The mystery is over.

Lewis Hamilton

will continue one more year at

Mercedes

, where he will seek his eighth Formula 1 World Championship. "The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is pleased to announce that the current Formula 1 Constructors 'World Champion and the current Drivers' World Champion will continue together. in 2021. The official team of Mercedes and Lewis agreed to a new contract that will extend one of the most successful collaborations in the history of the sport for the ninth consecutive season, "the team announced in a statement.

"An important part" of this new agreement is based on "the joint commitment to greater diversity and inclusion in motorsport that Lewis and Mercedes made last year."

"This will take the form of a

joint charitable foundation that will have the mission of supporting greater diversity and inclusion in all its forms in motorsports,

" Mercedes said.

For his part, the seven-time world champion was "excited" after signing his new contract.

"Our team has accomplished incredible things together and we look forward to building our success even further as we continually seek to improve, both on and off the track," he said.

In this sense, he was "determined" to continue working so that "motor racing is more diverse for future generations."

"

I am grateful that Mercedes has been very supportive of my call to address this issue

. I am proud to say that we are taking that effort further this year by launching a foundation dedicated to diversity and inclusion in sport. I am inspired by all that we can. building together and I can't wait to get back on track in March, "said Hamilton, who has made the fight against racism and the defense of the environment two of the causes he supports outside the circuits.

As for the director of the team,

Toto Wolff

, he assured that they were "always" "aligned" with Hamilton and that the delay in reaching this agreement was due to the "very unusual year" caused by the pandemic.

"Together, we have decided to extend the sports relationship one more season and begin a longer-term project to take the next step in our shared commitment to greater diversity within our sport. Lewis' competitive record stands alongside the best that has seen the world of sport and is a valuable ambassador for our brand and our partners.

The history of Mercedes and Lewis has been written in the history books of our sport for the past eight seasons and we are eager to compete and add more chapters.

" , transmitted.

Hamilton made his F1 debut with McLaren in 2007 and arrived at Mercedes in 2013, where he has won six of his seven World Cups.

Last year, the Englishman equaled

Michael Schumacher's

title record

and now has it in his hand to become the most successful solo rider in history.

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