English Lewis Hamilton, which last year equaled the all-time record of seven World Cup titles Formula 1 of the German Michael Schumacher, renewed for one more season the contract that joins his team, Mercedes, as announced on Monday.
The German team, winner of the last seven Constructors’ World Cups in the premier engine category, released a statement on Monday in which it announced that the British champion will continue to be a driver for the Brackley team during 2021, which will be his ninth year to aboard a ‘silver arrow’.
Lewis Hamilton won his seventh Formula 1 championship last season. Getty Images
“I am delighted to face what will be my ninth season with my teammates Mercedes“stated Lewis Hamilton, 36, who last year raised to 98 his own historical record for ‘poles’ in Formula 1 and beat Schumacher’s premier class win (91), which he expanded to 95 before the end of the season.
“With this team we have achieved incredible things together; and we want to increase our successes even more, continuously improving; both on and off the circuits,” he said, in statements released by his own team, the spectacular and eccentric Stevenage champion, that last season he took another record from the ‘Kaiser’: that of podiums in F1, which he now holds with 165.
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“I am also convinced that we are continuing the path that we have started to make motorsport more diverse for future generations; and I am grateful that Mercedes has shown me all its support in this regard, “he commented Lewis Hamilton, which, without a drastic change in the regulations next season, becomes the main favorite to win the 2021 World Championship, which will start the last weekend of March with the Bahrain Grand Prix and is initially scheduled to 23 races.
“I am proud to say that we are continuing that effort beyond this year, by launching a foundation dedicated to diversity and inclusion in sport. I am inspired by all that we can build together and I can’t wait to go back to the circuits in March “, declared Lewis Hamilton, which debuted in F1 in 2007, a year before winning his first title, with McLaren; and that he captured the other six crowns with the German team.
The Englishman will be able to focus from the end of next month on becoming the only eightfold world champion in the history of the Formula 1.
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His team manager, Austrian Toto Wolff, also signed the renewal agreement. “We always agreed with Lewis that we would continue together, but the very unusual year we had in 2020 meant that it took some time to complete the process,” he said.
“Together, we have decided to extend our sports relationship for yet another season and start a longer-term project, to take the next step in our shared commitment to greater diversity within our sport,” said the Viennese coach.
“Lewis’s track record is among the best the sporting world has ever seen, and he is a valuable ambassador for our brand and for our partners.”
“The story of Mercedes and Lewis has been listed in the history books of our sport for the past eight seasons; and we are hungry to return to compete and add even more chapters to it, “said Toto Wolff in the statement announcing the renewal of Lewis Hamilton with the Brakley team.