Lewis Hamilton responds to retirement question after Mercedes struggles and ‘worst F1 race he'd ever experienced'

LEWIS HAMILTON has shut down rumours that he is going to quit F1 ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion was down in the dumps after
race
the 'worst he had ever experienced'.
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Lewis Hamilton has shut down rumours that he will quit F1 anytime soon
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Hamilton was overtaken on the last lap to finish sixth in Barcelona
Ferrari boss
Fred
Vasseur revealed after the
race
that both
Hamilton
and his teammate
cars
, but would not disclose further details.
The Italian team's principal has come under fire since Barca with rumours swirling of an exit for the Frenchman.
Hamilton
said: 'Embedding new people, new personnel, or engineers or who run the organisation takes time to adjust, the impact of that is significant.
'I am here to win with
Fred
, he has my full support. Also to everyone that's writing stories of me considering not racing, I've literally only just started my first year.
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'I'm here for several years and here for the long haul there is no question where my head is at and what I'm working towards achieving with this team.
'So there's zero doubts. Please stop making up stuff.'
To add insult to injury, Hamilton was pipped to P5 by Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber on the last lap, as Max Verstappen dropped down to P10 following his
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Ferrari finished the 2024 season with perhaps the fastest car on the grid and came second to McLaren in the Constructors' title
race
by a whisker.
Now they trail McLaren by 197 points after the first nine
race
weekends and the chances of a
championship
appear all but over.
Former Formula 1 track in Valencia has been left abandoned
This has sparked speculation over Vasseur's
future
, which
Hamilton
has hit out as 'nonsense'.
He said: 'It's definitely not
nice
to hear that there are stories like that that are out there. Firstly, I love working with
Fred
.
'Fred's the main reason I'm in this team and got the opportunity to be here, which I'm forever grateful for. And we're in this together. We're working hard in the background.
'Ultimately, it's nonsense what people have written. Most people don't know what's going on in the background.'
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