Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is planning a quick resolution to Lewis Hamilton's future once this weekend's Formula One title decider is resolved.

Wolff has long made it clear he wants Hamilton to remain at Mercedes by signing an extension to a contract that expires at the end of next year.

Wolff, however, has previously further stated he would not allow any talks to impact on Hamilton's focus while he fights with team-mate Nico Rosberg for a championship that has gone down to the wire.

Hamilton heads into Sunday's race at the Yas Marina circuit with a 17-point cushion over Rosberg and knows a top-two finish is all he requires to claim a second title.

Come early next week, Wolff will then sit down with Hamilton and, he hopes, get him to put pen to paper on a new deal.

"We very much want him to stay for many more years," said Wolff. "He's great for the team, part of the family and the relationship we all enjoy is more than a professional racing relationship between driver and team.

"It is on a different level and so our wish would very much be for that to continue for many more years.

"Of course, we agreed with each other not to sit down at a table and negotiate terms of a contract and numbers when what Lewis needed was to concentrate on his driving.

"So on the Monday or Tuesday after Abu Dhabi we will sit down and discuss and hopefully find a solution quickly."

Wolff and non-executive chairman Niki Lauda will now be dealing with Hamilton directly rather than via management company XIX Entertainment after the 29-year-old recently opted to drop Simon Fuller's organisation.

Wolff feels that will not pose a problem, adding: "Lewis is a very intelligent and mature person now who knows more about Formula One than many other managers out there.

"He knows what he wants and is straight about it, so I think that is not at all detrimental to him. On the contrary it is more efficient for us."