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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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Think you're viewing MS's input into Mercedes WC wins with rose tinted glasses as back then and in today's F1 no driver can teach a team how to build a winning car. The cars are just too complicated for that sort of simplistic approach
Would have been very little of MS's DNA/influence in Hamilton's 1st WC winning Mercedes. Engine went from V8 to V6 Hybrid and 2yrs is an eternity in F1 development timescales.
Ross Brawn and Bob Bell could rightfully take far more credit than MS for Hamilton's 1st Mercedes WC