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🏎️ Lewis Hamilton Contract Dispute

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Jordan Williams
August 15, 2023

In this week’s email:

  • Lewis Hamilton denies Ferrari contract 🙅‍♂️

  • List of driver contracts ending in 2023 📝

  • Points & Podiums: first six races vs. the last six races 📊

  • De Vries next move 🏫

Lewis Hamilton denies Ferrari seat 🙅‍♂️

This past weekend, Ferrari was told to have offered Lewis Hamilton a contract. Hamilton was contacted by Ferrari president John Elkann with a contract offer. Reports have shared that Hamilton declined the offer as people speculate as to what Hamilton plans to do for next years season.

Drivers with contracts ending in 2023  📝

With the second half of the season coming soon and teams needing to fill seats, below is a list of drivers with contracts planning to end in 2023:

  • Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes

  • Kevin Magnussen - Haas

  • Daniel Ricciardo - AlphaTauri

  • Yuki Tsunoda - AlphaTauri

  • Zhou Guanyu - Alfa Romeo

  • Logan Sargeant - Williams

Points & Podiums: first six races vs. last six races 📊

Below shows the points & podiums from the first six races vs. the last six races of the season:

First Six Races

  1. Red Bull: 249 points & 10 podiums

  2. Aston Martin: 120 points & 5 podiums

  3. Mercedes: 119 points & 1 podium

  4. Ferrari: 90 points & 1 podium

  5. Alpine: 35 points & 1 podium

Last Six Races:

  1. Red Bull: 254 points & 9 podiums

  2. Mercedes: 128 points & 4 podiums

  3. Ferrari: 101 points & 2 podiums

  4. McLaren: 86 points & 2 podiums

  5. Aston Martin: 76 points & 1 podium

From a points standing, we can see Aston Martin started out the year strong but in the last six races, they have yet to experience the same amount of success that they had early in the season.

Nyck De Vries next move after F1 🏫

It has been a little over a month since Nyck de Vries was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo. With a little over a month since AlphaTauri made the move, there was speculations that de Vries would potentially drive in Indy Racing.

This past weekend though, de Vries recently announced that later this year he will be attending Harvard University. De Vries stated, "In September I'm going to take a course at Harvard. Negotiation and Leadership, a little bit of studying. More because I just like it now that I have some time and the interest to learn other things”.