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Stirling Moss on Hamilton and Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton has a new challenge at Mercedes and he'll be following in the footsteps of a legend. Sir Stirling Moss gives Kevin Turner his views on the move and recalls his own time at the Three Pointed Star

So, can Lewis Hamilton come out of McLaren's shadow and lead the Mercedes team to grand prix glory? That's one of the big Formula 1 questions of 2013.

Hamilton's move away from the Woking squad is more about breaking out of the 'family' he was part of for over a decade than it is about finding a more competitive package. Recent history has shown that McLaren can normally be relied upon to produce a title-contending car, and only bad luck and unreliability kept Hamilton out of the championship fight last year.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.