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Mercedes’ ‘Brackley Boys’ on 20 years of racing with Button, Schumacher, Rosberg and Hamilton

F1: Beyond The Grid

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The Importance of Character Building

In the second year, I think we'd finished fifth in the championship. We were tied on points with Benetton who finished fourth. It's a formula one harder now than it was back then. Work wise hours, I think it's easier. But the testing then back then was the killer. You were testing all the time and there was no curfew. Every night you were there till very late and getting five, six hours sleep. Nobody would want to go back to that. Flipping hard work, but it was a really interesting challenge.

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