“We are always in contact” – Vasseur lifts the lid on Hamilton-Ferrari talks
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Before signing his latest contract extension with Mercedes, Hamilton was linked with a bumper $40 million move to Ferrari.The pair worked together during Hamilton’s GP2 Series title-winning campaign in 2006 at ART Grand Prix.Vasseur believes any casual conversation with Hamilton was overplayed.”I’m talking with Lewis each week or each month for 20 years, so I can’t say that I didn’t speak with Lewis at one stage, as we are always in contact,” Vasseur said.”It’s true because half of the grid drove for me in the past, and in Baku, I had a discussion with Lewis in the paddock, and it started to go everywhere, but if he signed a contract with me each time that we spoke in the past, it would cost me a fortune!”Ferrari are expected to retain Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for 2025, with Vasseur hoping new deals are agreed before Bahrain in March.”It could be the target [that new deals are agreed with both] before race one,” he added.Related Ecclestone questions Schumacher’s F1 career moves: ‘At Red Bull…’ ‘Why do they exist?’ Brundle questions one team’s involvement in F1
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