Lewis Hamilton I’m not leaving but the team needs a shake up

After the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton issued several criticisms of Mercedes engineers for not following his advice when making the car for 2023. This immediately sparked a wave of speculation that the seven-time world champion plans to retire at the end of the year. change teams during the season. In Jeddah, Lewis assured everyone that he would not leave Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton “Looking back, I understand that maybe I didn’t pick up the best words. Of course there are times when you disagree with some team members, but it’s important to keep hearing each other and working together. I still believe in the team 100% – they are my family, I have been playing for them for many years and I have no intention of going anywhere.

But we all need a shake up, we all need to move forward. We’ve seen what speed we have and what speed the rivals have achieved – it’s time to make bold decisions to close the gap to the leading guys.

Hopefully at some point in the season we can close the gap, but by then it will probably be too late for the title fight, but we can make sure everyone is watching us.”

Lewis Hamilton added that when discussing the terms of a new contract, the parties are paying more attention to off-track cooperation: “There are no performance clauses in the contract. We are just discussing what our future can be, what we want to do.

We are constantly striving to set new challenges for ourselves and not just fulfill the pilot’s contract with the team like everyone else. Last year we signed a partnership agreement on how to promote diversity in sport. We continue to explore different areas to see what else we can do.

I am fully connected to Mercedes-Benz as I have been working with them since I was 13 years old. I am very proud of the brand and company and their impact on the world, but more can always be done. So we are discussing what else we can do.”