Martin Brundle says Lewis Hamilton will have “valued himself the same” as Max Verstappen during his Mercedes F1 contract negotiations.
claim that Hamilton will receive an annual pay rise of £10m, taking his total salary to £50m per year, putting him level with Verstappen and making them the joint highest-paid drivers in the sport.“He will value himself as the same as Max, as a seven-time world champion. He knows he’s still got the speed.
“It will be tens of millions, plus bonuses. I imagine Lewis and his team have been dotting i’s and crossing t’s - for all kinds of things, in the car, out of the car, away from the track. “Things he wants to do, he’ll have been fighting like crazy to do almost no media or marketing, if he can get away with it!Brundle says Hamilton’s decision to stay with Mercedes makes sense and is ultimately great news for F1.“I’m sure he would have had a little scout around, to see what was out there,” he explained.
“But I don’t see any reason why he would jump from Mercedes over to Ferrari, for example, given the experience and history he has with Mercedes-Benz.“It’s good news for Formula 1, it’s good news for Lewis, and it’s good news for Mercedes-Benz.
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