Lewis Hamilton never ‘truly believed’ it was time to retire during his lengthy contract negotiations with Mercedes - according to former racing driver David Coulthard.Hamilton, who has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles ahead of the 2021 campaign, agreed to an extra year in the lead seat at Mercedes last month after lengthy conversations.Team principal & CEO Toto Wolff has initially hoped that his star driver would agree to the deal before Christmas, but was made to wait until just weeks before testing begun.Coulthard, however, never saw Hamilton’s potential retirement as realistic as he looks to topple Michael Schumacher by winning an eighth world title.“If he truly believed it was time, he would not have been in.
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