While we totally accept that our reaction to Lewis Hamilton's announcement in 2012 that he was to join Mercedes the following season was wrong - boy was it wrong - we do not believe for a moment that a similar move to Ferrari any time soon would be equally inspired and successful and that another generous helping of Humble Pie was the order of the day. While the Briton's first season at Brackley built further on the basic groundwork done by Ross Brawn, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, it was with the introduction of the hybrid formula in 2014 when the stars truly aligned. Of the 121 races held in the hybrid era thus far, Mercedes has won 89 (73.6%), and Hamilton 68 (51.2%). The word...
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