Lewis Hamilton’ ex-teammate labels him as the ‘greatest natural talent’ F1 has ever seen
Ex-Mercedes driver has showered huge praise on Lewis Hamilton ahead of his final race with the Brackley-based team.
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Lewis Hamilton is competing in his last race for Mercedes at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP. He has been making his trade with the Brackley-based outfit since 2013 and ahead of the main 58-lap race, his ex-teammate Nico Rosberg has showered huge praise on him.
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were teammates at Mercedes from 2013 to 2016. In their final season together, the former managed to win the drivers’ championship, after which, he called it quits at the pinnacle of motor racing.
Rosberg feels that there has never been a special talent like Hamilton ever in the history of F1.
He certainly has one of, or maybe the greatest natural talent the sport has ever seen, yeah. It’s just unbelievable, and there’s so many occasions where we have the same car, we go out, we come in and you look at the data what he has done with that car, it’s just like, that’s not even human!!
Nico Rosberg via Sky Sports F1
Usually I don’t care about what he says but when he praises Lewis he’s always right https://t.co/xJ8IMXlgE5
— Rashi (@HAMazingLew) December 8, 2024
The 2016 F1 world champion has left no stone unturned in applauding the prolific Brit. After the ongoing Abu Dhabi GP weekend, Hamilton will move to Maranello in hopes of amassing the record-breaking eighth world championship from 2025 onwards.
Lewis Hamilton wanted to get a podium in the upcoming Abu Dhabi GP
While Nico Rosberg has showered praise on Lewis Hamilton, the latter’s Q1 exit in qualifying means that he’ll start the race from the south end. In the quali session, Hamilton had high hopes of making it into Q3 to have a chance at the podium in the 58-lap race.
Every day and more than ever I’ve just tried to be really present, just trying to take it in because it’s the last time we will be racing and driving in Silver Arrows and it’s all my wins, all my success through my life. So every moment is a special moment, and I would have loved to get a podium for the guys this weekend and it just didn’t work out.
Lewis Hamilton via BBC
Hamilton is bringing a glorious chapter of his career to a close at the Abu Dhabi GP. He has amassed six world championships with the Toto Wolff-led team, and they are also the most successful driver-team pairing in the history of the sport.
Keeping this in view, it is going to be fascinating to see how his stint will pan out at Ferrari from next year onwards. Expectations will be extremely high from the seven-time world champion at the Maranello-based team.
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