Formula 1: Why Lewis Hamilton Would Be Barking Mad to Leave McLaren in 2013

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Published: September 26, 2012

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Is Lewis Hamilton barking mad?

Can he really be serious about walking away from McLaren to take a seat (presumably Michael Schumacher’s) in a Mercedes GP car?

If Bernie Ecclestone is to be believed—and that’s a whole other debate—Hamilton had made up his mind to go, according to ESPN F1. But that was before his recent run of good form.

It is obvious that Hamilton is not in a happy place. His demeanour on the podium at Monza was more reminiscent of someone whose dog had died rather than someone who had just won one of the year’s most prestigious races.

It is also clear that McLaren have let Hamilton down on quite a number of occasions this year.

In Spain, the team forgot to put enough fuel in the car during qualifying, meaning that Hamilton was relegated to last place on the grid, despite the fact he dominated qualifying to secure pole position by over half a second.

In Bahrain, he was held up by not one, but two excruciatingly long pit stops as the guy on the left rear figured out how to put a wheel nut on.

In Valencia, McLaren outdid themselves by dropping Hamilton’s car off the jack before the front wheels were on—turning what should have been a sub-three second stop into a 14 second nightmare.

Throw in a number of gearbox issues and you can see why Hamilton might be a bit annoyed.



Despite that, however, the McLaren is still a very quick car and Hamilton is still very much in the title hunt—albeit with a fair bit of work to do. Luckily for him, the misfortune has been very evenly spread this year with only Fernando Alonso seemingly immune to the gremlins.

Life at Mercedes doesn’t appear to be a whole lot better. They have also had their share of mechanical issues this year but more importantly, they don’t seem to have a fast car despite the early promise that it showed.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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