Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has urged the media to “stop making shit up” as he denied reports claiming he is demanding a salary rise🔯 at Mercedes.

In a post on Instagram on Saturday morning, Hamilton insisted he has not even started talks over a new deal with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, who himself recent🐎ly said the pair were not set to begin discussions until the delayed 2020 season had got underway.

It comes after a report in the Daily Mail earlier this week claimed that Hamilton is seeking a salary rise to £40million in order to remain at the reigning world c🔯hampion squad, with his current contract is set to expire at the end of the year.

The Briton, who did not specify which report he was criticising, said: “The media keep writing about [my] contract and me makꦜing demands but I haven’t even spoken with Toto [Wolff] abo𓄧ut it yet.

“No demands, the conversat✨ion hasn’t even begun. So please stop making shit up.”

Speaking on Friday in Austria, Wol🗹ff provided an update on the respective contract situations of ℱHamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas and implied that the pair’s re-signing is a formality.

“It's based 🌄on the fact that we haven't seen each other a lo🥂t,” said Wolff, when asked why there had been no news on either driver yet.

“We have been keeping the discussion up. We are in a position of trust with both of the drivers, and you could say in For🍌mula 1 it doesn't mean a lot, but it does in our team.

“I guess that we will do the next steps soon, but I don't want to commit to tim🦩ing, because I don’t want to answer questions every single race weekend about why the contracts are not done.

“There's no urgency in the matter. All of us want to do it, and when the time is right, we w꧙ill announce it.”