However, it could just as easily be seen through a different filter, as one related to the in-team dynamics between them. His race-ending incident with team-mate Button might also be viewed in these terms - as an unconventional move that had the element of surprise but not pulled off early enough. It was as if Webber was going through there slower than he wanted to go and he had no patience for messing around - he needed to be up front, now.Īn attempt at ambushing Michael Schumacher by going around his outside on the approach to the hairpin is the sort of outrageous move he might have pulled off in karting, but simply resulted in Michael not realising he was there until he was already forcing the McLaren onto the grass. His move on Mark Webber in the first corner of racing in Canada was perhaps the most telling it never had a possibility of working. You don't get one without the other.īut whilst most of his individual incidents in Monaco and Montreal can be rationalised in this way, the fact that he's having such a string of them does pose the question of whether his frustration is taking his competitive striving over-centre, whether he is currently somehow out of equilibrium. Yes, he's a hugely exciting driver and the in-car attitude that has seen him over the years pull off many a stunning passing move - such as that upon his team-mate Jenson Button in China this year - can on occasion lead to trouble. It's clear in much of what Hamilton says that he currently favours scenario two over one and it leads inevitably to the question of whether this is playing its part in the string of on-track incidents he has been involved in recently. A slight change of approach is required if Hamilton is to deliver fully his fantastic potential

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