Explaining the thinking behind a contract extension announced at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday, Mercedes’ seven times world champion told reporters he was loving the challenge. The 36-year-old said he had considered leaving but felt both he and the sport were entering an interesting new phase. Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W12 during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring. Also read: Austrian Grand Prix | Hamilton on top after first day of practiceHe would not stick around just for the sake of it, though. “There’s going to be a point at which I’m going to want to move on to do different things... I’m not going to do it at 80%, 70% and just trundle along,” he said.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2021 08:15 UTC