'He’s better at losing than most' - Veteran Mercedes F1 engineer praises Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has heaped praise on Lewis Hamilton for the way he reacts to defeats in F1.
'He’s better at losing than most' - Veteran Mercedes engineer praises Hamilton

Shovlin has worked alongside Hamꦛilton since the British driver’s arrival in 2013.

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While they have enjoyed a vast am💃ount of success together, winning six drivers’ titles, Hamilton has suffered two emotional defeats.

He lost out to teammate Nico Rosberg in 2016, but more controversially, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen beat him to the 2021 title in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Abu Dhabi.

Shovlin believes Hamilton is the best at learning from his mistakes🐽 and ensuring they don’t happen✅ again.

“You can’t ask Lewis to be happy when he’s lost a race; that’s not how he works,” Shovlin told the BBC. “But he loseꦺs really well if you want someon๊e to come back and win the next one.

“He’s actually better at losing than most I’ve seen because🌳 of how✤ diligently he goes through the block of work of understanding what he needs to be better, where did he miss the opportunities. 

“He doesn’t✅ enjoy it, but it’s about the result at the next race, not whether he’s smiling or giving a nice int✱erview.”

Hamilton has enjoyed incredible consistency throughout his F1 career, winning a grand prix in all but one s♎eason that he raced👍 in, while he’s never finished outside of the top six in the championship standings.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1

Besides h🔴is incredible natural talent,ꦑ Shovlin explained how his work ethic makes him a “moving target” for his competitors to beat.

“Lewis has natural talent in abundance, b🐽ut his work ethic and ability to continually develop and improve means that, for drivers trying to beat him, he’s a bit of a moving target,” Shovlin added.

"The thing with Lewis now is his bad days are so few and far between and even on his bad days he’s as good as the others.🐼 That’s wha꧃t’s brought him to the level he is. It’s the consistency. And when he’s at his best, the level is just phenomenal.”

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