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      11-09-2019, 03:38 AM   #135
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Originally Posted by hellrotm View Post
Guess I miss understood your post above.
I don't think so...People who actually followed F1 at the time watched Hamilton take a gamble on Mercedes being able to produce a winning car under the new regs. The same gamble that backfired so badly for Alonso (with McLaren/Honda).
No one thought McLaren was in decline when the decision was made.
He took the risk and it paid off, it could just have easily gone tits up instead.
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