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I think these stats are pretty interesting after Lewis got quite some backlash last year for not performing as some expected. Honestly I think at this point Russell has proven himself a solid driver and this just then goes to show Lewis is still on his game. I hope Lewis stays around long enough for this pair to battle it out for a while yet especially in a more competitive car, that would be interesting to see.

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Lewis’ stats were subpar last year because the team used him as the setup Guinea pig since he had far better/more feedback experience. No point testing setups on George who wouldn’t know what the top car is supposed to feel like anyway

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Oh that’s interesting I hadn’t heard about that before but it makes a lot of sense.

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Not that I don’t believe you, but I heard this take elsewhere as well. Is there any “source” for this I can read?

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There’s not a ton out there, but toto did comment on it early last season.

https://www.racefans.net/2022/06/11/hamiltons-recent-deficit-to-russell-is-due-to-set-up-experiments-says-wolff/

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The way it’s painted, it looks like having DNFs is a good thing.

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