Toto Wolff insists Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes will be "sticking together" despite another disappointing season looming for the Silver Arrows.
Hamilton's current contract expires at the end of this season. Both the seven-time world champion and Wolff had publicly stated towards the end of last year that an extension was inevitable, but talks over the winter did not lead to a resolution as expected.
Now, contract talks are on hold in the wake of a poor performance in Bahrain. Mercedes will have hoped for signs of recovery after a largely dismal 2022 campaign, but the first race of the new season produced a familiar story.
