F1’s CEO is “sure” Lewis Hamilton will return to his Mercedes cockpit in 2022. “I’m sure he will recharge his batteries and come back with even more desire than before to win the eighth world title,” the Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport. Hamilton’s 2021 nemesis, new world champion Max Verstappen, agrees with Domenicali, although he was unimpressed with the Mercedes driver’s first act of the winter – being knighted by Prince Charles. “I’m a racing driver and the title of world champion is enough.”. As for the retirement rumours, the 24-year-old said of Hamilton: “Normally, Lewis has to come back.

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