Hamilton is yet to sign a new contract with Mercedes, but Moss believes the two-time champion would be right to stay put rather than succumb to the overtures of Ferrari.
Hamilton with Sir Jackie Stewart on the podium after the Bahrain Grand Prix
Moss also said he was astounded by at the comparison between his 1955 Mercedes and Hamilton’s championship-winning car from last season.
“He showed me his steering wheel – it’s got all these different buttons on it – and I wouldn’t have a clue how to drive it,” Moss, the best driver never to win the F1 world championship, added. “Each of them must be doing something, but I’ve no idea which does which. He’s tweaking them all the time – there’s 32 of them.”
Moss has always been an avowed believer in the need for danger in Formula One, criticising both the current cars and the circuits at his book launch in London on Thursday morning. He described the circuits as “emasculating” and argued the cars need a radical increase in power while limiting the amount of downforce.
“I’ve spoken to Bernie [Ecclestone] and I’ve told I’m in favour of the 1000 horsepower idea, but they need to get rid of the downforce too. I think if they did that they wouldn’t need anything else. The cars would be so alive; I think you would have to be fairly cautious. As far as I know when you put your foot down it doesn’t destabilise the cars too much, but back in my time it caused a real problem.”