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Hamilton thinks leaving Mercedes very difficult to imagine

Hamilton thinks leaving Mercedes "very difficult to imagine"

31-10-2018 10:14
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Bobby Vincent

World champion Lewis Hamilton has said that it would be "very difficult to imagine" to drive for any other team other than Mercedes.

Hamilton's fourth placed finish on Sunday in Mexico was enough for him to claim his fifth world title and his fourth with the Silver Arrows.

The Mercedes driver equalled Juan Manuel Fangio's tally of five world titles, which is the second-highest number; behind seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.

However, Hamilton doesn't feel as if he would have to leave Mercedes to prove his greatness.

"Naturally, I did it with McLaren (2008 World Title), which was obviously a different team, so I have won it with two different teams," Hamilton said to Crash. "Michael had five with one team? He had two with (Bennetton) and then five with Ferrari, right? So ultimately we've both done it with two teams.

"At the moment, it's very, very difficult to imagine, envisage myself anywhere else. This is my family, this is where I grew up, but I said the same thing when I was at McLaren.

"I think one of the reasons I wanted to move was to go somewhere else, and see if you could do something special somewhere else. I knew I could, but I needed to prove it to everyone else.

"Right now, I don't feel like I need to go and be in another team to win a title in another team, but you can never say never."

Hamilton signed a new two-year contract with Mercedes earlier this season.