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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
In his day people with the oppurtunity took up racing in their late teens/early 20s and waded into a much shallower pool of talent, from the drivers down to the designers and engineers. That's why grids in the 50s and 60s were mostly made up of daredevil toffs in past seasons cars bought second hand or the truly talented drivers in the few cars on the grid that were truly cutting edge and capable of winning. These guys, Stewart included, rose to the top with ease and stayed there until they either retired, were bettered or sadly killed in all too frequent accidents.
It's a totally different sport these days and that has changed the whole ethos of racing. Drivers can be and have to be more ruthless and determined.
I think who-ever your source is in the paddock is a) hearing Chinese whispers and b) doesn't know as much as he thinks he does.
The other thing is who would Merc replace him with:
Vettel- incredibly combustible, has a proven record of ignoring team orders for several teams, has previously tried to force a team mate off the road and combative with his own team x2. Had he been driving a Merc in Mexico with his radio calls telling Charilie to fuck off, Wolff would have gone apeshit.
Vestappen- win it or bin it, ignores team orders for two teams already and remember this is what you want Merc to sack Hamilton for.
Wherlien- fighting for a Manor seat not because a lack of talent or cash but because he is a complete arsehole.
Occon-unproven and a last resort.
Alonso- yes that would be harmonious after 2007, his blackmailing cost Mclaren $100m!
Button, spent most of the year unmotivated and couldn't be bothered.
There is not one driver that would improve the situation, they may as well stick with what they have and worry about it in the summer of 2018.
Source works with an F1 team and yes it could be paddock gossip .... I think Merc are looking at options. Could also be a leak from Mercedes or another team to shake up the paddock to see if anything moves .. maybe Ferrari are prepared to swap Vettel for Hamilton. Vettel has always said he'd love to drive for Mercedes.
I think Mercedes have a problem that I'm not sure they can fix.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I have to say I would *LOVE* to see Fred back in a proper racing car for his last couple of seasons...
Reasonable to assume he'd smash Rosberg, and have a cracking fight with Max, Ricciardo and Vettel.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Yes or no, would he have willingly thrown his championship away on Sunday to enable his team mate to lift the crown? It's a rhetorical question because he's already had a team mate fix a race, he blackmailed a team principle and three of the four teams he's driven for have been in front of the WMSC for espionage & race fixing.
His post on 27th was just about himself and his season but about an hour ago he posted the following.
"We said we'd be champions back then, now we both are! Congratulations Nico, you did everything a champion needed to do. Well deserved"
https://www.facebook.com/LewisHamilton/posts/1409256842488973:0
Every F1 driver contract contains a clause requiring them to comply with all team instructions. The radio calls made it clear that instructions were being given. Hamilton declined to follow those instructions and thus he is clearly in breach of his contract.
Just for instance, there may be a clause which requires the team to do all it can to provide the driver with the best chance of winning the DWC.
Wonder how that worked for Vettel and Webber in the Red Bull argument days then.
As Goldtop says above.
What do you do? The fans like bad boys and they tend to be winners. Will Mercedes cave in (likely) or will they be happy to throw Hamilton under a bus if they could secure Vettel or Alonso? Far more entertaining than most races.
The other option for Mercedes is to replace Woolf - he shoots his mouth off and seems unable to control difficult situations unlike Horner at Red Bull.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Link me to a copy of that contract detailing that clause and we can discuss what's actually written rather than making presumptions. F1 contracts are not exactly solid: ask Guido Van der Garde what it was like to have a valid contract with Sauber...
Bad boys tend to be winners - yep. Winners in F1 tend to be self-centred gits, as some of the Americans found out when Mansell went overseas. That self-obsession and arrogance is part of what they need to get up to the top step in most cases. Woolf versus Horner: Horner didn't exactly handle a difficult situation with Renault particularly well and was more than prone to shooting his mouth off during that period. Like drivers, some of the top brass are afflicted with their own self-importance.
As much as Mercedes would like to pretend that it's all about the team, the actual media interest is in the individual.
All this episode has done is to demonstrate how much F1 needs Hamilton. Whether he needs F1 is a far more interesting topic.