There is no “opening” that would allow Lewis Hamilton to return to McLaren next year, according to Zak Brown. “Yes, I think you will see Max (Verstappen) and George (Russell) there in 2022,” McLaren supremo Brown told the Daily Mail. “You have Max’s experience and youth, you have George’s youth. If I am Mercedes that is a pretty killer lineup for the next five years.”. I don’t think the timing is right for Lewis,” Brown added. “It will get harder at the front but that is a sign of progress,” Brown said when asked about McLaren’s current level of competitiveness.

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