Lewis Hamilton will leave McLaren?

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Blah, no way! Lewis will stay at McLaren. No reason for him to go...him and Vettel at Red Bull would be Nightmare fuel (like Prost and Senna).
 
If Red Bull thinks that fans would like to see Hamilton in their car then they could go for it, even at the expense of a championship, Red Bull get their value from what fans want to see rather than results they want to give fans.
Is it as simple as they would sell more cans of drink with Hamilton and Vettel to market it or Webber and Vettel?
 
It's hard to imagine Hamilton racing for anyone other than McLaren. But the man wants a championship caliber car. Something he has not had for the past 3 seasons.
 
... You're actually taking The Daily Fail seriously? It's a tabloid. They make money from making things up.
 
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It's hard to imagine Hamilton racing for anyone other than McLaren. But the man wants a championship caliber car. Something he has not had for the past 3 seasons.
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Hamilton said it himself, Red Bull is just a drinks company, their success will dry up eventually. They can't compare to the mighty McLaren or Ferrari who have been in F1 for around 50 years+. Hamilton's safest career route is right where he is right now. Ferrari won't take him, and Red Bull's success will last as long as Ardian Newey or Sebastian Vettel is there, the latter could possible move to Ferrari if he takes this years title, the former may well retire in a few years.
 
The thing is... Red Bull have money. Oodles of money. Gigatonnes of advertising and marketing money floating in orbit, cluttering up the stratosphere. Which is why they happen to sponsor a team in almost every motorsport on Earth... or Water... or Air...

Money makes F1 go round... with the restrictions on Tobacco and Alcohol advertising, other teams will need a whole lot of sponsorship to match Red Bull.

Red Bull may just be a drinks company... but look at how many successful motor sports franchises were funded by "drinks" companies...
 
I've seen people on other forums claim that Red Bull won't take Hamilton because Hamilton isn't a part of their driver program. I've even seen one guy claim that Ricciardo going to HRT on Toro Rosso's dime is proof positive that Mark Webber will be leaving Red Bull before 2012 and Ricciardo will be replacing him.

Red Bull have to take the two best drivers available. The World Constructors' Championship is worth more to them in monetary terms than the World Drivers' Championship. And with so many points on offer per race and so many teams capable of winning races, Red Bull needs two drivers simply to stay in the hunt for the titles.
 
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I've seen people on other forums claim that Red Bull won't take Hamilton because Hamilton isn't a part of their driver program. I've even seen one guy claim that Ricciardo going to HRT on Toro Rosso's dime is proof positive that Mark Webber will be leaving Red Bull before 2012 and Ricciardo will be replacing him.

Red Bull have to take the two best drivers available. The World Constructors' Championship is worth more to them in monetary terms than the World Drivers' Championship. And with so many points on offer per race and so many teams capable of winning races, Red Bull needs two drivers simply to stay in the hunt for the titles.
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So many people have been talking Ricciardo up prematurely. I don't believe that they will only take drivers from their young driver programme, but I think some serious investment should be sent to Faenza to give their young drivers more of a chance to shine. Personally, I'm hoping the silly season will see Kobayashi moving to a top team and I dream of seeing him at Red Bull, so the talk of Hamilton going to Red Bull is not the news I really want to hear.
 
He's not going anywhere. And if he did, I imagine he'd be No. 2 right from the start.
 
Well Lewis musn't want that McLaren F1 LM prototype ole Ron promised him if he could win 3 titles....
 
I can't believe we're actually discussing this. The fact that it comes from The Daily Fail should be grounds enough for this thread to be locked.
 
Look people the Mail is a lie machine just like most other so called newspapers in the UK.

They all print what ever they think will sell the most papers and to hell with any concept of truth.
 
Tired Tyres
They all print what ever they think will sell the most papers and to hell with any concept of truth.
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The problem is that they're protected by the courts. If someone sues a newspaper for defamation, then the maximum amount that can be paid out is capped at about one hundred thousand pounds. All the newspaper has to do is draw things out long enough that the legal costs outweigh the maximum pay-out, and they're laughing.
 
