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As newly crowned world champion, Lewis Hamilton occupied the spotlight with his promotional tour of television and radio stations last week. Meanwhile, in a quiet pub near Brackley, one of the principal architects of Mercedes' dominance bade farewell to the team without anywhere near as much fanfare.
Technical director Bob Bell's leaving do was a low-profile affair, but few in the team would deny the huge contribution he had made in helping turn the W05 Hybrid into the dominant machine that allowed Hamilton to triumph in the first place.
Bell is no stranger to success with a turbo car. He was an aerodynamicist with McLaren during that brilliant 1988 campaign - which means during the past two turbo seasons his cars have won 31 out of 35 races. Talk about a good hit rate...
