Buoyed by his result in Spain, Lewis Hamilton offers hope to fans that he is close to signing new contract with Mercedes. Though he finished 24s adrift of Max Verstappen, the performance of the seven-time world champion, and his Mercedes teammate, offers hope that Mercedes has finally turned a corner. Though Toto Wolff was keen to play down the car's performance, insisting that the cooler race conditions were absolutely perfect for the car, Hamilton was over the moon, especially as after Friday's sessions he believed he would struggle to even make it into Q3. 'For me, that's definitely the best the car has been for the last year and a half,' he told reporters at race end. 'Kudos to the...
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