By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Lewis Hamilton , seven-time world champion race car driver, vowed on Thursday, 30 March 2023 that he would not leave Mercedes, saying he planned to be with the team “till my last days”.
The Briton’s disappointment after the season-opening grand prix in Bahrain, where he finished a distant fifth in his under-performing W14 car, led to claims that he was set to seek a move elsewhere.
Hamilton insisted that was not the case after a more competitive race in Saudi Arabia a fortnight ago.
And to make it crystal clear, the 38-year-old car racer said ahead of the Australian Grand Prix that he wanted to finish his career with the once all-conquering Silver Arrows.
“I feel amazing about it (the future), I continue to feel very, very much at home, it’s a family,” he said in Melbourne of remaining with a team that has been his home for a decade.
“I see myself being with Mercedes till my last days. If you look at the legends, Sir Stirling Moss was with Mercedes till the end of his days, and that’s been the dream for me, to one day have that. I mean, I have that, so just continue on with that, continue to build with the brand,” Hamilton said.
Source: AFP
