Lewis Hamilton says he has not been in talks with Ferrari and he and Mercedes are close to agreeing a new contract to keep him at the team beyond this season. He said he had a team working with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff on the new contract. This week, there have been reports that Ferrari had contacted Hamilton about him switching to the Italian team. “Naturally, when you are in contract negations, there is always going to be speculation and unless you hear it from me, that’s what it is,” Hamilton said. “It will be interesting to see how it works,” Hamilton said.

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