F1 Racing - UK (2019-12)

RACING

Isn’t he great?

I believe Lewis Hamilton’s success

as an athlete should becon sidered

in the same breath as the

achievements of some of the great

tennis stars, like Roger Federer or

Novak Djokovic.

The reasonis (despite his

advancingyea rs) Ha milton’s

pursuit ofvictory is relentless.He

has a competitive thirstto k eep

improving everyaspect of his life

• ona daily b asis – and thatisan
  incredible trait, which only thevery
  top sportsmen who winmultiple
  titles share. Thereare some
  champions who win onetitl e an d
  that’s all they have in their locker.
  In addition, he doesn’t have a
  ‘win at all costs’ mentality where

he will resort to dirtytactics

on-track in the style of Ayrton

Senna or Michael Schumacher. He

should be admired for the way he

drives so cleanly and rarely gets

involved in any incidentswith

other drivers. Bravo Lewis!

David Hall

By email

Not necessarily...

I realise there is nothing more

daring than to be critical of Lewis

Hamilton, but I’ll take the risk.

There’s no doubting Hamilton’s

driving ability, but I am tired of

his radio antics. How many times

has he questioned the strategy and

decisions that have been made,

only tofi nd he ends up winning

Lewis Hamilton’s sixth world championship – and his radio antics – have definitely divided opinion

or fi nishing higher than he

thought because of that same

strategy.

He moans the tyres aren’t going

to last, then discovers they do, or

queries he’s been pitted too early

as in Mexico, only to discover his

hard tyres stayedfi ne the entire

second half of the race.

In Japan Hamilton complained

about a “lack ofguidance” over

saving his tyres. Yet in Mexico,

when hisengineer gave him some

updates, he asked to be left alone.

Exactlywha t does Lewis want?

Sure Mercedes makes some

strategy errors, but overall itswin/

loss account on this is far better

than any other team. Lewis needs

to have a little more faith in the

>Behind the scenes at Mercedes’ engine factory

>Chats withLewis Hamilton andValtteri Bottas

>How Mercedes made two cars at once

>Reports from the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi GPs

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ability of those on the pitwall and

in the garage. After all, they’ve

contributed more than a little to

his world championships.

Stephen Bitmead

Uleybury,Australia

And don’t compare

Congratulations to Lewis

Hamilton on his sixth world

championship. He is truly an

exceptional talent. What I can’t

quite grasp is the rush to anoint

him as the greatest driver of

all time.

To my mind, naming Lewis as

the ‘G.O.A.T.’ is not comparing

like with like. How many more

races and championships would

Jim Clark have won, for instance,

had his cars not broken down so

frequently – or indeed, had he

not lost his life relatively early in

his career?

Also, the likes of Clark, Stirling

Moss, John Surtees (etc) generally

raced everyweekend in a variety

of machinery, often crossing

continentsto do so in a time

before private aviation made such

commutes comfortable.

I point this out not to do Lewis

down, since he is unquestionably

the greatest driver of his era. But

the greatest of all time? I don’t

think it’s possibleto say, because

there are too many variables.

MichaelStaniforth

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RACING

Isn’t he great?

I believe Lewis Hamilton’s success

as an athlete should becon sidered

in the same breath as the

achievements of some of the great

tennis stars, like Roger Federer or

Novak Djokovic.

The reasonis (despite his

advancingyea rs) Ha milton’s

pursuit ofvictory is relentless.He

has a competitive thirstto k eep

improving everyaspect of his life

• ona daily b asis – and thatisan
  incredible trait, which only thevery
  top sportsmen who winmultiple
  titles share. Thereare some
  champions who win onetitl e an d
  that’s all they have in their locker.
  In addition, he doesn’t have a
  ‘win at all costs’ mentality where

he will resort to dirtytactics

on-track in the style of Ayrton

Senna or Michael Schumacher. He

should be admired for the way he

drives so cleanly and rarely gets

involved in any incidentswith

other drivers. Bravo Lewis!

David Hall

By email

Not necessarily...

I realise there is nothing more

daring than to be critical of Lewis

Hamilton, but I’ll take the risk.

There’s no doubting Hamilton’s

driving ability, but I am tired of

his radio antics. How many times

has he questioned the strategy and

decisions that have been made,

only tofi nd he ends up winning

Lewis Hamilton’s sixth world championship – and his radio antics – have definitely divided opinion

or fi nishing higher than he

thought because of that same

strategy.

He moans the tyres aren’t going

to last, then discovers they do, or

queries he’s been pitted too early

as in Mexico, only to discover his

hard tyres stayedfi ne the entire

second half of the race.

In Japan Hamilton complained

about a “lack ofguidance” over

saving his tyres. Yet in Mexico,

when hisengineer gave him some

updates, he asked to be left alone.

Exactlywha t does Lewis want?

Sure Mercedes makes some

strategy errors, but overall itswin/

loss account on this is far better

than any other team. Lewis needs

to have a little more faith in the

>Behind the scenes at Mercedes’ engine factory

>Chats withLewis Hamilton andValtteri Bottas

>How Mercedes made two cars at once

>Reports from the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi GPs

ON SALE

DEC

19

★On sale the

same day as

the print edition

Go to http://www.f1racing.co. uk/digital-edition/

THIS

MONTH

F1 RACING DECEMBER 2019 103

MERCEDES

InsideFormula 1’s

greatestteam

TOTOWOLFF

How does he make

Mercedes tick?

F1 AWARDS

We announce our

2019 award winners

GET THEWORLD’S

BESTF1 MAGAZINE

WHEREVERYOU ARE

PICTURES

:GLENN DUNBAR

;MARK SUTTON

;STEVEN TEE

.*CONTENTS MA

YBE SUBJECT

TO

CHANGE

.

NEXT

MONTH*

ability of those on the pitwall and

in the garage. After all, they’ve

contributed more than a little to

his world championships.

Stephen Bitmead

Uleybury,Australia

And don’t compare

Congratulations to Lewis

Hamilton on his sixth world

championship. He is truly an

exceptional talent. What I can’t

quite grasp is the rush to anoint

him as the greatest driver of

all time.

To my mind, naming Lewis as

the ‘G.O.A.T.’ is not comparing

like with like. How many more

races and championships would

Jim Clark have won, for instance,

had his cars not broken down so

frequently – or indeed, had he

not lost his life relatively early in

his career?

Also, the likes of Clark, Stirling

Moss, John Surtees (etc) generally

raced everyweekend in a variety

of machinery, often crossing

continentsto do so in a time

before private aviation made such

commutes comfortable.

I point this out not to do Lewis

down, since he is unquestionably

the greatest driver of his era. But

the greatest of all time? I don’t

think it’s possibleto say, because

there are too many variables.

MichaelStaniforth

By email

★Download and

read it on your

PC, Mac or iPad

★ It’s identical

to the print

edition

INBOX

@F1Racing_mag

facebook.com/f1racingmag

instagram.com/f1_racing_mag

[email protected]

F1 Racing, 1 EtonStreet,

Richmond,London, TW9 1AG

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