In Singapore, Lewis Hamilton refused to comment on the speculations surrounding his future while Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren team principal, continually asserted that the entire team was focused on the end-of-season goal of winning the drivers’ and constructors’ titles.<\/p>\n
Rumors started a few weeks ago after Eddie Jordan, a consultant for the BBC<\/i>, stated: \u00ab Hamilton and Mercedes have already agreed on the terms and a deal could be imminent… \u00bb The Irishman was particularly relying on the confidences of Bernie Ecclestone, who regretted that Michael Schumacher \u00ab leaves us without having won, because he is a winner \u00bb.<\/p>\n
However, today, the chief financial officer of Formula One corrects the interpretation made by Eddie Jordan of his statements: \u00ab I said I would hate to lose Schumacher. I was asked if I would miss Schumacher and I answered yes. He doesn’t know if he is leaving. I spoke to him and he told me that in all honesty he hasn’t decided yet and he would let me know, \u00bb can be read on ESPNF1.com<\/i>.<\/p>\n
However, the Briton confirms that Lewis Hamilton did indeed decide a few weeks ago to leave McLaren, even though he admits he doesn’t know if the native of Stevenage has changed his mind since: \u00ab I don’t think Hamilton knows what he’s going to do. These last two or three races, he’s been in great shape. Before that, I don’t know why he was upset, but he was definitely set on changing teams, no matter what. He had made his decision. I don’t know if he’s changed his mind a bit now. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Be that as it may, Martin Brundle, consultant for the BBC<\/i>, shared on social media: \u00ab I’ve been told that Hamilton’s situation should be resolved in the coming days. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Even if he doesn’t know whether Lewis Hamilton has changed his mind since, Bernie Ecclestone confirms that the Briton decided a few weeks ago to leave McLaren, and indicates that Michael Schumacher has also not yet made his decision for 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":39685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[87,841],"class_list":["post-18557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bernie-ecclestone","tag-hamilton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n