Why lewis left mclaren

He has taken a gamble. If Mercedes can harness that speed and give him the car, he will drag another quarter of a second per lap out of it somewhere and I think he'll do a great job. Time will tell. I wasn't sure Jenson Button was right to go to McLaren but he was. His departure has allowed McLaren to link up with the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, whose companies back Hamilton's replacement, Sergio Perez.

But with only one in five years at McLaren - likely to be six - and that back in , he must now feel a change is required. And it is easy for a lean couple of years to develop into something longer. He never won another race. Lewis has got a tough task ahead of him at Mercedes.

Perhaps he thinks that if it fails he will at least have the consolation of earning loads more money and being a bigger star, thanks to his hustling management that will sell his image here, there and everywhere. That might make him an international celebrity on a bigger scale than he is, but it will not make him a racing legend.

In the meantime, it's fair to say that the year-old has taken an almighty gamble in fixing his future to a team without much of a history in its current guise at least. In mitigation, Mercedes should be in pole position when the new engine regulations are introduced for , and if Hamilton believes he needs the challenge of being a driving-force and not just a driver then who are we to argue? But at this stage it's hard to shake off the impression that, if we are to treat this solely as a F1 decision, Hamilton has gambled everything on a hunch which owes more to emotion than calculation.

What was said when Lewis Hamilton quit McLaren to join Mercedes in A trip down memory lane for all the reaction to Lewis Hamilton's bombshell defection from his boyhood team two years ago Lewis Hamilton sits down with Craig Slater to reflect on his 'incredible' season and the two-time World Champion says he was grateful for the challenge pos. Lewis Hamilton was sympathetic towards his Mercedes' team-mate Nico Rosberg and praised his attitude in defeat.

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Good news for F1 too. Comment posted by Sammy, at 28 Sep Sammy. Too many mistakes by McLaren this year and the latest gearbox failure was just the push that Hamilton needed. Sad to see him leave to drive for a foreign team but as a signed number one driver and with manufacturer money behind him I'm sure he'll do very well. Comment posted by Flankerman, at 28 Sep Flankerman.

I hope that its Rosberg who leaves Mercedes. It'd be interesting to see Hamilton alongside Schumacher. Comment posted by liverpool07, at 28 Sep liverpool Study the facts pal.

Button has pushed Hamilton hard over the last three seasons. This shows Lewis is maybe not as good as he, or you think he is, or Button is actually much better than anybody thought. Bold move for Hamilton, brilliant opportunity for Perez. Can't wait to see how this all pans out. Wonderful move for Perez, my very best wishes for him.

I wouldnt be upset if MS had a drive for Sauber, pretty nice looking package this year and of course it's powered by Ferrari. Cant understand why LH and I am not one of his fanbois is seen as a betrayer, the contract was up for renewal.

He chose to go elsewhere for whatever reason, and more money is a pretty good reason. Good luck to all. Just wondering whether all those who completely ripped Eddie Jordan and other BBC journalists for going with this a couple of weeks ago, saying they didn't know what they were talking about and EJ was just a big mouth and chatting rubbish whilst trying to get in the spotlight, are going to return to apologise?

Guess not It's a shame he's left Maclaren but Hamilton is the best driver in F1 at the moment, if it were not for other drivers taking him out on the track or poor reliability from his car he would be leading the championship.

It will be interesting to see if Mercedies can produce a car that will give him a chance of victory. Comment posted by Psychoarsenalysis, at 28 Sep Psychoarsenalysis. For those that cry loyalty, how many times have Alonso and Button moved teams?

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