2012 season. After three disastrous years in Formula 1 after being crowned world champion in 2008 with McLaren in his second year in the premier class, lewis hamilton looked completely out of contention for victories against Red Bull and Ferrari.
Immersed in a sea of doubts, the British received an offer to Mercedes from Ross Brawn and Niki Lauda to get him to leave Ron Dennis’ team.
Then, the German brand had been acquired years before with BrawnGPworld champions in 2009, but their evolution had completely stagnated.
However, they were ‘cooking’ something good for the new ‘hybrid era’ and they wanted to count on Hamilton. The decision was not easy, but finally Lewis signed for Mercedes.
Now, a decade after his debut with the ‘silver arrows’, the seven-time champion has remembered with a photo with peter bonningtonhis track engineer, in the Australian Grand Prix in 2013how his signing was forged.
“I remember that first race, I remember the decision I made to join this team and I did not let anyone influence the decision I made“, Explain.
His father, Anthony Hamiltontold him to stay at McLaren, which would have meant losing the opportunity of a lifetime and the six world titles that followed.
“I wanted to do it only from my own judgment and, you know, just no influence“, explained the British.
“I know people who told me that I should have stayed at McLaren, my dad said to stay, many people said to stay. But something inside me told me that this was the right thing for me,” she added.
