{"id":294031,"date":"2023-11-14T16:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294031"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:25:20","slug":"lewis-hamilton-discloses-the-mercedes-staff-member-he-always-argues-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-discloses-the-mercedes-staff-member-he-always-argues-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton discloses the Mercedes staff member he always argues with"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he and Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin are constantly bickering behind the scenes at Brackley as they work together to improve the team\u2019s fortunes on the track.<\/p>\n

2023 has been an extremely testing year for the Silver Arrows who are two races away from going winless in an F1 season for the first time in over a decade. This adds to the misery of 2022, when they followed up a Constructors\u2019 Championship win in 2021 by winning just a single Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Hamilton\u2019s main contribution comes on the tarmac, he has been a constant source of rallying cries to those working at the factory in Brackley as they aim to claw back lap time relative to reigning champions Red Bull. This, naturally, has placed some strain on individual relationships within the team.<\/p>\n

Discussing the relationships within the Mercedes team, Hamilton told Esporte na Band: \u201cOne of my engineers, Shov, will say \u2018You\u2019re not always right, right. You\u2019ve just gotta accept that you\u2019re not always right.\u2019 And that\u2019s one of the things that I struggle with. I argue and argue and argue, but then I\u2019ll say \u2018Yep, okay. You were right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hamilton was then prompted whether or not Shovlin is the member of the team that he feels confident challenging at times. He replied: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s Shov. We\u2019ve known each other for 11 years, we\u2019ve had an amazing relationship, but we argue a lot. Me and him are the only ones that argue here [at Mercedes].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The interviewer then asked whether or not he argues with race engineer Peter Bonnington, prompting Hamilton to respond: \u201cI don\u2019t argue with Bono, no. We have just a mega, mega relationship.<\/p>\n

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