Toto Wolff has never made a 'threatening gesture' to Lewis Hamilton by playing the 'George Russell card' during their contract negotiations. With less than nine weeks until the 2021 season gets underway in Bahrain, Mercedes has yet to secure Hamilton's signature on a new deal. The talks, which kicked into high gear after the 2020 Abu Dhabi season finale, have yet to yield consensus with some reports claiming it is the duration that's the problem while others say it is all down to money. According to the rumour mill, Mercedes' parent company Daimler is questioning why they need to pay Hamilton 40 million for three years when they can get Russell, who was the star of the Sakhir GP when he...
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