Today's Daily Mail reports that Mercedes are closing in on securing Lewis Hamilton's service's for next season with an announcement due in the build - up to next weekend's Singapore GrandPrix. If the story is true, it will end months of speculation relating to Lewis Hamilton's future as the Briton is out of contract at the end of this season.
The story goes on to say that the prospect of working with Ross Brawn who's Brawn GP team won the 2009 Driver's and Constructor's championship's with Jenson Button before selling the team to Mercedes at the end of 2009.
Not only that, the fact that in 2014 Formula One will change to V6 turbo charged engine's and it is believed that it will be beneficial for a driver to be with a 'work's' team like Mercedes or Ferrari and Renault are also in a good position however they will be supplying Lotus, Caterham and RedBull Racing.
I believe that if the deal goes ahead it is a great opportunity for Hamilton for the long term however in my opinion he could find it difficult to adjust to a new team next year particularly as there are very few technical change's in store for next season as the big change's will come in 2014. So far this season McLaren have won five races whereas Mercedes have only won a single race this year.
So it will be very interesting to see what happens in the next couple of day's.
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