NathanOlder wrote: ↑03 Nov 2021, 18:44
Ryar wrote: ↑03 Nov 2021, 18:18
NathanOlder wrote: ↑03 Nov 2021, 17:24
What knowledge does he need ?
He said he spoke to Lewis face to face (2 years before Mercedes won any championship) and said that Lewis is crazy to leave Mclaren for Mercedes. Lewis replied with "I need to build a team around me to beat Sebastian"
Mclaren didn't want to build the team around 1 driver at the time.
So Lewis did what he said to JEV. Went to Mercedes , has built the team around himself, and has become the most successful driver the planet has ever seen.
So all JEV was saying was, it wasn't luck, Lewis went to a team and he had the same vision the team had, and everything worked out exctly how they planned it driver and team.
What knowledge does JEV need ?
I wonder then why James Vowels said in the "Brackley Boys" podcast, "when he came to Mercedes, he was a mercenary, out there to drive for himself". I guess that was his idea of building a team.
Rosberg was there before Lewis and had built a reputation of being very intelligent and integral part of the team. James, Toto and Brawn have all quoted the influence of Schumacher on the team, yet, Lewis didn't lucked into Mercedes, according to JV, who had "spoken to Lewis". Surprisingly, no one from Mercedes so far has attributed their foundation of success to Lewis.
So does this change the fact that A- Lewis said he was going to Mercedes to build a team around himself. B- Thats what has happened. C-Together they have dominated like no other.
I guess you will tell me next that the W11 was dominant because of Ross and Michael
The lengths people go to , to try and make Lewis success seem less.
Let me reword it. It doesn't change the fact that A- Lewis walked into Mercedes, which had built rocket ships without any innvolvement from him. B- That's what happened. C-With a dominant car, Lewis has dominated, despite having no interest in testing the car (by his own admission and something Nico reiterated in his latest statement).
The lengths people go to, to try and make Lewis success seem any greater.
Why is it so hard to accept the facts? I reiterate, so far, nobody from Mercedes has attributed their foundation of success to Lewis. It's well known fact that, Mercedes worked on building a hybrid engine, longer than anyone else. They had some clever ideas, which was fundamental to building a dominant car.