McLaren’s wonder boy at one point, Lewis Hamilton, has achieved so much in Formula 1 after making his debut with the British team. Starting at McLaren, the Briton has come a long way and is now the poster boy for Mercedes. As the seven-time world champion is still with the German team, team boss Toto Wolff once made a bold prediction about his future.

As per scotsman.com, in 2017, the Silver Arrows team principal said, “If you would have asked me the same question one year ago, I would not have been very optimistic, but now it is different. I have the feeling that it can’t be much better in a different place. For him and for us.”

“After five years, this relationship has become so strong in a way that it wasn’t last season. For Lewis, it will be important to see whether we are competitive or not, but at the moment there is such a solid basis that I can imagine it going on forever,” further stated the Silver Arrows honcho.

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Interestingly, Lewis Hamilton is still with the Mercedes AMG F1 team despite many rumors that link the Briton with a move away from the team. As things stand, the Briton is still expected to stay with the team for at least one more year.

Toto Wolff’s primary concern this winter is Lewis Hamilton’s contract

As the 2022 F1 season has finally come to an end, much to the delight of the Mercedes AMG F1 team, there is some unfinished business. Apart from the team’s technical advancements, sorting Lewis Hamilton’s contract for the future is one big task for Toto Wolff.

Talking about this in F1’s Beyond The Grid podcast, the Austrian executive stated, “Well the job list is pretty long with what needs to be done. But certainly Lewis’ contract is one of the topics that we will tackle over the winter. There is no firm deadline.”

The 2023 F1 season is set to be Hamilton’s 11th season with the Silver Arrows, where he won six titles. As his titles have come in 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, he picked up most of them with Mercedes.

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However, his recent outing with Mercedes hasn’t been a great one as he failed to pick up a win. Moreover, he finished the season in P6, behind his new teammate George Russell, who outscored his veteran teammate by 35 points.