Wolff: I don’t know who talked about Ferrari and Lewis

It is no secret that Formula 1 drivers itch to drive for Ferrari, and over the past few weeks Lewis Hamilton has been linked ti the sport's most successful despite being well ensconced with the most dominant team.

The talk obviously annoys Silver Arrows team chief who said of the prospect, “I don’t know who talked about Ferrari and Lewis. Certainly nobody in the team and not himself. What he said was that he’s a Ferrari fan like we all are and it’s a team every driver dreams to drive in. Full stop.

“He’s in a very good place, he drives the fastest car at the moment and that’s a Mercedes. He’s driving great but you need a car that’s capable of doing so as well."

“We have a contract that goes for one-and-a-half more years and we have the best dynamic in the team, so all the talk outside has zero relevance for me.”

Indeed it was Hamilton himself who may have inadvertently stoked the rumours when he said last month, “I’ve made it no secret I’m a huge fan of the team, a big fan of Ferrari and what they’ve achieved in the history of motorsport and the normal world in terms of the cars that they make.”

“Who knows what the future holds, at the moment I can’t imagine myself being anywhere else but here. I’m really enjoying the fight we have with Ferrari and admiring them for the strong competition.”

The latest spate of Hamilton to Maranello talk comes at a time when the triple Formula 1 World Champion is being elusive about his future, although he has a contract until the end of 2018 he is not committing to anything beyond that at this point.

He said rather cryptically after his triumph at the British Grand Prix, “You could say [retirement] is very unlikely because I am always going to like driving and doing crazy stuff. The happiest I am, except when I am with my family, is when I have the car under me. That has never changed."

Interestingly Hamilton has never raced any F1 car that has not been powered by Mercedes including his time at McLaren. He has won all his 57 grand prix races with engines badged with the three pointed star.