They run both stories for both eventualities. Then, when Hamilton decides whether to leave or stay, they'll run another story about it, referring back to the way they "exclusively" broke the story.
 
Besnon, journalist for BBC makes a similar point to mine.

"...if Vettel continues to dominate F1 in the way he is doing this year, is that really good for Red Bull? Yes, he is winning everything, but that is likely to turn off a majority of the audience, not excite them. And that is no way to sell cans of soft drink.

Red Bull seeks to project a cool, youthful, exciting image, and what could fit those qualities better than sticking Hamilton in the team alongside Vettel and saying to the world: "There you go. We're got two of the three most exciting drivers in the world and we're going to sit back and watch them go at it."

The reality is that any negotiations that may be taking place will likely be between Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz and Hamilton's new manager, Simon Fuller. Neither of whom routinely give interviews to F1 journalists.

For now, no one beyond that needs to know anything about it - not even Whtmarsh or Horner. So at the end of the day, it comes down to Hamilton and Mateschitz, and how much each of them wants to link up with the other. Time will tell."
 
Now the Speed Channel website is running the story. They apparently didn't heed your warnings that the Daily Mail is full of crap, ludes, since they directly referenced Daily Mail as a source.
 
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Now the Speed Channel website is running the story. They apparently didn't heed your warnings that the Daily Mail is full of crap, ludes, since they directly referenced Daily Mail as a source.
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Hamilton moving to Red Bull? That would be completely awesome.

It would be a revival of Senna and Prost all over again ( keeping proportions as they should be kept, not comparing skill, just rivalry ), two awesomely talented drivers fighting for the championship using the very same toys. I would like to see that.

However, the way I see it is that McLaren can't afford to lose Hamilton. He is a very talented driver, a world champion and best of all : British. If they want to keep him, they must make unbeliavable progress until the end of the season and I can't see how this is going to happen.

Lewis on the other hand is extremely competitive, I'm pretty sure he would move on to Red Bull if given the choice.
 
Sorry, I'm calling bullcrap. The only place Hamilton is going after McLaren is retirement. Unless something drastic happens, he's not going anywhere. If he does, then he's an idiot, and he's not an idiot, neither is his manager.
 
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However, the way I see it is that McLaren can't afford to lose Hamilton. He is a very talented driver, a world champion and best of all : British. If they want to keep him, they must make unbeliavable progress until the end of the season and I can't see how this is going to happen.
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Do you really think his nationality has any actual importance? Would it make any difference if he was Portugese? No. He'd still be Lewis. As much as I hate the guy, he's a great driver and his nationality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
 
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Do you really think his nationality has any actual importance? Would it make any difference if he was Portugese? No. He'd still be Lewis. As much as I hate the guy, he's a great driver and his nationality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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This is McLaren. Having two British drivers was such a big marketing opportunity that they snapped up Button right quick after Brawn Mercedes dropped him to pursue their own big marketing opportunity of having two German drivers...

Obviously Mclaren will hire a fast driver, whatever nationality, if he can possibly get them a championship (Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Montoya, to name a few of the later ones), but to be able to have two British champions on the same team is something they'll want to milk for a long time.
 
I think a good point is the marketing drain on the drivers, both Jenson and Lewis could be getting fed up with Mclaren which asks more of it's drivers than Red Bull. It can have an effect on F1 drivers, Kimi left Ferarri probably in no small way due to this aspect of F1.
Red Bull are the dream team to drive for I think.
 
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Do you really think his nationality has any actual importance? Would it make any difference if he was Portugese? No. He'd still be Lewis. As much as I hate the guy, he's a great driver and his nationality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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No, it doesn't but...

niky
This is McLaren. Having two British drivers was such a big marketing opportunity that they snapped up Button right quick after Brawn Mercedes dropped him to pursue their own big marketing opportunity of having two German drivers...

Obviously Mclaren will hire a fast driver, whatever nationality, if he can possibly get them a championship (Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Montoya, to name a few of the later ones), but to be able to have two British champions on the same team is something they'll want to milk for a long time.
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And this explains why. Glad you got the point niky. ;)
 

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