“It has to be that right?” said the 2009 world champion. Speaking ahead of the first race of the 2023 season in Bahrain this weekend, Button told Telegraph Sport the length of time it was taking to announce Hamilton’s contract “had to be” because the seven-time world champion wanted to know the lie of the land before putting pen to paper. However, the Austrian then said at the car launch two weeks ago that he was reluctant to commit to any timeline because “it’s not important for Lewis nor for us at this stage”. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was adamant last month that it was just a question of “sticking our heads together, wrestling a bit, and then leaving the room with white smoke after a few hours.” Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton is waiting to see how competitive his Mercedes is this year before committing to a new deal.īoth 38-year-old Hamilton, whose current deal expires at the end of this year, and Mercedes have been saying for months that a new multi-year deal is a formality.

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