Hamilton’s existing F1 contract with Mercedes expires at the end of the 2020 season, but the six-time world champion has said he is eager to renew terms with the German marque.

Both parties have taken a relaxed approach to sitting down to agree new terms, and although Hamilton said after the last race at Imola there were “no guarantees” he would be racing next year, he is widely expected to sign a new deal.

Hamilton said earlier this week that his new deal with Mercedes must consider the bigger picture outside of the racing team, saying he wants to “help them on the quest in pushing for change” across the company.

Hamilton can wrap up a record-equalling seventh F1 world title in Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix, which would come two weeks after Mercedes secured its own seventh constructors’

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