Mercedes reveal what it will ‘miss’ from Hamilton
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained what elements of Lewis Hamilton Mercedes will miss next season when he joins Ferrari.
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has detailed what the team will miss about Lewis Hamilton when he departs for Ferrari at the end of the F1 season.
The 50-year-old believes the Brackley-based squad will feel the British driver’s absence in a number of ways, including his “feel for what the car needs” and the value it brings to the “development process”.
Having joined the Brackley-based squad in 2013, the Hamilton will leave after (at least) 84 grand prix victories, six drivers’ titles and eight constructors’ championships.
Given the level of success enjoyed over the past 11-and-a-half seasons together, the 39-year-old’s exit will undoubtedly be felt by the German marque.
“I’ll miss him [Hamilton] as a character, because he’s good fun to work with,” replied Shovlin to select media when asked by RacingNews365 what he and Mercedes will miss about the seven-time drivers’ champion from an engineering perspective.
“His race pace has been extremely good, but what he brought to the team is an awful lot of speed and a good feel for what the car needs.
“And he is very good at highlighting where the weaknesses are in the car.”
