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Emperor said:... We've seen that Heikki although a good driver, isn't cut out to drive a top car.
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ezzie said:
Ferrari has been inconsistent this year and were somewhat behind in the championship last year before McLaren was disqualified. The main reason for their success in recent years has been the formidable combination of Schumacher, Ross Brawn and Jean Todt. Without these men, they have shown fallibility.
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John H said:
Would really like to see Button in the 2nd McLaren... that would be a truly British 'dreamteam'....apart trom the German engine of course..
Button's too good a driver to be languishing at the back of the grid.
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Emperor said:
What a bunch or bullocks. Hamilton has had it tough this season and have thought incredibly hard for all his victories. Safety car was deployed in Australia, Monaco, Silverstone and now in Hockenheim. Heck the SC came out in Canada and led to his collision with Kimi. So stop making it seem like Hamilton has cruised his Benz to victory in an easy manner. Just look at hos hard he worked for a podium finish in Barcelona during the period when the F2008 was untouchable.
Hamilton is a fighter, a very determined driver and have demonstrated more versatility in driving more than any other driver on the grid. I've barely seen Massa and Kimi do any overtakings. Everytime they've won it's been an easy parade from start to finish.
Maclaren are delighted to have Hamilton as a driver because he does what any team wants a top driver to do, which is take full advantage of the car. We've seen that Heikki although a good driver, isn't cut out to drive a top car.
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Dr. Phil said:
Quote from F1.com:
Hamilton: "I nailed it this afternoon: when the team told me I had to build a 23-second gap in just seven laps".
23 seconds in 7 laps = 3.3 seconds faster than the rest pr. lap.
Yeah, that is very possible just by driving well. LOL!
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Emperor said:
What a bunch or bullocks. Hamilton has had it tough this season and have thought incredibly hard for all his victories. Safety car was deployed in Australia, Monaco, Silverstone and now in Hockenheim. Heck the SC came out in Canada and led to his collision with Kimi. So stop making it seem like Hamilton has cruised his Benz to victory in an easy manner. Just look at hos hard he worked for a podium finish in Barcelona during the period when the F2008 was untouchable.
Hamilton is a fighter, a very determined driver and have demonstrated more versatility in driving more than any other driver on the grid. I've barely seen Massa and Kimi do any overtakings. Everytime they've won it's been an easy parade from start to finish.
Maclaren are delighted to have Hamilton as a driver because he does what any team wants a top driver to do, which is take full advantage of the car. We've seen that Heikki although a good driver, isn't cut out to drive a top car.
Like I said:
"I am sure that every blue-eyed, British Hamilton fan will lynch me for this.."
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Dr. Phil said:
Quote from F1.com:
Hamilton: "I nailed it this afternoon: when the team told me I had to build a 23-second gap in just seven laps".
23 seconds in 7 laps = 3.3 seconds faster than the rest pr. lap.
Yeah, that is very possible just by driving well. LOL!
His whole wording was that indeed the team told him to build a lead of 23 secs. in 7 laps and that it was impossible, I am pretty sure it is what he said and it must be quite easy to find it.
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Dr. Phil said:
Quote from F1.com:
Hamilton: "I nailed it this afternoon: when the team told me I had to build a 23-second gap in just seven laps".
23 seconds in 7 laps = 3.3 seconds faster than the rest pr. lap.
Yeah, that is very possible just by driving well. LOL!
His whole wording was that indeed the team told him to build a lead of 23 secs. in 7 laps and that it was impossible, I am pretty sure it is what he said and it must be quite easy to find it.
It WAS easy to find.
My post was an exact quote of Hamiltons remark from F1.com.
This is why I claim somthing is wrong, if you can "nail" a 23 seconds lead in 7 laps. Noone takes 3.3 secs PER LAP from the competition without something being wrong.
...or perhaps Hamilton simply exaggerated his own achievement. Who knows.
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Gladstone said:
Perhaps F1.com took it out of context.
At any rate that was the gap he would have needed to still be in the lead after his last pit stop. That did not happen.
He came out fourth after his last pit.
He never built up 3.3 secs per lap.
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ezzie said:
Indeed that's what he said, though his meaning was that he was 'told' he needed to make up 23 seconds gap in 7 laps. In the end he made around 15 seconds in those 7 laps, 4 of which came from the restart alone, so in effect, 11 seconds in 7 laps.
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ezzie said:
Regardless of Hamilton's merits, no one deserved the win more yesterday. He qualified on pole and had built up a lead during the first half of the race. He compensated for the team not calling him in with the others, then overtook one of his main championship rivals on his way to regain the lead. He may have had the best car but he did drive it flawlessly while his main rivals made mistakes.
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ezzie said:
Indeed that's what he said, though his meaning was that he was 'told' he needed to make up 23 seconds gap in 7 laps. In the end he made around 15 seconds in those 7 laps, 4 of which came from the restart alone, so in effect, 11 seconds in 7 laps.
That could be quite right. The fact is he said "I nailed it."
I.e. "I did what they wanted me to do".
Here is the link: (selected driver quotes)
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8126.html
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ADias said:
Notice his Piquet overtaking - totally reckless. In the old days he would have been penalized. These days anything goes in the F1 circus. Not much of a Sport anymore.
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throt said:
Fantastic drive by Hamilton . MS retired just at the right time
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Ziggy said:Quote:
Dr. Phil said:
Quote from F1.com:
Hamilton: "I nailed it this afternoon: when the team told me I had to build a 23-second gap in just seven laps".
23 seconds in 7 laps = 3.3 seconds faster than the rest pr. lap.
Yeah, that is very possible just by driving well. LOL!
His whole wording was that indeed the team told him to build a lead of 23 secs. in 7 laps and that it was impossible, I am pretty sure it is what he said and it must be quite easy to find it.
It was a fantastic driving of Lewis Hamilton, even though Mclaren once again screwed up the race strategy.
After a difficult start of the season he seemed to be fully focused again now and to have got rid of his team-mate treat.
He is the man of the race IMHO, together with Sebastien Vettel.
Massa. though not one of the greatest in the likes of Hamilton/Alonso/Raikhonen IMHO, has been a strong and quite consistent performer this year excepting his totally inaceptable race in Silverstone. With hindsight I would even say the same refering to his 2.5-year tenure at Maranello.
I must say I have been quite disappointed by Kimi and Fernando showing for the last 3 races.
Kimi is clearly not the true successor of M. Schumacher, in fact he does not show this year the brillance one expects from a world-champion. This w.e. he said he could not find the optimal set-up but it is not an excuse, he must be able to correctly set up his car by now and for e.g. I did not often heard this kind of declaration from M. Schumacher.
As for Fernando, sure he does not drive one of the fastest cars and he shows amazing pace in qualifying, nevertheless he makes far too many mistakes for someone with his credentials:
- several stupide mistakes in Monaco, particularly his overtaking move against Heidfeld
- in Montreal hit the wall
- in Hockenheim spinned.
When I see their relatively "average" showing and compare with the Shumacher's area when he was in a league of its own, I wonder if it is due to the fact that we have a group of "only" good leading drivers or that we do not have a one and only driver above the others but several ones?
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