Hamilton to Mercedes? BBC

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Yes, Lewis wasn't after the money alone he wanted his intellectual property rights which McLaren wouldn't let him have, they don't even let their drivers keep the trophies. I believe Mclaren offered him a pay cut so Mercedes didn't have to offer any more money.

Andi.

Intellectual property rights? Presumably you mean image rights? Can't imagine what intellectual property Lewis has. ;)
 
even if directly lewis isnt earning more money theres a lot more opportunity for his management company to make money from revenue steams mclaren denied him
 
I was a bit slow to pick up on this.
WOW. So, Hamilton is going to Merc.
Clearly, Merc are not happy with their current driver line-up,s o the weaker driver (MSc) got the boot.

Personally, I think it might've been better to give Rosberg the boot, as he may unsettle Hamilton a little.

We've all seen that when Hamilton is the main focus of the team, he does extremely well and destroys his team-mate in the process (2008/9). However, when the team-mate is decent and the team do not give him outright No.1 status, he tends to get unsettled (2011).

Had they kept MSc on, Hamilton would most likely have scored double or triple MSc's points total, hence, Hamilton would've seen MSc as no threat. However, because Rosberg is a better driver than MSc, Hamilton may not have it all his own way (similar to when he had to go up against Button, who beat him in 2011).

In any case, the above is all speculation and conjecture. What we do know is that Hamilton will get a fresh challenge at BrawnGP. And R.Brawn, for the first time since 2006, will be working with a top of the line driver (excusing 2009, which is arguable).

So Arknor...what next for MSc? Any back-of-the-grid (or even mid-field) team (Sauber, perhaps) would be happy to have him, due to the money he would bring to their team. Do you see him continuing to drive in F1?
 
surely he will be on the grid next year with marussia ?

hopefully the mods clamp down on the baiters in here soon because its getting old
 
surely he will be on the grid next year with marussia ?

hopefully the mods clamp down on the baiters in here soon because its getting old

He is either baiting or has no idea about F1.

Anyone saying MS has not outperformed Nico this season clearly has no idea.
 
surely he will be on the grid next year with marussia ?

hopefully the mods clamp down on the baiters in here soon because its getting old

Was that aimed at sunama? Because it seemed like a genuine question to me, I might be wrong though :p
 
ive just realised something.

eddie jordan said he had signed with mercedes weeks ago.

everyone said he was crazy.... he was bang on... again.
 
yea like he was bang on with schumacher retiring in 2010
kimi going to williams.

i could make craploads of random predictions and it would be great if people only remembered the ones that were guessed right
 
ive just realised something.

eddie jordan said he had signed with mercedes weeks ago.

everyone said he was crazy.... he was bang on... again.


Makes me sick he got it right...And Lewis has been banned from parts of MTC just in case he sees too much lol
 
We've all seen that when Hamilton is the main focus of the team, he does extremely well and destroys his team-mate in the process (2008/9). However, when the team-mate is decent and the team do not give him outright No.1 status, he tends to get unsettled (2011).

Poppycock :)

2011 was Lewis having off-track issues, his Dad, his missus, etc, etc..

This year, nothing has changed in the team and he's certainly not looking remotely unsettled, the difference is he's sorted a lot of stuff out in his life, only his Aunt dying had any obvious outward effect on him...

He's also grown up, and improved his attitude, only his poncy management company seem to be the biggest risk to his undoing..
 
i doubt anyone else in hamiltons position would have left for mercedes though so you cant blame them for not giving in to his tantrums
 
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