Vasseur says no Ferrari offer for Hamilton but ‘every team would want him’

Vasseur says no Ferrari offer for Hamilton but ‘every team would want him’

 

 

 

Earlier this week, the Daily Mail reported that Ferrari were preparing a staggering £40m contract offer to try and lure seven-time world champion Hamilton away from Mercedes. Can Fernando Alonso win the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix?Video of Can Fernando Alonso win the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix?Hamilton’s current deal runs out at the end of the season and with no extension finalised as yet, speculation has been rife over where the 38-year-old’s future lies. But speaking ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari team principal Vasseur shut down the rumours. “As a joke I could say that two weeks ago you were sending Sainz to Audi, one week ago you sent Leclerc to Mercedes – now I am alone,” Vasseur said. “You know perfectly that at this stage of the season each week you will have a different story and we are not sending an offer to Lewis Hamilton, we didn’t do it. We didn’t have discussions. Vasseur, who worked with Hamilton during his title-winning GP2 campaign in 2006, admitted every team on the grid would be interested in the Briton’s services. “I think every single team on the grid would like to have Hamilton at one stage, it would be bull**** to not say something like this,” he added. Related Verstappen ‘not interested’ in Hamilton-Ferrari rumours: “Maybe ups the price” TECH GALLERY: Long-awaited Mercedes F1 upgrades break cover”If I discuss with Hamilton, the last 20 years I discussed almost every single weekend with Hamilton, I don’t want to have to stop to discuss with him because you are chasing me.” 

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