F1 drivers are circling for Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes spot, Toto Wolff says
Toto Wolff has already received messages from F1 drivers who are eyeing up the vacancy that Lewis Hamilton will leave at Mercedes.
Mercedes could opt for a younger option in the mould of their wonderkid prospect Kimi Antonelli instead.“We have, as you can imagine, the first day yesterday had quite a lot of phone calls and WhatsApps.“I think the spectrum is from the very young talent which could be the future for a long, long time to all the way to the other spectrum, lots of still performance and knowledge.
As well as entering knowing that Hamilton will soon be elsewhere, they must somehow cut the deficit to the brilliant Red Bulls.“It's clear, they've been in a league of their own and pretty much us – and we've finished second last year in the World Championship and then there's Ferrari and McLaren – and we've just got a little ramp up the game and find more performance, more lap time.
“So last year when we signed a new deal, we wanted to keep it short to see what the future will hold,” he said.“We knew that this would eventually end maybe two years down the line, but we knew there was the option for a one year deal.
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