Mercedes is close to finalising the final topics of Lewis Hamilton's new Formula 1 contract that will keep him with the team beyond the end of the season, according to the manufacturer's racing chief, Toto Wolff. Four-time F1 world champion Hamilton has entered the final year of his current deal with Mercedes, but is widely expected to put pen to paper on a new, multi-year agreement that would continue the successful partnership which started in 2013. Both Hamilton and the team have expressed confidence that talks would be sewn up in the near future, with Wolff issuing an update in Australia last weekend. "We have been discussing going into the winter and we kind of left it there to...
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