Hamilton to Mercedes? BBC

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I said a few years ago Hamilton was another Villeneuve in the making. Loads of talent but own arrogance not making him see how much you need the car after winning a title. Same attitude developing over pr and forgetting how you got there in the first place.

If this is a long term deal he's shot himself in the foot for money and time off. The only way this could work for him is of Mercedes stop supplying other teams with engines or this is a one year deal.

I've long thought mclaren are not the team to win titles, especially consistently but he's been backed into a corner by no interest from red bull or Ferrari.

Most funny will be Schumacher claiming he's made the decision to retire again, like when kimi joined Ferrari :D
 
Great chance for Perez, I couldn't care less for Hamilton tbh after recent seasons!

Go Perez

We will have to wait until 2014 to see how good this decision was though, at the moment some would say it's ridiculously selfish.
 
they wont even have started the 2014 car yet :S


hamiltons going to be villenueve II , it will be interesting to see if he dominates rosberg or not though
 
Lewis will have something written in to the contact that says that if Merc do crap he can leave..the same as vimto has.

“I’m thrilled and delighted to have become a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver,” said Perez." so that's it then.
 
I cant believe Lewis is moving to merc. Stupid decision! Perez with button though... I'll have that! Wouldn't mind did resta neither. Same management as Jenson now too.
 
deuse said:
Lewis will have something written in to the contact that says that if Merc do crap he can leave..the same as vimto has.

“I’m thrilled and delighted to have become a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver,” said Perez." so that's it then.
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But you can't leave if you can find no team to go to. Especially one willing to deal with a messy contract termination!

And of course if the car is crap then Hamilton's stock price in the sport will decline hugely. So any future contract would not be anywhere near as lucrative.
 
I don't really understand this move from Hamilton. I'm a big Mclaren fan and when he came to Mclaren I was so happy to see him get his drive. I thought he would stay there for the majority of his time in F1 to be honest. This decision is strange. Surely it can not be the extra money. It's not like he needs anymore money. How can someone so already rich be motivated by yet more money. I don't buy that. With Lewis, he has not got as far as he has by being motivated by money. It was always about the thirst for success in driving. I don't think this has changed... has it? I do worry that his "management team" have had a big influence in this move to make him this "global icon" which is so talked about, and his big coorperate potential in terms of marketing at Mercedes. Does he really need/want all this extra tat?

Sometimes people move teams because they want a challenge of a less successful team. It's not that, as he is obviously not winning often enough as it is at what is in my eyes, the current top team, in terms of this seasons car pace. I would genuinely put Mclaren top ahead of redbull and Ferrari on out and out pace overall.

His move stinks of "throwing toys out the pram" as if to say to Mclaren, this is what you are losing through your dodgey pit stops and poor reliability this season. I think that's quite unprofessional and he owes a lot more to Mclaren than to do this when it goes a bit wrong.

I'm losing my support for Hamilton, every time I see him in an interview it gets worse. Maybe we see a bit of Alonso in him, where Hamilton does not like a number 2 driver that is as good as him, and has the potential to beat him. Maybe he sees Rosberg as a push over (He shouldn't).

Writing off all of next season - if this is his mind set - and to focus on 2014 makes me sick. It's all about the now. Get it done. Nobody is getting any younger.

I do wish Mercedes well, as I like Ross Brawn and Rosberg too, but man do I want Perez and Button and Mclaren to do better than ever now next season almost to rub it in Lewis's face.

Maybe Lewis just fancied a move to inject some new ideas and a different perspective at racing. I just can't imagine Lewis driving for a team where they are 4/5th fastest and taking it well each week. It's not in his make up as he has always been at the top....
 
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Unfortunately, I don't think he will, I think he's shown it's all about the money, and if that's the motive, he'll definitely feel good about what he'll be earning
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He would have earned a lot more winning at McLaren than he will fighting to get into the points with another brick of a Mercedes.
 
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