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'Hamilton had a eureka moment in 2012'

What makes someone a champion? Mark Temple, Lewis Hamilton's former engineer at McLaren, talks about the Brit's early years in the sport and how he had an 'eureka' moment in 2012. Temple has been with the team since 2003. Nowadays he works for the British team as head of development. He tells how Hamilton's 'eureka' moment came about in 2012 - one year after Pirelli became the sport's only tyre supplier and four years after Hamilton's first world title. "When Pirelli passed in 2011, it changed the way you had to drive enormously," explains Temple in the F1 Nation Podcast. "Lewis thought it was a weird idea to drive slower in order to go as fast as possible. Apart from that...
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