Wolff creates clarity: "The unusual year we had in 2020 meant it took some time"

Lewis Hamilton has extended his contract with Mercedes for a year, the German racing team announced on Monday afternoon. Toto Wolff is happy that all signatures have been signed and looks forward to the coming year.

“We have always been aligned with Lewis that we would continue, but the very unusual year we had in 2020 meant it took some time to finish the process," Wolff said in an initial response to the contract extension of Hamilton.

The new contract will run until 2022. "Together, we have decided to extend the sporting relationship for another season and to begin a longer-term project to take the next step in our shared commitment to greater diversity within our sport."

Mercedes are very pleased to keep Hamilton. “Lewis’s competitive record stands alongside the best the sports world has ever seen, and he is a valued ambassador for our brand and our partners. The story of Mercedes and Lewis has written itself into the history books of our sport over the past eight seasons, and we are hungry to compete and to add more chapters to it," the team boss concluded.