Does Mercedes need Lewis now ?
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Why should M-B pay Lewis the many, many millions he’s demanding when they have George Russell contracted already ?
His pre season tests in a Mercedes showed what he could do and irrespective of the result tomorrow he’s shown he should be in the car. Alongside Lewis he may be the better driver, certainly a truly competitive one.
His pre season tests in a Mercedes showed what he could do and irrespective of the result tomorrow he’s shown he should be in the car. Alongside Lewis he may be the better driver, certainly a truly competitive one.
Nampahc Niloc said:
One qualifying session and suddenly he’s a replacement for Lewis.
Think they might want a bit more evidence than that before they get rid of their star driver.
Even if you ignore any debate about who’s better, Lewis the seven times world champion brings just a tad more publicity.
The knowledgeable people in F1 know Lewis’s value over long term. Lewis “regularly” beats Valtteri. George has done very well today but not beaten anybody at the front yet never mind week in week out over a season.Think they might want a bit more evidence than that before they get rid of their star driver.
Even if you ignore any debate about who’s better, Lewis the seven times world champion brings just a tad more publicity.
George is a future champion but no match for Lewis yet.
Not this again....
Russell has done well, but it’s one qualifying session. To deliver over a whole season is not the same. Just ask Rosberg and Bottas....
Lewis isn’t paid a lot of money just to drive. They’re paying for him too - the fact he’s a multiple champion, a known quantity, a virtually-guaranteed deliverer of results.
They’re also paying for the exposure of him and the records he’s breaking.
To use a similar analogy I used in another thread - if you owned Barcelona FC, would you sell Lionel Messi to a rival team because a substitute for him scored a hat-trick in one game? No.
Russell has done well, but it’s one qualifying session. To deliver over a whole season is not the same. Just ask Rosberg and Bottas....
Lewis isn’t paid a lot of money just to drive. They’re paying for him too - the fact he’s a multiple champion, a known quantity, a virtually-guaranteed deliverer of results.
They’re also paying for the exposure of him and the records he’s breaking.
To use a similar analogy I used in another thread - if you owned Barcelona FC, would you sell Lionel Messi to a rival team because a substitute for him scored a hat-trick in one game? No.
aponting389 said:
They want him because he’s Lewis Hamilton, I’m sure they have lots of options who could win them both titles.
Yup. Next year Mercedes are highly likely to win both championships whoever they have driving for them... but only Lewis Hamilton can give them the opportunity to be the team with which the driver with the outright most championship wins, takes that record. For the big car manufacturers, F1 is a glorified advertising platform and from that point of view Hamilton is by far the best driver they could have racing for them next year.
Tazar said:
Why should M-B pay Lewis the many, many millions he’s demanding when they have George Russell contracted already ?
His pre season tests in a Mercedes showed what he could do and irrespective of the result tomorrow he’s shown he should be in the car. Alongside Lewis he may be the better driver, certainly a truly competitive one.
Max answers this question perfectly for you.His pre season tests in a Mercedes showed what he could do and irrespective of the result tomorrow he’s shown he should be in the car. Alongside Lewis he may be the better driver, certainly a truly competitive one.
https://youtu.be/ZJCb3QeWv1Y
Lewis is the face of Mercedes. He is instrumental in helping drive sales of their AMG products but also their lower band of cars like the A-class amongst the younger demographic.
No doubt Lewis has massive appeal in America too and I would wager that Mercedes' sales have been on fire there too in the last few years amongst the younger demographic.
George could be just as good as Lewis but he wont help Mercedes sell cars like Lewis can.
Lewis looks like a rock star.
George looks like a teenage serial killer.
No doubt Lewis has massive appeal in America too and I would wager that Mercedes' sales have been on fire there too in the last few years amongst the younger demographic.
George could be just as good as Lewis but he wont help Mercedes sell cars like Lewis can.
Lewis looks like a rock star.
George looks like a teenage serial killer.
This is an age old question as is the saying, “the King is dead, long live the King”.
George Russell was seen as a future talent having proved himself in the lower formulae. Being a driver at Williams he was overlooked to a point by Lando Norris or Alex Albon etc. No doubt those drivers might do well in a Mercedes that might drive to their character or temperament. But we don’t know that at the moment.
I bet several Management people in the pit lane are looking at Russell very differently today.
George Russell was seen as a future talent having proved himself in the lower formulae. Being a driver at Williams he was overlooked to a point by Lando Norris or Alex Albon etc. No doubt those drivers might do well in a Mercedes that might drive to their character or temperament. But we don’t know that at the moment.
I bet several Management people in the pit lane are looking at Russell very differently today.
Schermerhorn said:
CustardOnChips said:
Because he's the best and most marketable driver in the history of F1.
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Pretty Schumacher sure was a bigger and better paid global superstar than Lewis./Thread
CustardOnChips said:
quite the achievement considering that Lewis came in just as all the tobacco money left F1Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff