Lewis Hamilton will make a switch to Mercedes from McLaren next year it has finally been revealed. Speculation has been rife for a few years that the Brit would leave McLaren and after so many years of association with the team you can see why he may want a change.
Lewis has gone through all emotions in his career so far and seemed to have picked himself up from the bottom this year with 3 wins and seemed to have a generally better outlook on his life.
So why move from proven race winner to an inconsistent performer. Well anything can happen in this sport and generally has this year, but Mercedes are a team on the move and with plenty of cash for development. Mercedes have struggled this year with certain choices they have made regarding their double DRS and they have suffered from rear tyre wear almost constantly. Without these issues they could be a lot closer to the top 3 teams.
But what Hamilton must remember is that this team is built from the faltering Honda team who struggled with so much investment to make any moves to challenge for titles. Yes Ross Brawn turned them into a dominant team for half a season and they struggled through to hang on to constructors and driver championships but that was based on one great idea. Since that time they have struggled behind the top 3 and have now fallen behind to Lotus.
With the same problems though it only takes 1 idea and they could be back to the top. It is always a gamble in F1 and Hamilton is going for it, he wants championships and so do the team. He will help move them forward and next year will have a another great driver to battle with in Rosberg, so until they whip the covers off next year we will continue to speculate.
This could work for Hamilton though in terms of himself, he has shown the need to escape from the old when he dropped his Dad as manager and you get the sense this is another one of those moments.
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