Hamilton praises Leclerc and Verstappen highly

“There have to be driver changes this next year,” said the Brit in the run-up to the penultimate race of the season on Sunday (18.10:34 p.m.) in Brazil. Hamilton's contract with Mercedes expires at the end of the coming season, as do the contracts of numerous other top drivers. “A lot happens in the background, every driver speaks to certain teams,” explained the 2021-year-old. However, the six-time world champion has never made a secret of the fact that he wants to continue his successful partnership with Mercedes in the new cycle from XNUMX, when drastic rule reforms are due.

Hamilton described Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, both currently 22 years old, as “champions of the future”. “I think they both have really neat, aggressive driving styles, which is great,” the Englishman said on Wednesday at a sponsorship event in Sao Paulo. “Hopefully when it comes down to who wins, I’ll still be there to try and stop them.”

In the short term, according to Hamilton, Ferrari would have a better chance of building a car that could fight for the World Cup next season. In the medium term, the Brit hopes that the revolutionized 2021 cars will live up to the high expectations. “If what is on paper happens, I think we may see the best era of racing in a long time. And I want to be there.”

Hamilton “We don’t have to cut down any more rainforest” In 2021, the Brazilian Grand Prix will also be held on a new track in Rio de Janeiro instead of in Interlagos near Sao Paulo. Hamilton cannot fully understand the project. “We already have a historic route here. We don’t need to cut down any more rainforest or cause more damage,” said the Mercedes driver, who won his first world title with a McLaren at Interlagos in 2008.

Hamilton eats a vegan diet and has recently repeatedly campaigned for socio-political issues. “If it were my money, I would invest it in a better cause,” said the 34-year-old about the new course in Rio. “Education, for example, is a big key.” The world champion welcomed Formula 1’s sustainability plan presented this week to become carbon-neutral by 2030, but also questioned whether it could not have been implemented more quickly.

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Hamilton praises Leclerc and Verstappen highly

There are hardly any changes in the driver field for the coming Formula 1 season. All top teams are going into the 2020 season with the same line-up. However, world champion Lewis Hamilton assumes that larger transfers will follow in 2021.

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