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Originally Posted by dxb335d
YES FROM LEAVING karting to racing in f1 took 6 years. much longer than other drivers.
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Because he was much younger than the other drivers.
What I struggle to understand is this ..
Your argument is that LH was not as good a driver as some of his peers.
Why would maclaren invest millions sponsoring a driver who was not the best? Why did they not drop him and sponsor the better drivers? Do you think you are a better judge of talent than Ron Dennis? Do you know more about F1 than him?
You've also said 2 conflicting things ..
1. That LH only won because of his funding
2. That he got beaten day in day out.
Which is true?
The bottom line is this .. Maclaren have invested lot's of money in LH over many years. They could have dropped him at any time and picked up another rising star. Unless he's been blackmailing Ron Dennis and has secret pictures of him sleeping with a horse I can only think of one reason why Maclaren kept giving him the money ....
... They believed that he would give them a return on his investment.
The fact that he has consisently earned points, got pole position, won races and finished second in the championship in his first year strongly suggests that Maclaren chose well and are seeing that return.
If you are right then either Ron Dennis is an idiot or Lewis Hamilton is the best con man in history.