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Horner: Hamilton contract delay is about money

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner suspects the main sticking point in contract talks between Formula 1  champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team is an 'eye-watering' amount of money that the Briton is demanding. Asked for an opinion during a Monaco Grand Prix news conference on Thursday, Horner was sure the delay was all down to cash and what his Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff was prepared to pay. 'I should think it's such a grotesque amount of money that Toto is talking about, it probably is what's making his and Niki's eyes water at the moment,' he said, also referring to Niki Lauda, the Mercedes F1 non-executive chairman. '[Hamilton] has an expensive lifestyle. He's a...
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