LONDON – Lewis Hamilton made delivering on diversity a priority, and was guarded about his future beyond 2021, as Mercedes showed off the car that could power him to a record eighth Formula One title this season.
The 36-year-old Briton has a contract only to the end of 2021, raising speculation about what happens after that.
“I’m kind of in the fortunate position where I’ve achieved most of the stuff that I have wanted to achieve up until this point,” he said at the factory launch with Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas.
“So there’s no real need necessarily to plan too far ahead.
“I think we’re living in quite an unusual period of time and life and I just wanted one year. T…
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