Michael Schumacher says Lewis Hamilton has joined Mercedes at right time – Formula 1 news
Michael Schumacher has said that Lewis Hamilton has joined Mercedes at the right time and can take an active part in the development process of 2013 car.
Schumacher came back to Formula 1 in 2010 with the Silver Arrows with an aim to win another title. However, he failed to attain competitive results and was completely outclassed by his teammate, Nico Rosberg in the last three seasons.
Although, he performed quite well in 2012 as he managed to secure an amazing third podium finish in the European Grand Prix. But, he could not score points with consistency.
On the other hand, Rosberg performed convincingly well and stood amongst one of the most consistent point scorers during the start of the preceding season. Furthermore, he also claimed his maiden victory in the Chinese GP after securing his first ever pole
position. However, he also struggled to keep up the level of consistency as Mercedes failed to make the essential developments in the car towards the end of the season.
Schumacher announced about his retirement after Hamilton’s move to Mercedes was confirmed during the last year.
The seven-time world champion has said that they struggled with their development process during 2010 and 2011. However, he expressed that the Brackley based squad have improved their infrastructure and the British driver is moving in at the right time
“In the first two years we definitely did not have the capability to fight on several fronts,” Schumacher was quoted as saying by The Sun. “If there were problems we had to take care of them so the development process was interrupted.”
“Only now is there a structure that enables both. It's a strong structure for 2013 and beyond. The car we had last year was built under the old conditions. I'm talking about quantity, not quality. That has always been the reason why development stagnated,”
he said.
“We created the basic conditions for the team to move forward,” he added.
Let’s see how the 2008 world champion performs alongside Rosberg in this season and whether they will be able to come up to the expectations of their team or not.
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