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Brawn: Hamilton sacrificing F1 performance like Schumacher at Mercedes

by Fergal Walsh
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Brawn: Hamilton sacrificing F1 performance like Schumacher at Mercedes
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Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn states that Lewis Hamilton is currently sacrificing performance at Mercedes, in a similar fashion to Michael Schumacher’s stint at the team.

Mercedes is enduring a difficult 2022 campaign amid the introduction of new technical regulations and is yet to take a race victory this year.

Hamilton has experimented with set-up directions on multiple occasions this year in a bid to help Mercedes understand its W13 car.

Speaking to F1 Insider, Brawn believes that Hamilton is more focused on fixing Mercedes’ pace woes than team-mate George Russell: “Lewis is in the twilight of his career.  

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“But that doesn’t mean it’s over yet. This year, for an extremely long time, he has had a car that he cannot win with. So he puts a lot of energy into changing that.  

“For him, this time is a character test. It may well be that his team-mate George Russell is hungrier in the races as a result.”

Brawn says the situation mirrors that of fellow seven-time World Champion Schumacher, who spent three years at Mercedes from 2010 to 2012 before Hamilton joined the team.

“You can compare Lewis’ situation a bit with Michael’s comeback with Mercedes,” Brawn continued. 

“As a driver, you always have to decide whether you want to be part of the solution or part of the problem.

“Michael redefined his role back then, so he was part of the solution and helped build the team that would go on to win eight straight Constructors’ titles. 

“He sacrificed himself for the future of the team, so to speak, and played a key role in laying the foundation for its success. 

“Lewis will come back, I’m convinced. Just like his team. I believe that periods of weakness that you have to overcome make you even stronger. I know that from my own experience.

“You have to remember that we narrowly lost three world titles before we made it at Ferrari with Michael Schumacher in 2000.

“The three years before were a tough test. The team could have fallen apart out of disappointment. But the opposite was the case: we grew even closer together and got better

“We learned a lot and finally turned our weaknesses into strengths.”

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Comments 2

  1. Phil says:
    4 months ago

    Hamilton’s a talented driver, but this year has shown that his championships are more about the car and less about the driver. He’s not even the best driver on his team now.

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  2. Dami says:
    4 months ago

    Urrghh! For fuck’s sake, Brawn, such sycophancy turns my stomach. Russell has kicked his arse, good and proper, well over a race win’s worth of points ahead. Yet Brawn barely stopped short of describing Russell as being part of the problem. That absolutely stinks, from someone who is now an FIA employee and should be maintaining neutrality on such matters. It stinks even more that he is pouring forth with excuses for a nasty and divisive character like Hamilton, whose despicable agitative and poisonous posturing over the years has been to the detriment of both the sport and the wider world. If anything, like all of Hamilton’s teammates at Mercedes, Russell has suffered the thin end of the wedge, such as at Silverstone when they both crashed but it was Hamilton who was given preference to receive the one remaining good rear wing, despite Russell’s advantage in the standings, for which he surely deserved the better wing, but had to settle for one which didn’t work properly at that track. Despite it being established practice throughout the grid that the leading driver be given priority. For Brawn to be showing favour is reprehensible, for him to be also incorrect is unforgivable.

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