Lewis Hamilton says the challenges faced by Mercedes in 2022 are likely to encourage him to extend his stay in F1 longer than he originally anticipated
, had previously stressed that he had no plans to continue racing beyond the age of 40. The 37-year-old now acknowledges that is likely to change.when asked if he is starting to think about extending his F1 career in an interview with select media at Zandvoort.
“I love that it’s gone through a phase even harder and we’ve got to pull through that thick slog and get to the point where we are a little bit lighter and we’re floating a little bit more. So yeah, I would say that it’s encouraged me to stay longer. “But right now, where I am in life, I’m really grateful for the opportunity I have here. I like to think I still deserve a place here. So there is lots of work to do.”And Hamilton says he is relishing the challenge, despite the difficult circumstances he and Mercedes find themselves in.“We would love to be in that battle fighting, and I wish that all the cars were a lot closer and we were all having a much better battle closer to the front.
“My worry – what is keeping me up at night – is what have I left out? Who do I need to speak to at the track? How can I support Bono [race engineer]? How can I support Marcus [Dudley, performance engineer] and Shov [Andrew Shovlin, trackside engineering director]?
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