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Wolff: $231 million deal for Hamilton an absolute illusion

Toto Wolff has scoffed at a media report purporting to know the dizzying value of Lewis Hamilton's next Mercedes contract. Although the reigning world champion now has no manager, the parties remain locked in protracted talks about a new deal beyond 2015. London's Times newspaper said the current discussion is about a new three-year extension worth a staggering $231 million, or $77 million per year. To be clear, that would be nearly an incredible $1.5 million per week for the 30-year-old Briton, making him easily the highest earner in the history of formula one. 'Sources say Hamilton has decided that, as world champion, he must be the best-paid man on the grid and is anxious to overtake...
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