'I don’t think I will go until I’m completely burnt out' - says veteran F1 racer Lewis Hamilton about his retirement plans

The 37-year-old senior F1 racer from Britain, Lewis Hamilton is dominating the track with his stellar outings since the time he made his debut in professional car racing. Hamilton has recently talked about his plans for a career in racing. He went on to confirm that he has no plans in near future to say goodbye to racing.

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Hamilton made his first appearance for McLaren 15 years back in the year 2007 during the Australian F1 GP. Since then, he has participated in numerous races and is currently active for the Mercedes. Recently, he participated in the Hungarian GP 2022 where he finished second for Mercedes after the winner Max Verstappen of Red Bull.

The World Champion racer has appeared in 16 seasons so far during his career of one and a half decade. After the retirement of Aston Martin's veteran racer Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton will be the second oldest racer behind Alpine’s Fernando Alonso. Speaking of his contract with Mercedes, then it is valid till the dusk of 2023 next year.

Apart from that, the veteran of 7 Drivers’ Titles to his name, has confirmed that he is not going to hang his boots very soon. The latter feels that there are still few achievements to accomplish.

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I still feel like I’ve got plenty to go in that - Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton expressed his opinions in an interview after the retirement announcement from Sebastian Vettel following the conclusion of the 2022 F1 Hungarian GP.

“I think it’s a reminder that I’m in that part of my career where people that I came up with and raced with for so long will start to stop. Before you know it, Fernando will not be here. And then, who was there after that? I’ll be the oldest I guess! But, no, it’s not made me think about that .

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I’m thinking about how I can improve this car. I’m thinking about the steps I need to take to get this team winning again, what is the road map to winning another world championship? What are the steps we need to do to have everyone aligned in this sport to do more to start truly reflecting the work that we’re trying to do in terms of diversity? I’m thinking about all those things,” said Hamilton in the interview.

Later on, he cleared the air on any sort of conundrum over his retirement from the track and talked cut to cut about his plans.

“When I talk about fuel left in the tank, I’m still fighting for those things and still feel like I’ve got plenty to go in that. If I stop, I will still have fuel in the tank. I don’t think I will go until I’m completely burnt out and have nothing left,” the veteran of 103 race win added later.