It is the inescapable question that has followed Formula One for five years. As the cars line up for this weekend’s season opener in Bahrain, all anyone can ask is: Just how do you beat Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes?. ‘The other thing that can beat Lewis and Mercedes are Lewis and Mercedes.’. ‘I don’t think Lewis will want to hang around if he doesn’t see the opportunity of being in the fight for winning races. ‘I don’t necessarily think he wants the most dominant car, I just think he wants to know he can win races and he knows he can win championships if he can get that car.’. Mercedes, it is an evolution year, they haven’t got a pup on their hands.

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