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.
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.
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.
