Mercedes chief rubbishes claims Lewis Hamilton could be offered £1m-a-week deal
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ByEurosport
Updated 02/03/2015 at 16:01 GMT
The chairman of Mercedes has rubbished claims Lewis Hamilton could be offered a staggering £1 million-a-week in wages.
Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff (Mercedes) - GP of Abu Dhabi 2014
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Toto Wolff has dismissed newspaper reports that the world champion could be offered the astonishing sums to commit his future to the F1 team with his contract up at the end of the year.
But he is also optimistic Hamilton will agree a new contract with talks continuing before the season begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 15.
"I think [with] these numbers you must question where you get your drugs from,” Wolff told Sky Sports News.
“I don’t want to even comment on this nonsense.
"We are in really good discussions with him, he wants to stay with the team and we want him to stay and we are in good spirits.
“Contract negotiations are something which takes time and we are positive so this is pretty normal business.
"Don’t forget it is the start of the season and everyone is expecting a contract to be signed soon and they are putting pressure and for us this has no influence in our discussions.”
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