Mercedes Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin and Motorsport Strategy Director James Vowles talk about Lewis Hamilton’s “relentless urge to keep winning”.
On the Beyond the Grid podcast Andrew Shovlin was asked to identify the areas that Lewis Hamilton has improved since joining Mercedes.
“It’s not one area, it’s the fact that every time he doesn’t win a race he goes and works out why he didn’t win it and why, the next time that happens, he will win it instead of whoever else did,” Shovlin explained.
“It’s this relentless understanding and improving process that he goes through that I think must be quite exhausting because it never really stops.
“He just keeps getting better and better and he’s already broken all records, but to see a driver who has achieved so much still working for every win like it’s their first, which is really what he does, you can see why he is where he is.
“It is down to hard work, dedication and just this relentless urge to keep winning.”
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James Vowles adds it is a privilege to watch the master at work.
“There are so many races that all of us have been privileged to have with him where he is not the lead car out of the two and he is the one fighting tooth and nail at the back, and you know he will give everything to you.
“He’s not going to back off, he’s not going to give ground. He may be frustrated and upset that you’ve made a mistake and put him into a situation that is difficult, but he delivers on it.
“And that is what he has done in all the time that we have been with him.”
