The former champions celebrated their best season since the glory days, but team boss Zak Brown isn't expecting any miracles soon.
F1 could expand to 25 races, but what about the demands being placed on those who keep the travelling circus on the road?
The next deal will probably be Hamilton?s last in Formula One and he has said he is considering options outside of Mercedes.
When Formula One returns in 2020, there will be a record 22 races on the schedule ? and renewed concerns about the demands being placed on the drivers.
F1 fans gave Hulkenberg a 'Driver of the Day' send-off on Sunday as the Renault driver bowed out with a 12th-place finish
Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton ended a triumphant Formula One season in style on Sunday with a dominant victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Knowing that Lewis Hamilton is available in 2021 can make us only happy - Ferrari
Valtteri Bottas improved on his afternoon benchmark under the Yas Marina floodlights
Bottas lapped fastest for Mercedes in first practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton reflected on the cost of chasing Formula One success and the high personal toll exacted by the sport.
Hamilton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas announced on Thursday he was getting divorced
The 24-year-old is already the British team's reserve and has driven for them in six practice sessions this season.
Hamilton is expecting a more hard-fought battle next year from a younger generation that's hungry for the limelight.
ABU DHABI – Lewis Hamilton will be making a milestone 250th Formula One start as he seeks to sign off his championship-winning campaign in style in Sunday's Abu Dhabi season-ender. The Briton, who became only the second driver to win a sixth title at the U. S. Grand Prix earlier this month, is already the most successful driver at the floodlit Yas Marina track with four wins.
F1 champions Mercedes are wondering how far they can go after securing an unprecedented sixth successive title.
Wednesday's meeting represents a last chance to find agreement on a 2021 rules overhaul before an end-October deadline.
But Bottas will not make life easy for Hamilton even though the latter is now within touching distance of a sixth F1 title.
F1?s governing body said it suspected a systems glitch was to blame for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ending a lap early.
Valtteri Bottas swept to victory in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched the F1 constructors? championship.
Lewis Hamilton believes Charles Leclerc has usurped four times world champion team-mate Sebastian Vettel as Ferrari's favourite.
The opening practice was overshadowed by news that qualifying had been moved to Sunday due to Typhoon Hagibis.
Organisers say they're keeping a close eye on the typhoon, and are working to minimise any disruption to this weekend?s schedule.
Mercedes have their first chance to seal a record-equalling sixth successive constructors' championship in Japan on Sunday.
"This agreement is an important step in our long-term plan to return to success in Formula One," says McLaren.
Charles Leclerc edged out Red Bull's Max Verstappen to go fastest for Ferrari in Friday's opening practice session.
