OK, so as we approach what many consider a pivotal part of the season, the Spanish GP, I can't help but reflect on our very recent past. At the very sharp end, we have a pair of team-mates in a persistent state of lovey-doveyness (yes, making up words as I go)..Lewis and Nico…and I understand the work and results from two drivers pushing the team forward but, enough! I think it's time Lewis stop sharing his data and setup info with Nico's side of the garage. After all, this is competitive sport with the best man winning. If Lewis is better at identifying the strengths of the car and how to set it up…if he's better at going faster while using less tyre and petrol…if he's winning races under duress or on the trot, he's the best man. And he's not asking for it to be handed to him, he's working for it. Why would you want to have one driver so locked in, putting in the work…leading, and the other just saying, since I can't get any of this quite right, just give me my team-mate's bits and I'll use it to bring results and be a hero? It's like one student totally focusing in class, asking all kinds of questions, doing extra assignments and being totally engaged, studying and then showing up on the big test day just to have the guy next to him who is not completely prepared say "I'll just take your answers for that
A, thank you very much."
Goes without saying that I don't subscribe to the theory that it takes both drivers in concert to push the team forward
if they are both already good and the car is good. Look back to the Michael/Rubens, Sebastien/Mark era. You can have one dominant driver and bring home both Championships. I think at this point of the Championship where it has been established that the season's race will be between the Mercedes-AMG pair, it should be a pure fight…all about ability, knowledge and your individual effort. It is my view that Lewis should be allowed to hold his cards close to the vest and skin them when they matter most. If Nico is as good as
he believes, let him prove it…do his own work and truly earn the WDC.
I'm very curious what you lot think of all this.
Are we having fun yet?
what a finely balanced ship we sail.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
