What do you think about the way Mercedes pushes Lewis Hamilton almost every race?

[JHNS98]

I recently got into F1 after binging through Dříve to Survive in one weekend.

After that I started listening to a lot of team radio compilations, and that gave me some perspective on many of Lewis Hamilton's wins, especially the last win at Silverstone.

If you don't know already, just search "Valtteri, it's James" on YouTube and you'll be up to speed. It's almost a meme at this point...

At Silverstone, it was actually [Charles] Leclerc ahead of Bottas. but once Hamilton got P3, James [Allison, Merc CTO] came on Bottas' radio telling him to let Lewis past. And then Lewis "got in there" by overtaking Leclerc. This seems disingenuous and unfair, especially considering the incident with Max Verstappen before the restart, but let's not dwell on that.

But mentioning RBR, I've niether heard Christian Horner nor Adrian Newey on radio to their second driver telling them (Checo atm). I don't even know if I've heard Adrian on radio at all.

Let's see how [the MB-AMG crew] will treat George Russell next two seasons, which are speculated to be the last of LH's career.

(meme credited to @michaela on Pintrest)

No big deal

Unfair and overzealous

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I realize that this poll is a bit biased. Just waiting for all the Hamilton fans to come in here and do their thing...

[TommyMountainFigure]

You're missing the whole point. Every controller know what motivates their driver and what doesn't.. These gee-ups they give them are what they know their driver wants to hear.
I've followed F1 since I was a kid.

[Zack-Bann]

One of the reasons I don’t find Lewis to be the best driver there is


He was blessed with a far superior car for so many years
A team with a budget bigger than the rest of the grid combined
And a blatant pit wall favoritism even in times he didn’t deserve it.


Recent memory is allowing us to see the true face of Hamilton.
A good driver. But nothing special.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I am NOT a Lewis Hamilton fan. However, I'll give him credit where credit is due. He broke my fave GOAT's record. Lewis is now the GOAT. Still, I'd rather watch Hamilton get beaten. It doesn't matter how.

[JHNS98]

Much of that credit would rather be due for James and his technical team, and also Toto whatever he does. This is a team effort for sure.

I don't think any other team has been so dominant in F1, not that I could find.