In our second episode of Chain Reaction, we look at how a driver swap in the 1990s kickstarted a chain of events which culminated in Lewis Hamilton winning his first ever World Championship in 2008!

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  1. The correct driver swap is Nigel Mansell to McLaren, 1995. A move so bad that Ron Dennis, after getting burned on picking an ex-champion, chose to form a young driver programme…which would go on to pick up Lewis Hamilton.

  2. Every time a Nascar fan says Kyle Larson is the “best versatile driver in the world”, I can’t help but think Larson isn’t even the best versatile driver to have run the 42 Target car. That title only belongs to JPM 🐐

  3. Laughable to think of Montoya as a title contender. It was never likely nor ever looked it. Unless titles are decided on by one ballsy overtaking manouvre.

  4. Wow, many things became clearer to me now, knowing how Hamilton was drafted quickly into F1 and many drivers today couldn't replicate that,they need many more years to be ready, even when they won the GP2 like Lewis.
    Hamilton is different.

  5. What a great video, well done F1. More of short documentaries from the history please. I love the privateer era of F1 with frank wlliams, bernie ecclestone, ron dennis, flavio briatore etc peppered with legendary drivers and forgotten greats like alan jones

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