Lewis Hamilton says his new contract with Mercedes is “very, very close” to being done, and “there’s no negotiation left, it’s just all the small bits”.
Lewis says Red Bull’s sacking of Nyck de Vries after only 10 races was unfair. Asked if that’s how F1 works, he replied: “I’d say that’s how Red Bull works.”
Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull’s 2021 budget cap breach penalty “wasn’t really a big punishment”, so “there’ll be people that will probably go for it again”.