LEWIS HAMILTON is maintaining his fitness ahead of the new Formula One season by hiking a mountain every day – while Mercedes contract talks remained deadlocked. Hamilton, 36, wrote: “Every morning I hike to the top of this mountain and I take some time to set my goals and intentions for the day. “I’ve been training every day and at these altitudes, I find it’s the perfect place to push my mind and body to new heights to prep myself for the year and season ahead. Hamilton may want to agree a new contract by March 12, when the new F1 season begins with testing in Bahrain. “But [Hamilton is] in America now and I’m here [in Austria].

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