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Ross Brawn says Lewis Hamilton’s win at the Turkish Grand Prix was a “perfect demonstration of what he is – a seven-time world champion”.
In his career Formula 1 managing director, motor sports and technical director Ross Brawn had the opportunity to work with both Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. Now that Hamilton equalled Schumacher’s seven world titles record, Brawn only had words of praise for the newly crowned champion,
“Massive congratulations to Lewis. He showed today why he is such an exceptional talent,” wrote Brawn in his Formula1.com column.
“I’m always engaged by the running commentary from Lewis during the race on team radio, suggesting things aren’t going well, which is always entertaining – but he always delivers.
“In Turkey, despite his Mercedes team struggling for pace all weekend on a slippery surface in cold conditions, he stayed patient in the race, strategized and pushed when needed to.
“He got the tyres working when no one else could. It was the perfect demonstration of what he is – a seven-time world champion, equalling Michael’s record.
“It’s the kind of dominance that in most people’s motorsport career, you only see once. I’ve been blessed to see it twice. I have been fortunate to work with both Lewis and Michael.
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“They are different characters, which is wonderful as you don’t want metronomic characters in F1. Lewis is different to Michael in the way they approach things. At the core of it, they both have a God given talent.
“It’s hard to pick a weakness in his Lewis’ armoury. He sometimes seems to get emotional on the radio but the team know how to handle that through the calmness of his engineer Pete Bonnington.
“Bono doesn’t get fazed by anything Lewis says and has a great riposte when he gets too excited. Everyone in that team works so well together.
“Sunday wasn’t an easy win. He didn’t put the car on pole and disappear into the distance. It was a challenging weekend for him, regarding the weather, the conditions and the track.
“Clearly, it didn’t initially suit Mercedes but they got they head down and thought about it. He came from further down the grid today. He wins when he’s not given any opposition and he wins when he is given a big challenge.
“Right now, he’s at the pinnacle of his career. And I don’t know where his form will start to tail off.”
