Lewis Hamilton Confirms Future In Mercedes

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken out on the Mercedes W14 ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, addressing speculation over his future with the team.

The Mercedes team have been struggling once again with their 2023 contenders but are continuing into the Saudi Arabian race weekend adopting the same zero-pod design.

Despite their challenges, team principal and CEO Toto Wolff anticipates the Jeddah street track will suit their W14 cars more than the Sakhir track in Bahrain.

Speaking during the drivers' press conference today, Hamilton said:

I still have 100% belief in this team, they're my family, and I've been here a long time, so I don't plan on going anywhere else.

"But we all need a kick, we all need to get on. We've seen the proof is in the pudding. And we've seen where the performance is and how people are extracting the performance and we've got to now start making some bold decisions, some big moves in order to close the gap to these guys.

"Otherwise they're [Red Bull] going to run away with it more so most likely this year, and this Ferrari can probably stop them but which we'll wait and see.

"But hopefully at some point during the year, we might be able to close the gap. But at that point, it will probably be too late in terms of fighting for a championship, but we could still turn some heads hopefully."

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