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Hamilton describes move to Mercedes as 'pivotal moment'
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08/09/2024 at 16:0808/09/2024 at 13:31 Lewis Hamilton has been talking about the defining moment of his career in motorsport, which he believes was when he decided to leave McLaren and move to the struggling Mercedes team for 2013. Hamilton had been a McLaren protege even before being promoted to the F1 grid by Ron Dennis after clinching the GP2 (now F2) title in 2006. He was runner up in his rookie season and clinched his first F1 drivers title in 2008. Hamilton was still at Woking in 2012 and looked like the consummate lifelong company man when he made the shock decision to quit McLaren and join Mercedes, which at the time had only been competing for three...
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