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Lewis Hamilton

stevec - 8/4/07 at 04:52 PM

What a drive from the young man,

theconrodkid - 8/4/07 at 05:30 PM

must have been a doddle,he didnt even break sweat
i put money on him winning at least 1 race this year and being champ by 2009,he has a good car tho and determination.good luck to him

speedyxjs - 8/4/07 at 06:47 PM

I agree, he has lead both races so far and pulled some amazing moves this morning. Maybe if honda do something about their poo car, jenson could get up there aswell!

blakep82 - 8/4/07 at 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by speedyxjs
I agree, he has lead both races so far and pulled some amazing moves this morning. Maybe if honda do something about their poo car, jenson could get up there aswell!

I've always said jenson was rubbish... put him and lewis hamilton in the same car, hamilton would show him up i think.

matt_gsxr - 8/4/07 at 08:07 PM

Jenson never had a chance, they hardly ever used to talk to his dad.

Actually Mr Hamilton Snr must of had a great day when his son got that F1 drive, and he decided to do the right thing and travel the world with him. I can imagine the conversation in the office....

He seems really nice, lets hope for a happy ending.

Matt

ecosse - 8/4/07 at 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by blakep82

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Originally posted by speedyxjs
I agree, he has lead both races so far and pulled some amazing moves this morning. Maybe if honda do something about their poo car, jenson could get up there aswell!

I've always said jenson was rubbish... put him and lewis hamilton in the same car, hamilton would show him up i think.

Lewis is good for sure, way too early to say how good though, and I have to say that everyone seems to be forgeting how good the guy who won the race was

As for Jenson, it was only last year he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, amazing the difference a good/bad car can make to a reputation.

I also think Nico Rosberg, given the right car, could do as good a job as Hamilton, and could have done it last year too

(but I was a big fan of his old man so maybe a touch of the rose tints there

)

Cheers

Alex
PS
And DC would have beaten Webber if he wasn't using the locost version of an F1 pedalbox

RK - 9/4/07 at 02:41 AM

Button has always been overrated. So has DC. Villeneuve could've been better but I think his agent got in the way. But what do I know.

By the way, I have an autograph from Gilles Villeneuve from the British GP 1978 (Brands). Anybody have any idea what it's worth? I really have no idea.

Peteff - 9/4/07 at 09:40 AM

I'd be good if I'd been schooled from 10 years old by the team boss.

ecosse - 9/4/07 at 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by RK
Button has always been overrated. So has DC. Villeneuve could've been better but I think his agent got in the way. But what do I know.

By the way, I have an autograph from Gilles Villeneuve from the British GP 1978 (Brands). Anybody have any idea what it's worth? I really have no idea.

I actually think Button is better than he has shown to date (but would probably agree that he has been overrated by the press for years), and DC IMO is underrated not overrated

although I'll happily admit he is not the best qualifier.

Interesting point Pete, do you think Ron has been attempting the "my fair Lady" theory on LH?
If so, then it appears to have worked

but could it be done with just anyone?
Personally I doubt it, there has to be some talent there to start with, surely?

Cheers

Alex

02GF74 - 10/4/07 at 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by blakep82

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
I agree, he has lead both races so far and pulled some amazing moves this morning. Maybe if honda do something about their poo car, jenson could get up there aswell!

I've always said jenson was rubbish... put him and lewis hamilton in the same car, hamilton would show him up i think.

I don't think both will fit?

ChrisGamlin - 10/4/07 at 12:01 PM

Jenson has been over-hyped, but not over-rated. His problem has been that for the last few years he's been the only British driver who looked capable of winning anything in F1 so the press / ITV concentrated all their efforts on talking him up and seemingly trying to convince everyone he'll win the championship this year/next year etc, which some people believe, whilst it seems to evoke a reaction to shoot him down and criticise him in others.

None of that is his fault though, and Lewis is now getting exactly the same (if not more) hype from that same segment of the British media, but in a year or two's time if Mclaren drop off the pace a bit or Lewis has a bad race, the same will be said of him unfortunately.

Im sure exactly the same happens in other countries with their own drivers, we just don't see it so are less inclined to perceive a driver in such a way.

martyn_16v - 10/4/07 at 02:34 PM

There's a good p1sstake of the whole Lewis Hamilton media fawning in this months SniffPetrol

ecosse - 11/4/07 at 08:22 AM

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Originally posted by martyn_16v
There's a good p1sstake of the whole Lewis Hamilton media fawning in this months SniffPetrol

LOL...some good stuff there

Cheers

Alex