Lewis Hamilton insists he is 100 per cent committed to staying with Mercedes next season and will likely stay beyond then.
The 2008 world champion currently leads the championship by ten points to team-mate Nico Rosberg with four races remaining and that’s his only focus at the moment.
“I’m focused on one thing and one thing only right now… Winning this championship!! I am committed 100% to @MercedesAMGF1,” tweeted the 29-year-old.
It comes as rumours have linked the Briton with a return to McLaren next season, whilst others are pointing at Ferrari, and whilst Hamilton admits the chopping and changing is interesting, there is a lot of “silly conversations” going on.
“I think it’s in an interesting time in Formula 1 – Ferrari’s making changes, top drivers making changes, a lot of fiction, a lot of silly stories going around,” he said.
“Whoever is starting those silly conversations, I’ve made clear and always have been very clear that I’m here to do the job that I’m contracted to do until the end of next year.
“We’ve confirmed that we’ll sit down and talk about the future at the end of the year.”
Beyond 2015, Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda is confident Hamilton will remain with the Silver Arrows.
“With Lewis now we’re negotiating to renew his contract after 2015 for two or three years,” he told Sky Sports. “We’re just talking to him how long does he do. We’re all positive, he’s positive this is going to happen.”
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