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Hamilton is going to include this in new Mercedes contract

Hamilton is going to include this in new Mercedes contract

19-11-2020 12:40 Last update: 13:20
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Lewis Hamilton finds it difficult that he has been away from home in the second part of 2020. The Mercedes driver is therefore going to stipulate in his new contract that he will sign with Mercedes that he will have to work less on location.

In this way, Hamilton can be more with his family, and an additional advantage is that fewer flight hours also means fewer emissions, something that the 35-year-old Brit has been advocating for a long time.

Hamilton will work more from home

"This year has shown that you can work from home, for example. So I’m sure there’ll be a lot of Zoom dates in the contract rather than actual present days which means I have to fly less," Hamilton said in an interview with the BBC.

Valtteri Bottas' team mate would like to share his best memories with his family. "Time with friends and family is most important. If we get to start travelling more [I want to] take my family somewhere and create memories with them and celebrate with them just being around. This year I’ve not been able to see them and that’s just been the hardest”, concludes Hamilton.