Lewis Hamilton and George Russell: Mercedes drivers extend contracts

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell volition proceed arsenic Mercedes' operator line-up for astatine slightest the adjacent 2 years.

And Russell, who joined Mercedes successful 2022, has besides signed a two-year deal.

The determination confirms pledges by Hamilton and squad main Toto Wolff that a caller woody for the seven-time champion was lone a substance of clip this season.

For Hamilton, it allows him to proceed a quest for a grounds eighth satellite drivers' title, which some operator and squad judge was robbed from them astatine the arguable 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, erstwhile Hamilton mislaid retired to Red Bull's Max Verstappen aft erstwhile FIA contention manager Michael Masi ignored the rules successful operating a late-race information car period.

Since then, Mercedes person fallen from competitiveness arsenic Red Bull person dominated the sport.

Hamilton, who has continually said helium wants to enactment successful a narration with Mercedes agelong aft helium retires from the cockpit, said: "We imagination each time of being the champion and we person dedicated the past decennary unneurotic to achieving that goal.

"Being astatine the apical does not hap overnight oregon implicit a abbreviated play of time, it takes commitment, hard enactment and dedication and it's been an honour to gain our mode into the past books with this unthinkable team.

"We person ne'er been hungrier to win. We person learnt from each occurrence but besides each setback.

"We proceed to pursuit our dreams, we proceed to combat nary substance the situation and we volition triumph again. I'm grateful to the squad who person supported maine some connected and disconnected the track. Our communicative isn't finished, we are determined to execute much unneurotic and we won't halt until we do."

Russell, 25, added: "I person grown up with this squad ever since joining arsenic portion of the inferior programme backmost successful 2017. It's my location and it feels fantastic to widen our peculiar narration done 2025.

"After stepping up to the Mercedes contention spot past year, I wanted to reward the spot and content that Toto and the remainder of the squad placed successful me.

"Taking my archetypal rod presumption and contention triumph past twelvemonth was an unforgettable feeling.

"More importantly though, it's been large to enactment with everybody astatine (the chassis basal at) Brackley and (engine office at) Brixworth to marque advancement with our car and propulsion guardant our development. Their loyalty, imaginativeness and hard enactment is inspiring.

"We person made immoderate important steps implicit the past 18 months and are lone getting stronger arsenic a team.

"I'm excited to assistance proceed to physique connected that momentum arsenic we advancement into 2024 and 2025 arsenic we proceed to absorption connected returning to the precise beforehand of the pack."