“If you look at LeBron James and Tiger Woods, they went to the organisers of their respective sports and said that we bring more credibility and support because of who we are and you need to compensate us.
“So pay Lewis an amount of money that the team are getting. I cannot see how he is not entitled to that.
“Some might say he is already being overpaid, and maybe so, but we all said that nobody would ever come close to Michael Schumacher’s record and now you have a driver who has the potential to beat him by becoming an eight-time world champion. And make no mistake, Lewis is getting better.”
Jordan also expressed his belief that Hamilton and Mercedes will come to an agreement before the end of the week.