Sky presenters tout theory for why Lewis Hamilton lost out to George Russell last year

Hamilto꧃n is showing glimpses of his best form in over a year, since his reign on top of F1 was ended by Max Verstappen.
Hamilton was then outperformed by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell last year but, ahead of this weekend’💫s F1 Italian Grand Prix, he penned a new Mercedes deal to intrigue fans.
“It took Lewis over a year to get over Abu Dhabi▨ 2021,” Martin B🌞rundle said.
“And also, ജthings just weren’t falling for him particularly well.
“𒅌I think George has been through a difficult time where it hasn’t paid off for him, as such.
“But you have to say at the moment - Lewis has the upper hand in that duo, in terms of the results and the speed that he’s showing. But they are so close𒉰, those two.”
Naomi Schiff agreed: “No driver lik𒆙es to be beaten by their team-mate. But last year, I don’t think that was on the top of Lewis’ m🍨ind.
“They both came into that season psychologically in very different places. Lewis coming from Abu Dhabi 2021 and George just coming ou🗹t of the Williams into the big team.

“Totally different emotions and coming into a difficult car. As well, to no💮t be able to get that tiཧtle back.
“It was difficult for Lewis last year𝕴, but he’s back.”
Mercedes hav🎃e tied Hamilton and Russell down until the end of 2025 at least.
Brundle reacted: “The continuity that you have, and the understanding of your drivers and the way they work, what they like in the ca🥀r and out of the car, it just makes an awful lot of sense for them to settle that down.
“And it is⭕ a great combo,🍌 those two drivers, no doubt about it.
“The whole team settles a🐠t that point as well. It’s nice and early an💝d they know exactly where they’re heading next year.”

James was a sports journalist෴ at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Americ🍨an sports, to football, to F1.