McLaren extend Hamilton contract
British star inks new five-year deal
Hamilton set with McLaren until the end of 2012
McLaren Mercedes has today extended Lewis Hamilton's contract with the team for a further five years. The new agreement, which starts for 2008, will run up to and including the 2012 season.
Ron Dennis, McLaren Group CEO
"We are pleased to announce that we have extended our contract with Lewis, which will now run for a further five years until 2012. Following our initial Formula 1 agreement with Lewis, which we announced in November 2006, he went on to exceed all expectations for a rookie in Formula 1, even those of us in the team who have known him for over a decade."
De la Rosa missing Fernando Alonso
Looking to race outside of Formula One
"I am thinking about some other series"
Pedro de la Rosa says the departure of his countryman from the McLaren driver line-up in 2008 is a loss to the British team.
The Spanish test driver has made it clear that the spat involving Fernando Alonso, the former double world champion, and team colleagues Lewis Hamilton and Ron Dennis last year, did not also involve himself.
"I personally miss him," de la Rosa explained to the Spanish newspaper Diario AS.
