Seven-time world champion will continue with the German team in 2021, the ninth year with the “silver arrow”
English Lewis Hamilton, which last year equaled the historical record of the seven World Cup titles Formula 1 of the German Michael Schumacher, renewed for another season the contract that joins his team, Mercedes, as announced on Monday.
The German team, winners of the last seven World Cups of manufacturers in the car premiere category, released a statement on Monday announcing that the British champion will continue to be the driver of the Brackley team in 2021, which will be the ninth year aboard a “silver arrow ”.
“I am delighted to face what will be the ninth season with my teammates Mercedes“established Lewis Hamilton, Aged 36, who last year raised to 98 his own historical record for “poles” in Formula 1 and defeated Schumacher’s premier category victories (91), which he extended to 95 before the end of the season.
“With this team we have achieved incredible things together; and we want to increase our success even more, constantly improving; both on and off the circuit,” he said in statements released by his own team, the spectacular and the eccentric champion Stevenage that last season took another record from “Kaiser”: that of the podiums in F1, which he now owns with 165.
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“I am also convinced that we will continue on the path we have taken to make motor sport more diverse for future generations and I am grateful for that. Mercedes he showed me all his support in this regard, “he commented Lewis Hamilton, which, without a drastic change in regulations next season, becomes the main favorite to win the 2021 World Championship, which will start the last weekend of March with the Bahrain Grand Prix and is originally scheduled for 23 races.
“I am proud to say that we are continuing this effort beyond this year, by launching a foundation dedicated to diversity and inclusion in sport. I am inspired by everything we can build together and I look forward to returning to the circuits in March,” he said. Lewis Hamilton, which debuted in F1 in 2007, a year before he won his first McLaren title; and that he captured the other six crowns with the German team.
The Englishman will be able to focus from the end of next month on becoming the only eight-time world champion in history Formula 1.
The manager of his team, the Austrian Toto Wolff, also signed the renewal agreement. “I have always agreed with Lewis that we will continue together, but the unusual year we had in 2020 took a long time to complete the process,” he said.
“Together, we decided to expand our sporting relationship for another season and start a longer-term project, to take the next step in our joint commitment to greater diversity in our sport,” said the Viennese coach.
“Lewis’ track record is one of the best the sports world has ever seen and a valuable ambassador for our brand and our partners.”
“His story Mercedes and Lewis has been listed in the history books of our sport for the past eight seasons; and we are hungry to come back to compete and add even more chapters, “Toto Wolff said in a statement announcing the renewal. Lewis Hamilton with the Brakley team.