Equity Magazine November 2017

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COVER STORY Apart from the talent, he’s a good guy. He gets out on the street and supports and promotes Formula One. He is box office, 100 per cent By the time the 2016 season began, it was Rosberg’s time to shine. Hamilton made it clear though that the gloves were off. He was there to compete and win races, not make friends. The two began to duke it out on the track, much to Mercedes’ chagrin. They crashed hard into each other hard in the opening lap of the Spanish GP, wrecking both cars. Mercedes’ non-executive chairman Niki Lauda stepped in and threatened to sever both their contracts if it ever happened again. That didn’t stop them from colliding into each other once again two months later in the final lap of the Austrian race. Evidently, Rosberg and Hamilton had eroded nearly all goodwill with their team. But the fact that at least one of the two drivers – at times both – were on the podium in every single race except the Spanish GP that year, was enough for Mercedes to bite their tongue and tolerate the behaviour of the sparring drivers. Hamilton even turned on his own team by saying that the engine trouble that he suffered in three races – Rosberg didn’t face any – wasn’t happenstance. Toto Wolff, the team’s racing boss, had a soft corner for Hamilton though and wasn’t ready to read the riot act to either driver. Wolff’s patience paid off and although Hamilton lost the championship to Rosberg, the team ended at the top of the constructor’s championship at the end of the season. Hamilton isn’t above courting controversies. In the final race of the Abu Dhabi GP last year, while leading the race with Rosberg on his tail, he deliberately slowed the pace of the race. For him to win the championship, he needed to finish first and Rosberg had to finish fourth or lower. Hamilton defied team orders over the radio to pick up the pace and although Rosberg eventually finished second, Hamilton wasn’t gracious in defeat and defended his right to control the pace of the race. Earlier this year, at the Azerbaijan GP, he deliberately braked hard when the safety car was out so that he could bunch up the field. A furious Sebastian Vettel who was right 30 EQUITY
COVER STORY Hamilton at the 2016 Abu Dhabi GP behind him had to brake hard and was clearly unhappy with Hamilton’s driving style. While none of these moves amount to cheating, neither were they entirely fair play. THE HOME STRETCH Following Rosberg’s surprise announcement of his retirement straight after he won the world championship last year, Hamilton has a new teammate in Valtteri Bottas this year. At the time of going to press, with only the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi GP left, Hamilton is leading the driver’s championship. In the decade he has spent in the fastest sport on the planet, he has notched 63 wins and has been on the podium on 117 occasions. If he wins the <strong>2017</strong> F1 championship – and the deck is dealt in his favour – his fourth world championship win will mean that only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more championships than him. Brand Hamilton is in rude health. The interloper is now a player. Hamilton with Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda and the team's racing boss Toto Wolff Hamilton with Donatella Versace 31 EQUITY
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