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Hamilton sees special function for drivers within the team
- GPblog.com
In spite of his many successes in recent years, Lewis Hamilton still manages to keep both feet on the ground. According to him, his success is due to much more than himself.
Hamilton won his 91st GP last weekend, which equals the number of victories of legend Michael Schumacher. For a long time it was thought that this record would not be broken, even by Hamilton himself. He also seems well on his way to match Schumacher when it comes to the number of World Championship titles. It is probably only a matter of time before the Mercedes driver can call himself the best in the world for the seventh time.
Nevertheless, Hamilton also hears the criticism being aimed at him. He could only win because he is in the fastest car, for example. "Those are not the nicest things to hear," he says in an interview with Motorsportweek. "I'm not angry about it, but all I want to say is that those who say that usually don't know anything about it. In general people often have the wrong idea when they don't have full knowledge of something."
"The driver is the rudder"
He says that the good cooperation of his team Mercedes has made the team so successful over the past seven years. "I did not get Mercedes on track, Michael did not get Ferrari on track. As much as I love Michael and he is a legend, it wasn't just him. It is the cooperation."
"In this sport, as a driver, you are sort of the rudder, you have an enormous intelligence behind you. On the computers they tell how the best car is built. I think there's something the computers can't simulate: feeling. So our job is to steer the team in the right direction and hopefully inspire the team," concludes Hamilton.