Formula One: ‘Hamilton did not move for money’

LONDON: Motivation, not money, was the main reason Lewis Hamilton confirmed he was to leave McLaren for Mercedes next year. That became clear in the aftermath of the news that he has signed for fellow-Briton Ross Brawn’s Brackley-based team and was turning his back on the outfit that had nurtured his career since he was 13 years old. Mercedes team chief Brawn said the ‘silver arrows’ did not break the bank to secure Hamilton’s switch from McLaren. “I think for Lewis, the attraction was being part of that building structure, the creation of the team,” said Brawn. “Not walking into a ready formed, successful package.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 30^th, 2012.