Lewis Hamilton: Schumacher records not considered with contract
Lewis Hamilton says tmatching Michael Schumach🃏er’s record seven Formula 1 world titles wasn’t a consideration when securing his new Mercedes deal but concedes with ‘the perfect🍎 scenario’ that’s what he’s working for.
The four-time F1 world champion can theoretically match Schumacher’s all-time total of seven if he clinches the crown this season and in both of his campaigns of his n🍒ew two-year deal which wa💦s officially announced at the German Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton says tmatching Michael S♚chumacher’s record seven Formula 1 world titles wasn’t a consideration when securing his new Mercedes deal but concedes with ‘the perfect scenario’ that’s what he’s working for.
The four-ti🎶me F1 world champion can theoretically match Schumacher’s all-time total of seven if he clinches the crown this season and in both of h𝓀is campaigns of his new two-year deal which was officially announced at the German Grand Prix.
While Hamilton didn’t shoot down the idea of aiming to match Schumacher he feels it’s something he can’t focus on with ‘an unimaginable num🌺ber’ to reach.
“For me that just seems like an unimaginable number,” Hamilton said. “It doesn’t make sense to think you are going to win every single championship from now until the end🅷 of the contract.
“That’s the dream, the perfect scenario and nothing ever goes perfectly in general. So I didn’t set out for two years thinking that giv🎃es me the time to do that, but I am going to worꦕk towards it.”
Hamilton also refused to confirm if it would mark his final F1 contract before retiring from the sport as he looks to assess the future direction of the sport under ℱLiberty Media.
It is believed 𝄹Hamilton opted for a two-year deal, rather than the previous three-year contracts he has signed with Mercedes, to put him on the same cycle as it major rivals and before the first year of the planned major F1 rules shake-up for 2021.
“It’s impossibl🔯e to say, I think, to say where you are going to be in two years, what I will feel like in two 🎀years’ time,” he said. “What I can tell you is that I still feel pretty great and I wasn’t expecting to be as excited as I am now to extend.
“I am also very, very conscious of how long it is beyond retirement. There are just so many great reasons to remain a part of the sport. Who kno🐎ws where we are going toꦰ be in two years time? I could be completely different and want completely different things to what I want now.”
Hamilton 𝓰replaced Schumacher at Mercedes after he retired from F1 in 2013.
