However, the hierarchy within the Mercedes team were at loggerheads as to whether they spoke to Vettel about joining their team.
"When I do get asked the Ferrari question it's coming more from fans and media, and not necessarily from Ferrari", he said.
While it's a no-brainer for Ferrari to keep the guy who's now leading the F1 world driver's championship, there was some speculation that Vettel might only opt for a one-year contract in hopes of nabbing a better deal in 2019, NBC Sports notes.
Ferrari clinched its last drivers' title in 2007 - when Raikkonen won in his first stint there - and its last constructors' title the year after. "I know he doesn't want to be my team-mate".
Hamilton's third Spa win helped him trim championship leader Vettel's advantage over him to seven points, with eight races left in what is shaping up to be a nail-biting finish.
"I have always admired him and I still do today".
The safety vehicle stayed out for four laps, which was too long for Hamilton's liking, and he used an expletive of his own to complain.
"It works [with Valtteri] so I don't think any of the bosses or any individual in the team is unhappy with what is now in place so I find it hard to believe they would change that".
Hamilton made a good start to the race on the long climb up to Eau Rouge, but Max Verstappen's hopes ended on lap 8 when his Red Bull lost power.
Raikkonen was confirmed as retaining his racing seat by Ferrari for 2018 earlier this week.
Hamilton, a victor twice before at Spa, is now 14 points down on the German in the championship chase. "In the end it was getting better, we made quite big steps", Bottas said.
The three-time F1 champion was already ahead when he went even faster with a final lap for Mercedes, but Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel limited the damage with a fine lap to join Hamilton on the front row. Likewise, team head Toto Wolff insists that Mercedes and Vettel never got to any kind of contract negotiation.
"You could see exiting Turn 1 I was all over Lewis. Mentally I'm ready for whatever comes and the team have shown, particularly in the last race, just how unified we are". I think for us, for myself, I was not happy.
Vettel, 30, had said only on Thursday that news of his whereabouts for next season and beyond would not be announced within the next fortnight.
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On Sunday morning, BJ Kissel of Chiefs.com reported the devastating news from the team's head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder . Although Ware will receive a second opinion, such a setback is believed to be a season-ending injury.
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Federal Police spokesman Jonathan Pfunde also confirmed some details of the incident and said the attacker had been "neutralized". RTBF reported the suspect was a Somali man who is alleged to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" - God is greater - before the attack.
England has recalled allrounder Chris Woakes for the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley, captain Joe Root announced on Thursday.
The center says Harvey has sustained wind speeds of 130 miles per hour (209kph) as the powerful storm churns off the Texas coast. But because of Harvey, her cruise ship is staying for an extra day in Cozumel, the island off the coast of Mexico, she told CNN.
It was nearly lost among the barrage of Trump tweets when I woke up. "But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me". The announcement comes after Trump's comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.
Those headed to Little League World Series games in Williamsport can expect thunderstorms and delays, AccuWeather reports. Most towns will see their first thunderstorm of the day between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., WLWT meteorologist Randi Rico said.
Addressing media in Rajapalayam, he said an accord has been reached following talks between the two factions. Paneerselvam has also held crucial ministerial positions in earlier Jayalalithaa governments in Tamil Nadu.
We played a little deeper but also that was because Liverpool are a team you have to respect. The hosts had 72 percent possession and took 23 shots at goal against Palace's four.
The U.S. military officials later traveled to the site of a contentious U.S. missile-defense system in South Korea later Tuesday. The video released seems to be in reference to this week's joint US-South Korea drills in the region.
Post-election analysis shows that Trump won the White House by carrying a combined 80,000 votes from these three areas. NBC surveyed 795 voters in MI , 773 in Pennsylvania , and 801 voters in Wisconsin from August 13 through August 17.
The most unsafe barb in a Yankees-Tigers game that devolved into brawling chaos Thursday came out of Dellin Betances' right hand. Bird, who is recovering from a right ankle bruise, collected four straight two-hit games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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