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No more '50 million' contracts for Hamilton - Ecclestone

Jun.8 The days when Lewis Hamilton earns eye-popping amounts of money per year from Formula 1 are over. That is the view of Bernie Ecclestone, who warned the six-time world champion against "playing poker" with Mercedes over his expiring current contract. "Lewis will never make EUR 50 million (per year) again," the former F1 supremo told Blick newspaper. "All the drivers will have to take major cuts. The golden days are over," Ecclestone added. 89-year-old Ecclestone, who has returned to Switzerland with his wife to prepare for the birth of their child, said the situation with coronavirus in Brazil is "chaos". "The worst thing is that no one...
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