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Hamilton: 'I'm my own man now'
Lewis Hamilton has described Ron Dennis as 'The Godfather' of McLaren in a wide-ranging interview detailing the 2008 World Champion's new-found freedom at Mercedes.Hamilton's decision to leave McLaren at the end of last season marked the termination of a decade-long relationship. Having been groomed for F1 from boyhood by his former mentor Dennis, Hamilton has likened his departure as a bid for freedom which has finally seen him become his own man at Mercedes.
"At McLaren, Ron is the Godfather. Naturally there does come that power. I don't know if it's about fear but there were definitely parallels," Hamilton told The Daily Mirror.
"I have been in a very controlled...
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