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# Video: How the Verstappen duel aided Hamilton’s new F1 deal
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-how-the-verstappen-duel-aided-hamiltons-new-f1-deal/
- Published: 2021-07-07T10:03:37.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T16:21:19.000Z
- Description: Max Verstappen’s 2021 ascendance is not only a timely twist that has livened up F1, but will also have pushed Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to speed up contract talks
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Lewis Hamilton has signed a two-year contract extension with Mercedes, keeping him in Formula 1 until at least the end of the 2023 season.

The deal was completed in a much more straightforward manner than his protracted talks over a 2021 agreement, and it comes against a backdrop of Mercedes facing its toughest challenge yet since it became the dominant force in F1.

In this video Scott Mitchell explains how the threat from Max Verstappen and Red Bull became a key factor in Hamilton’s motivation to stay on, and to make sure his new contract was resolved quickly this time.