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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Only after Michael had been there to teach them how to build a winning car. Steve Matchett talked about how Michael would go out and drive the car, and return and like a computer tell them just what needed changing. They would change it, and MS went out and could go faster.
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Tend to agree with this. Hammy started with a team that didn't need development. Once they started struggling in '09 and later he became a bigger than normal complainer on the radio. Then the move to a team that had done its development with Michael and Ross Brawn, and he steps right in to a winning car.
Remember about 5 years ago when he was getting dusted at each and every start when the FIA made some rules about the clutch at the start. I believe it was down to the driver to get it right and get off the line. Hammy really struggled with that until the rules got changed in his favor.
Not that he isn't a great driver, you just don't ever hear that he is the kind of driver that develops a car.
And don't forget how Mercedes took the field by storm when the engine changed to hybrid. They had figured out some stuff that the other teams had not and they went straight to the top. That was a design thing not a driver development thing as I recall.