What this new contract means
For 38 days at the start of 2021, Formula 1 was in a highly unusual place. Its reigning world champion, after securing his seventh title, was without a contract and officially yet to be driving in the new campaign. That changed when Lewis Hamilton’s 2021 deal was announced on 8 February and, after Mercedes’ proclamation last Saturday, F1 knows its biggest star is committed to the Three-Pointed Star until the end of 2023.
The fresh contract shows that Hamilton is still motivated. He’s got the
