Hamilton to Mercedes? BBC
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Totally Agree, i think it was the whole Mclaren then that led me to dislike.
What they probably see is the best driver on the grid
Wouldnt say best, just picks his moments
Weirdly out of people I know who follow F1 I think more of them support Alonso than any other driver
Hamilton doesn't crash a lot I agree, he just seems to regularly involved in something - whether this be on track, something he said (or tweeted) something he has done away from F1 etc. and I think it brings peoples view of him down. When ignoring everything else and focusing on the man who drives a car he is generally brilliant.
I don't know what it is about Alonso but something grates for me, ever since his Renault days. Saying that though if I was running an F1 team he would be top of the list for a driver to have. I think given the the perfect car, perfect conditions, perfect set up etc then Hamilton and Vettel are probably marginally quicker for 1 lap but taking a driver as a whole it has to be Alonso.
I don't know what it is about Alonso but something grates for me, ever since his Renault days. Saying that though if I was running an F1 team he would be top of the list for a driver to have. I think given the the perfect car, perfect conditions, perfect set up etc then Hamilton and Vettel are probably marginally quicker for 1 lap but taking a driver as a whole it has to be Alonso.
LOL then Ron appeared and said he will be needing to take a pay cut to stay at McLaren.
they are just estimates and rosberg and schumacher are 100% on the same wage but that report says they arent.
its before personal sponsors to.
i think only one person on the grid has their own private jet
The drivers voted him as the best driver
I meant for me. The drivers would vote for themselves if they could lol
This is more of a Lewis and his management team (if you can call them that) issue than a team issue.
I think people are getting a bit carried away though. Last year he was a bit all over the place, but this year he has really sorted his head out and is much improved, yet after just one tweet everyone has started raving about how he's gone back to his old ways.
It was just one random tweet. We're at least 3 collisions, 5 trips to the stewards office, a bunch of random rants and a stupid black joke away from where he was last year
...We're at least 3 collisions, 5 trips to the stewards office, a bunch of random rants and a stupid black joke away from where he was last year
He could easily cram that into the remaining 8 race weekends
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I don't see it as a bad move, in fact I see Mercedes eventually surpassing mc (if the manufacturer backs them) and mc going backwards, surely they haven't the funds that Mercedes has? Especially now they will have to fund the whole team themselves
There's no reason that Mercedes couldn't win it next year tbh
There's no reason that Mercedes couldn't win it next year tbh
Hamilton is a bit of an ego. He'd probably love the chance to compete with the best/most successful F1 driver of all time, in the same car.
For that alone I can see him interested in it.
Although I don't see a good reason for Merc to boot out Nico.
For that alone I can see him interested in it.
Although I don't see a good reason for Merc to boot out Nico.
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Nico to McLaren would be a good move.
I think he's get on well with Button,, and he's still young enough to be the future of the team. He's obviously got talent, possible not the greatest talent in F1 but enough to win a championship given the car Lewis had in 2008 or Button in 2009.
As for Lewis, a move would see him grow up a bit, and learn a lot.
With a big rule change coming and mercedes now having a full GP team (staffing levels were decimated in 2009/10) they could be a force to be reckoned with in 2014.
I think he's get on well with Button,, and he's still young enough to be the future of the team. He's obviously got talent, possible not the greatest talent in F1 but enough to win a championship given the car Lewis had in 2008 or Button in 2009.
As for Lewis, a move would see him grow up a bit, and learn a lot.
With a big rule change coming and mercedes now having a full GP team (staffing levels were decimated in 2009/10) they could be a force to be reckoned with in 2014.
I have to agree. Originally Hamilton was my favourite but i find myself preferring button now.
schumacher doesnt earn 16.5mil a season thats pretty much 100% garunteed.
rosberg has a clause in his contract that he would earn atleast the same wage as whoever was the other driver in the team (his contract was signed before any rumours of schumacher joining)
theres no way merc would have atleast doubled rosbergs wage just because schumacher was signing.
schumachers always made the majority of his money from personal sponsors and that 60mil is about 25% of the rumoured yearly budget mercedes has a season so i dont see them paying anywhere near that for any driver even if senna came back from the dead..
i dont see why hamilton would sign for a midfield team even if he was offered 1 billion a race especially when theres no guarantee they will continue in f1, as i said the guy who is likely to take over CEO of daimler when dieter steps down is anti f1 as are a lot of the daimler shareholders these days.
hamilton seems to be the type who gets frustrated when he cant challenge for race wins aswell , i doubt anyone wants to see him banging wheels with someone race after race like he did with massa not to long ago
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