MERCEDES chief Toto Wolff is confident seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton "will be part of the resurrection of the team".
The British driver's contract runs out at the end of this season but Austrian billionaire Wolff said he is doing all he can to make him stay.
The most successful manager in F1 history said Hamilton, who finished seventh after earning a five-second penalty in yesterday's sprint race in Belgium ahead of today's grand prix, was "such an important pillar of the team" and told Radio 4's Desert Island Discs: "I think there is no need to persuade him.
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