Hamilton to Mercedes? BBC
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No backlash from me. I wouldn't say genuine. I think their both equally genuine. Just Lewis seems to throw his teddy out of the cot more publicly than Jenson. When Jenson crashes out there's none of this 'pitty' me mentality.
Im a Lewis fan by the way.
How can you say that Ferrari and Red Bull won't baby sit him?
RBR molly cuddled Vettel for the last few years. They have pandered to his every whim. They have done everything they could to make him feel like the "special one".
RBR can do this with Hamilton, as well.
Horner knows exactly how to manage his drivers.
Alonso is currently being molly cuddled at Ferrari. All his whims are being catered for. To the detriment of Massa.
MSc also received similar treatment when he was at Bennetton and Ferrari.
This is exactly the same arrangement that Hamilton needs.
He may not need anybody to be strict with him, but he need support and needs to be continually told that he is great and that the entire team is focussed on his title charge.
In 2008 and 2009, McLaren had this arrangement and Hamilton did very well. IMO those were his best years. Once Button arrived, Hamilton seemed to go a little down hill. His focus seemed to have drifted, though his outright pace was still as good as ever.
Definitely!
Lewis needs a whole different level of management as you probably realise. Alonso and Vettel do not need micro managed and need babysitting for everything they do. What whims has Alonso had that were catered for that hurt Massa out of interest?
i find jenson a bit slimey tbh , i dont think the persona he puts out is the real him
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if he did go there it would be to replace MS so he wouldnt be racing along side him
I agree. That is the word i was looking for as well to describe him..slimey...and quite disingenuous.
With Hamilton, i think what you see is what you get (albeit some people don't like that) and we would see even more of the real him if Mclaren werent telling him to be quiet!
If a mechanic/engineer/technician had done some of the things Hamilton has done, I'd wager they'd be fired on the spot. Drivers are not greater than the sum of the team's parts and they'd benefit to be reminded of it tbh. Hell, the great Alain Prost was fired for badmouthing Ferrari - and he was a triple world champion at that point.
there are some theories going around that Rosberg could be got rid of IF MS wants to continue - Im not sure I believe them, but they are out there (and MS is a German marketing man's dream driving for Mercedes, more so than Rosberg - even though Rosberg has the far better results in the last 2 1/2 seasons)
Interesting how some see JB as slimey - please explain why as Im genuinely interested.
all drivers are frustrated when they cannot challenge as they want. The difference is how they deal with it.
That maybe the case - but its surprising how Williams wanted him back, Honda /Brawn liked him a great deal (even before the Championship winning season) and McLaren have ALL said what a "team" player he is - this imo would be very strange if he was as sly /devious as is stipulated
Flavio hated him for some reason, really not sure why - yes he was a bit of a playboy at that time (but Flavio /kettle / black come to mind) and it appeared more than this also at the time - even though imo Flavio always got a driver he was personally managing into the other seat which always appeared slightly suspicious (Flavio would gain personally- from the management deal - by giving better parts to his driver 1st) . Flavio took a few years but said eventually that JB was a better driver than he gave him credit for being (even though it sounded a bit "begrudging" in the way he said it)
Is there also a theory that Ferrari will be dropping Alonso and keeping Massa?
LOL!
Im not saying he has bad relationships with the teams, im just saying i think he is a lot more cunning and also talented when it comes to playing the political game in order to get the team and media on his side.
I don't believe he does it just because he's a wonderful person, i think he has a long term game plan to make mclaren his team and he knows that hamilton is perhaps a little weak/naive when it comes to building relationships within a team.
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