CHT wrote:Problem with Lewis is that sometime he talk too much and that sort of put unnecessary pressure on himself. Saying things like will deal with it like senna is a tall order for himself and these are things which really unnecessary.
Looking at his body language today I am guessing that if Lewis doesn't win the Wdc this season he might quit merc.
Don't be daft. Mercedes would definitely listen to him and make changes to make him more comfortable so that won't happen.
I think his only real gripe is that similar to McLaren in their effort make things "fair" the team can end up blunting Hamilton's performance, in his eyes, through giving away the secrets to his speed or dulling some strategy options. But I think he understands that this goes both ways and he needs to work harder on taking advantage of the benefits it brings him. Given his displeasure he may push to share less telemetry between the two halves of the corner (such as only sharing tyre life and basic setup rather than corner by corner data), and Mercedes may have to give in in order to keep the peace. With their advantage as it is it would be hard to argue it essential to continue open access.
Lewis definitely looked a little faster today and had he been in front would probably have been able to pull a gap to Nico at a tenth or two per lap. Next race is Canada which should play to Hamilton's strengths, he'll regroup and aim to seize the initiative. Another positive is that Mercedes are clearly going to be fastest at every track, barring major change with one of the cars, with little genuine comfort for Red Bull. I can't see any track suiting the Red Bull more than Monaco, relative to Mercedes, so they've really got their work cut out. Reliability is obviously still a huge concern for them and I'd put money on Vettel taking a grid penalty sooner rather than later due to going over the engine limit (from memory he's already on his 4th set of control electronics).