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Originally Posted by Artemis
There were plenty of drivers in F1. Hamilton is one of the very best. Those passionate about F1 failing to acknowledge this, are delusional. Hamilton is currently in wintertime of his career (°1985). Verstappen (°1997) is still in summertime. Hopefully Hamilton's move to Ferrari in 2025 at the age of 40 won't be like Schumacher's comeback at the age of 41 at Mercedes (P9 2010 | P8 2011 | P12 2013).
As commented before, I'd like to see Verstappen move from currently arguably the best car on the grid (RB20) to a Mercedes-AMG car (W15), to show everyone what he can squeeze out of that car and that - also out of his comfort zone - he's worth his salt.
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Good post...one where its not necessary to reduce one drivers brilliance in order to enhance another.
Its true Hamilton in 2007 landed in a front winning team and if McLaren had backed one driver, either of them would have won the Championship.
Alonso was incensed that he didn't get #1 driver status as he felt he deserved (or was actually promised by Ron).
Trying to blackmail Ron Dennis into giving him #1 status in the team was a bad mistake...Alonsos single biggest handicap was his mouth, he just didn't know when to keep it shut all though his career.
I don't think you will ever see Verstappen in any team with a highly talented team mate being allowed to compete on equal terms.
Jos knows from his time with Schumacher at Benneton how a team needs to be set up in order to showcase one driver....and isn't by having a team mate who might turn out to be faster. It wouldn't make any sense to risk Max Verstappen's reputation.
Finally struggling to believe some are still trying to make out that Senna was in some way to blame for his own death.
The team cut and welded the steering column...how much torsional force could one person apply to a steering column that could snap a properly made weld!...seriously?