The present contract of Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes is probably getting extended till the end of 2025. After several predictions by fans and indications given by Mercedes principal Toto Wolff, one of the French magazines finally came up with a little confirmation that Lewis Hamilton is not ending his career after the end of the 2023 Formula One season. According to Sportune, a French magazine, Mercedes has offered the seven-time world champion to stay with the team for two more years with a 62 million euros salary per season.
However, after two years, Hamilton will turn 40. And after that, he may not accept any more offers and end his driving career. This is probably because no athlete ever wants to play in their forties, and so Hamilton, as he once spoke about it too. So now the question is, what will Lewis Hamilton do after 2025, after ending his driving career?
Recently in an interview with Jay Shetty on his ON Purpose podcast, Lewis Hamilton expressed his ideas and thoughts about several things. He shared how he feels worried about his future wins. He also expressed how his father helps him get over the negative thoughts. Among those, Hamilton revealed what he is willing to do after retiring from Formula One. Starting his racing career in 2007, the Briton certainly achieved everything he was meant to.
Hamilton Has Got Things To Do Beyond Formula One
During his debut season, when he was asked about matching Michael Schumacher’s record, he said it was even impossible to imagine. But now, look at him; he is on the verge of breaking that outstanding record set by Schumacher. Half of Formula One already believes that he is an eight-time world champion. One of those believers might include Ferrari’s ace Charles Leclerc as he once mistakenly said Lewis Hamilton has eight titles. It was a slip of tongue though.
Nevertheless, just as we say that the best is yet to come, Hamilton still has a goal left to achieve. Getting back the title that he lost in 2021 to Max Verstappen. Reportedly he has got two years more in his contract with the Silver Arrows. If utilized well, he definitely wins the eighth title, and he may also become a ninth one. But today, we are going to talk about the predictions of Hamilton’s wins. We’ll know what he likes to do beyond racing when he finds a better thing.
“I Am Trying To Learn From Those Athletes How They Let Their Other Passions Fall” – Lewis Hamilton
Speaking with Jay Shetty, Lewis Hamilton revealed that he has a pipeline of things to do after he retires from the sport. He explained that the other athletes do not get involved in things other than what they are best at doing. But they lack the other opportunities that are meant for them. One person loves many things, and so do athletes.
Except for sports, they must love other things like “playing an instrument, writing scripts.” But according to Hamilton, these skills of the sportsperson fall away. “How can you compartmentalize staying in the zone [a particular sport] and the focus lane? But also build up some of the other skills that you like and also discover other passions?” he said.
Lewis Hamilton then explained, “I am like trying to learn from those things and applying them and find the other things that I am passionate about.” Speaking about the present, Hamilton said, “I have got a lot of pipeline things to do after I stop driving.”However, it does not mean that he is not grateful for Formula One. He definitely is. But now, he has “got something better to move onto.”