Lewis Hamilton vs Michael Schumacher: 5 common things between the F1 Legends

Both Lewis and Schumacher competed against each other in 3 seasons

#5 Moved from race-winning to Midfield team and won multiple championships with them

With the plight that plagues Maranello, no one expected this to be a marriage made in heaven

There is one clear and distinct pattern though for both the legends and that's around their legacy getting determined by one big career move. Schumacher was a part of the dual championship winning team in Bennetton with Everything in the perfect place. The car had good pace and the team management was doing a great job themselves.

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It was at this juncture that Schumacher decided to move to a sleeping giant in the form of Ferrari that no one ever gave a chance at that stage. They hadn't won a title in decades and the house was not in order at all. To his credit, Schumacher went on to win 5 championships with the Scuderia and pretty much made Ferrari what they are still to this day.

Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, followed a similar route by moving to a relative newcomer in Mercedes from a championship winning team in McLaren and has already notched up 4 world titles with them. It was this ability to sniff out the potential in teams that separated these legends from the rest of the field.

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