Lewis Hamilton signed a new three year contract last month with which motor racing team?
Lewis Hamilton while leading in the late stages. He finished in fourth place in the World Championship. In September 2012, it was announced after much speculation that Hamilton would be leaving McLaren to join the Mercedes for the season, partnering Nico Rosberg after signing a three-year contract with the team. The move was met the surprise by pundits and the public, with some describing the move to Mercedes, a team with no recent history of success, as a gamble. In his first race for Mercedes, the , Hamilton qualified in third and ended the race in fifth. Hamilton finished third in Malaysia
Lewis Hamilton . The rivalry between the pair led to speculation that either Hamilton or Alonso would leave McLaren at the end of the season. Alonso and McLaren subsequently terminated their contract by mutual consent in November. A month after Alonso's departure, it was confirmed that Heikki Kovalainen would drive the second car for McLaren in alongside Hamilton, who signed a new five-year multimillion-pound contract to stay with the team until 2012. Hamilton won the first race of the season, the , from pole. In Malaysia, he finished fifth from ninth on the grid, serving a penalty for impeding Nick Heidfeld's qualifying