the buildup of the upcoming season, do you think Hamilton can claim the eighth title, making him the most successful driver in the history of the sport?