Lewis Hamilton said there is only one person who he argues with at Mercedes when it comes to the pursuit of performance, that being trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton always argues with Andrew Shovlin.

F1 2023 has been a further season of frustration for the Mercedes team, their ambitions of returning to the title scene fading fast.

The eight-time Constructors’ champions decided after the opening round in Bahrain to ditch their unique ‘zero-pod concept’, their campaign descending into a battle with Ferrari to claim a distant P2 in the standings while Red Bull dominate.

Lewis Hamilton always arguing with Andrew Shovlin

Hamilton dished out some stern criticism of his Mercedes team in the early stages of F1 2023, claiming his input for the W14 had not been listened to.

But, in the quest for performance gains, he revealed that he often ends up clashing with Shovlin, who will tell him: “You’re not always right.”

In fairness, Hamilton says that often ends up proving to be true.

“One of my engineers, Shov, will say, ‘You’re not always right, right. You’ve just got to accept that you’re not always right,’” the Express quotes Hamilton as having told Esporte na Band.

“And that’s one of the things that I struggle with. I argue and argue and argue, but then I’ll say, ‘Yep, okay. You were right.’”