Andrew Shovlin will have excellent memories of Lewis Hamilton after the Briton's 12 seasons with Mercedes F1. The director of track engineering praises the motivation that has spread throughout the team thanks to the driver who will now join Ferrari.
“There are no other drivers like him, so we can say that he is unique from that point of view” Shovlin acknowledges. “He's a pleasure to work with. He's determined to succeed, as we all are, and in a team, that's what you ask of everyone.”
“But Lewis has his own phobia of defeat that drives his work ethic. And that's great, because when you have a driver who brings that to the team, he's always pushing, he's always wanting to win. improve. And that brings a lot of energy to the team.”
If Shovlin has seen all drivers want to win at all costs, he has never seen such determination in another driver, compared to that which defeat provokes in Hamilton: “He’s the only pilot I’ve worked with where this manifests itself to this degree.”
“No good driver likes to lose, they all hate it. It's completely normal. It's the work and the worry that it triggers in Lewis that I think sets them apart from most others.”
