汉密尔顿：我与众不同，有望继续征战F1至2030年代
汉密尔顿表示自己仍对继续在F1中征战充满热情，甚至考虑至2030年代。他与法拉利的合同将于明年结束，但有望延长至2028年。今年，41岁的汉密尔顿证明了他在赛道上仍具备夺冠实力。
汉密尔顿表示自己仍对继续在F1中征战充满热情，甚至考虑至2030年代。
他与法拉利的合同将于明年结束，但有望延长至2028年。
汉密尔顿的未来一直与他在赛道上的表现紧密相连，今年他证明了41岁的自己仍具备夺冠实力。
最近非洲大奖赛被加入赛历的消息，引发了关于汉密尔顿——这位一直推动F1回归非洲大陆的车手——是否会在2030年参赛的疑问。
尽管汉密尔顿还需要一段时间才能正式决定他的F1未来，但他已经明确表示，他现在的想法是留在车队。
尽管一份延续到2030年的合同会使他在那个赛季达到45岁，因此存在无法保持巅峰状态的风险，但汉密尔顿表示，他的职业生涯就是打破常规的过程。
当被问及周四在墨西哥的未来想法时，汉密尔顿说："首先，70年来这里从未有过像我这样的人。所以，我感觉我与众不同。"
"当然，前方还有我无法预见的挑战，这些挑战伴随着年龄的增长。"
“但是在这条路上，在这段旅程中，关于你的反应时间会下降的固有观念有很多。你看到我在上一场比赛中的反应了吗？我的反应比这里一些年轻人还要快。”
汉密尔顿认为他对训练的投入，以及更好地理解如何保持正确的心理状态，意味着随着年龄的增长，他的速度不会下降。
“有很多工具可以帮助你保持自己和大脑的敏锐——只要你愿意牺牲一切，我现在就是这样，”他说。
“我说不好四年后我是否还想继续我现在所做的事情。但我现在仍然热爱我所做的事情。我现在全身心投入其中。在可预见的未来，我也会这样。”
汉密尔顿在2025年经历了在法拉利的第一段充满挑战的赛季，他和车队可能都低估了在梅赛德斯车队超过十年后融入新队伍所面临的挑战。
他在去年冬天取得了很大的进步，并且对2026年的赛车感到更加舒适——今年早些时候在巴塞罗那大奖赛中的胜利证明了这一点。
如果他的当前状态持续下去，汉密尔顿看不到自己不继续的理由。但他明确表示，如果他感觉到自己在走下坡路，那么就是时候退休了。
"我是否能在44岁时与一个20岁的年轻人竞争，谁知道呢？"他解释道。"但在41岁时，我可以与一个20岁的年轻人竞争。所以，时间会告诉我们我是否会在30多岁时还在这里。我们会看到的。"
“但我不想在表现不佳的情况下还留在车队。我不想开着车到处跑，我的反应、驾驶和速度都下降了，去年大家都这么认为。”
“但我已经证明大家错了。我将继续努力做到这一点。”
英文原文
Lewis Hamilton feels "still all in" to continue in Formula 1 beyond his current Ferrari contract, as he toys with racing into the 2030s.
The seven-time F1 champion's present deal with Ferrari runs until the end of next year, but there are understood to be options to extend it through 2028 as well.
Hamilton's future beyond that was always going to be linked to how he was performing on track, and this year he has proved he is still at a race-winning level at the age of 41.
The recent announcement of the African Grand Prix getting added to the calendar from as early as 2030 prompted questions about whether Hamilton – who has long pushed for F1 to return to the continent – would still be on the grid to take part in the event.
And while there is still some time to go before Hamilton needs to properly commit to his F1 future, he has dropped a firm indication that his mindset right now is towards staying.
Even though a deal through to 2030 would make him 45 at that season and therefore at risk of not being at his peak, Hamilton says his career has been one of breaking conventions.
Asked about thoughts on his future in Mexico on Thursday, Hamilton said: "Firstly, you've never had anyone like me here in the 70 years. So, I feel that I'm built differently.
"Of course, there are challenges up ahead that I can't foresee that come with age.
"But along this way, along this journey, there have been so many preconceived ideas about the fact that your reaction time drops off. Did you see my reaction in the last race? My reaction is faster than some of the youngest people here."
Hamilton believes his commitment to training, plus a better understanding of how to keep the right mental approach, means there is no reason his speed would drop off with age.
"There are lots of tools that you can utilise to continue to keep yourself and your mind sharp - as long as you're willing to sacrifice everything, which I am right now," he said.
"I can't say in four years whether I want to continue to do what I'm doing. But I still love what I'm doing now. I'm still all in. And I will be for the foreseeable future."
Hamilton endured a challenging first season with Ferrari in 2025, as both he and the team had perhaps underestimated the challenges it would take to get him integrated at the squad after over a decade with Mercedes.
He made big progress last winter and has been much more comfortable with the 2026 cars – proving that with a victory at the Barcelona Grand Prix earlier this year.
If his current form continues then Hamilton sees no reason why he would not carry on. But he is clear that if he senses being on a downhill trajectory, then it would be time to call it quits.
"Whether or not I can compete at 44 with a 20-year-old, who knows?" he explained. "But at 41, I can compete with a 20-year-old. So, time will tell whether I'm here in the '30s. We'll see.
"But I never want to overstay my welcome in the sense of not still having the performance. I don't want to be driving around with that drop-off - my reaction has dropped off, my drive has dropped off, and my pace has dropped off, which everyone assumed last year.
"But I've proved everyone wrong with that. And I will continue to try to do so."
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