watt:

BTW- Lewee really has a bone to pick with Merc if he has suffered spinal damage like permanent disc compression, if anyone understands that it's me -- and it would explain why he's gone public criticizing the team if they sold his health down the river.

If so after all the wins he's delivered for Merc, it shows deep cold heartedness by the team.

 

And he is just a driver, like Verstappen, Leclerc, Senna, Prost, and everyone before, and coming up after.

Drivers are consumables. They come and go. Teams however stay on.

2 cars are entered by every team for each race, and the team fill them with 2 drivers every weekend. It's as simple as that. Hamilton caught covid and can't race, Mercedes replaced him with Russell. Schumacher broke a leg and can't start, Ferrari replaced him with Salo. Senna gone? Williams replaced him with Coulthard. 

F1 is a constructor championship. That's what pays prize money. WDC titles sounds nice, but it simply is the consequences of piloting the fastest car for that season, and the team with the fastest car will always want the best driver to drive for them in order to maximize the point haul.

 


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