09/04/2015
NEWS STORY
Lewis Hamilton has described his ongoing contract negotiations with Mercedes as "a pain in the backside".
For the first time in his career the Briton is having to negotiate for himself having done away with the services of his father and subsequently Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment. Consequently, though both he and Mercedes are keen to conclude a deal a new contract has yet to be finalised.
Speaking in Malaysia, both Hamilton and Toto Wolff expected the deal to be agreed before this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, the third round of the 215 season. However, the Briton admits that having to go through every line of the contract is taking time.
"At the last race I said it would be done within a week," he told Sky Sports News. "This is my first time negotiating myself and you don't know how many times I've had to read about eighty pages.
"It is so much reading and it is all in lawyer jargon, so it has been quite a pain in the backside to be honest."
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