Former F1 engineer Sam Michael revealed there is one other driver he worked with who shared the same 'natural talent' as Lewis Hamilton. The driver in question being Heinz-Harald Frentzen. LewisHamilton Formula1 f1
Former F1 engineer Sam Michael has revealed Heinz-Harald Frentzen displayed the same natural raw ability as Lewis Hamilton.
Frentzen had been a star of Mercedes’ sportscar programme alongside Michael Schumacher but, while Schumacher made an immediate impact on F1 and won two World titles early on, Frentzen struggled to make a name for himself as he joined Sauber in the mid-90s. A move to World Champions Williams for 1997 looked set to propel him into the limelight, but Frentzen struggled to cope with the environment at Grove, and failed to match the performances of teammate Jacques Villeneuve.
“I think that the race performances were also everything. There’s the whole package in terms of driving ability. So, if you focused on talent, they’re pretty much getting that in qualifying and the race.” “The set-ups were very extreme, almost to the point where you knew it wasn’t going to work. But the thing that I noticed was Heinz could drive these set-ups, for a start that in itself was impressive.
With Frentzen securing third in the championship in what was Jordan’s most successful season in the sport, neither he nor the team were ever able to match those highs again. The 2000 car was less reliable, while Frentzen struggled for authority alongside new teammate Jarno Trulli. By mid-2001, Frentzen’s relationship with Jordan had deteriorated, and Frentzen was unceremoniously dumped from the driver line-up by season end.
“All those things stack up to make a total driver. Although I never worked with him you’d have to look at someone like Michael [Schumacher], because he was on the opposite side of the fence. He was pretty much ticking all the boxes in that regard. In the early years, it was Michael and Heinz and Karl Wendlinger, who were the three main superstars out of the Mercedes sports car program.
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