“Should Have Copyrighted It”: Lewis Hamilton Grieves Over F1 Machinery Others Have Blatantly Copied

Lewis Hamilton, often known as the seven-time world champion or the Mercedes star has taken the world by storm with his impeccable driving talent. However, the Silver Arrows ace is also known for his creativity, which a lot of people aren’t aware of.

Hamilton shared that he showed his creativity on the racing wheel, which he customized while he also got the cockpit seat recreated according to his choice. The Briton also shared that he regrets not having it copyrighted.

As per CNA Luxury, talking about this, the seven-time world champion conveyed, “What a lot of people don’t actually know is that I re-designed the steering wheel when I was at McLaren. And when I came to Mercedes, I did the same thing, and the other teams have all copied the wheel.”

“All the old wheels used to be circular. Now, you’ll see there’s a top and the handle comes down and it doesn’t join at the bottom. I should have copyrighted it. This is something I’m really proud of; I really love working on the ergonomics of the car”

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Lewis Hamilton knows what he wants in his car next year

As the 2022 F1 driver’s title has already gone to Max Verstappen, Hamilton knows what he wants for the next season in his car. As it hardly makes sense to further develop the car this season, it seems fine for the driver as well as the engineers to put all the efforts into next year.

Talking about this, the Mercedes man shared, “I know exactly what I want in the car for next year that fundamentally things can’t change, that are too big to change here with a cost cap this year, so I’m able to, ahead of time, say these are the things I want in next year’s car”

After narrowly missing out on the championship last year at Abu Dhabi, Lewis Hamilton expected to make a comeback and break Michael Schumacher’s record of seven F1 world titles in 2022.

However, things didn’t turn out the way he expected, as the Silver Arrows were the third-best team in the sport behind Red Bull and Ferrari. Without a win since Saudi Arabia last year, the 37-year-old is currently in P6 in the driver’s championship with 180 points.

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Hamilton trails his teammate George Russell by 27 points and championship winner Max Verstappen by 186 points. The former McLaren driver picked up six podiums in the 2022 F1 season. French and Hungarian Grand Prix fetched the best results for him as he finished in P2 in both races.