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Hamilton contract delay not down to #1 status bid
Toto Wolff insists the reason behind Lewis Hamilton's delay in putting pen to paper on a new Mercedes contract is down to 'details' and not over an argument about whether he would be granted #1 status in the team. The defending champion and current points' leader has repeatedly dismissed assertions that there is a fundamental reason stopping him from confirming a new deal with Mercedes, maintaining he is in no rush to sort it. However, the delay has stoked rumours of discord behind the scenes, notably a possible desire to attain #1 status in Mercedes over Nico Rosberg, who signed his new deal mid-way through the 2014 season. In that deal, Rosberg is understood to have stipulated that no...
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