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#F1: Anthony Hamilton on his thoughts about Lewis Hamilton continuing to race after 2023.

The seven-time world champion has outlasted many of his rivals though, and is still battling at the front after 15 seasons in F1.

He re-signed, for the first time, a two year contract, keeping him with the Mercedes as Formula One enters a new era of regulations next year.

His father isn’t sure how long Hamilton will stay after that, with the key being enjoying his driving.

“I’m not sure [how long he will race] is the answer, as I always say to him if you feel fit, if you’re still enjoying driving the car, still love getting in it,

then keep going and that’s what he loves, he loves driving the car, I suspect he’ll keep going. There’s still a quarter of the season to go, at the end of the day we’ll keep fighting until the very end. Win or lose it would have been a fantastic season.”

“Being the elder in the series, whatever it is, are winners, because it’s very rare that you get to the age of 36, 37 years of age and still be able to compete at this level with drivers that are 10 years your junior, so for us every day is a championship win.”

“Lewis is the last of the mohicans if you think about it, he’s from the era of Rosberg, [Robert] Kubica, [Heikki] Kovalainen and all those guys have gone but you’ve still got Lewis who’s still here, he is in the new era with all these new young drivers and still the driver to

beat.

“There isn’t a huge amount of pressure on Lewis, but he’s competitive and every race that he competes in he wants to win, he’s going on 37 but going on 22.”

via talksport.com