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Whiny Lewis Hamilton’s Alleged “Moaning” About Mercedes’ Issues Justified by F1 Veteran: “Can Be Very Disorientating”

Published 04/19/2023, 11:00 AM EDT

Lewis Hamilton finds himself at a very strange place in his Formula 1 career. He’s always been a polarizing figure within the Formula 1 paddock. However, back then, he was winning it all and could silence his haters with his performances on the track. That being said, ever since 2022, he’s been languishing in the upper echelons of the midfield due to Mercedes dropping the ball. Hence, every time the 7x champion tries to communicate something he doesn’t like, he’s liable to be tagged as a sore loser.

Recently, the Brit came out with a few comments about how the W14 has an added disadvantage to its obvious lack of optimization. For Hamilton, the W14 is a tricky beast to tame, however, a bulk of the blame goes to a peculiar problem he has with his car; his race seat.

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Hamilton was quoted as saying, “I don’t know if people know, but we sit closer to the front wheels than all the other drivers. Our cockpit is too close to the front. When you’re driving, you feel like you’re sitting on the front wheels, which is one of the worst feelings to feel when you’re driving a car.”

He has caught a lot of flak for it, too. But on a recent episode of the Lift the Lid podcast, ex-Benetton driver Johnny Herbert explained, “Sitting on the front wheels, what does that mean? Some people might, you know, say he’s moaning. But, I have to say, it, it can be very disorientating sometimes when you’re positioned.”

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Herbert’s comments come as a breath of fresh air amongst all the criticism Hamilton’s been receiving.

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Herbert, an ex-racing driver, seems to understand where the Brit is coming from when he says that the seating position of the W14 is causing him major grief. However, other paddock insiders don’t really see eye-to-eye with Herbert on this issue.

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Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz isn’t convinced by Hamilton’s claims. He explained, “I’m not sure because at the beginning of testing we had a special guest, Mike Elliott. I had all these ideas about the Mercedes and I put them to Mike, and he said ‘no’. One of them was, I said have you moved the cockpit forward because there’s something online, I can’t remember what it was, so I said have you moved the cockpit forward. He said, ‘no’.”

“So I’m all a bit confused.”

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 500 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports.

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Varunkumaar Chelladurai

Whiny Lewis Hamilton’s Alleged “Moaning” About Mercedes’ Issues Justified by F1 Veteran: “Can Be Very Disorientating”

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