There has also been speculation in the paddock linking Mercedes with a move for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, but the Monégasque driver has said he was “fully committed” to the Italian team. Wolff said of Leclerc: “I think he’s 100% committed and loyal to Ferrari and it’s his contract, and in the same way we are 100% committed to putting pen to paper with Lewis. I think nobody doubts Charles’s ability and he’s a good guy. “I think he feels very much that he’s strong and we feel the same, that we are not going to race for a drivers’ championship this year,” said Wolff.

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