Lewis Hamilton is reportedly in complete control of his Ferrari future, with a contract clause in the Briton’s deal having been discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to F1-Insider, Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has discovered that Hamilton’s additional third year in his contract is up to the 40-year-old, not Ferrari.<\/p>\n
The seven-time world champion is believed to have a deal that runs until the end of 2026, with an option for a third year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That third year option is reported by Gazzetta dello Sport as being entirely up to the driver, rather than the Maranello-based outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It means that Ferrari has little control over its driver pairing for the short-term future, due to Hamilton having the power over whether he races for the Italian squad in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reason for this style of deal is reportedly due to the commercial benefits that Hamilton brings to Ferrari, with the 105-time race winner increasing global attention for the manufacturer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Italian publication is reported to have said ‘Ferrari will go with him no matter what’. Hamilton has endured a challenging start to life with the outfit, which hit a new low in Hungary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After being eliminated in Q2 at his beloved Hungaroring, Hamilton described himself as “useless” and insisted that Ferrari needed to sign a new driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He finds himself without a podium from the opening 14 rounds, whilst team-mate Charles Leclerc has secured five rostrums already this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton is reportedly in complete control of his Ferrari future, with a contract clause in the Briton’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-62756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}