Driver of the day - British GP

Lewis by a country mile :up:

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Originally Posted by ioan

No, because he is stupid. That's my opinion about him. Maybe he'll get smarter when he'll grow up, but for now he lacks something between the ears.

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Then he is surely the driver of the day, taking into consideration how stupid he is, winning on a rainy day 68.5 seconds ahead of 2nd place Heidfeld and 82.2 seconds ahead of 3rd place Rubens, and even tough technically he didn´t lapped Rubens in the official results, 82.2 seconds ahead of Rubens is what makes me think Hamilton was the driver of the day.

What Rubens did was very impressive, and I like him a lot, and I´m not British, but I can´t choose Rubens as driver of the day when I see than on a rainy race Hamilton was 68.5 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.

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Originally Posted by ioan

I said Hamilton drove a good race, how is that belittling?! :rolleyes:

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He was talking about your criticism and belittling of Lewis in general,

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Originally Posted by ioan

No, because he is stupid. That's my opinion about him. Maybe he'll get smarter when he'll grow up, but for now he lacks something between the ears.

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:p

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Originally Posted by GridGirl

Thats complete and utter rubbish. I was at the race and when Barichello stepped up onto the podium he got by far the biggest cheer of the day. :)

Although Hamilton made a great start and had a great over take its still got to be Ruben's for me. Today's conditions were those where Rubens just exceeds everyones expectations. Unfortunately I doubt Rubens has got many more years in him and we wont get to see too many more drives like that from him in the future.

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no. it is not complete and utter rubbish... it's just partially

I think all three (LH, NH, RB) deserve a ten for this race. But I think RB's result is outstanding because that honda is one of the worst car on the grid. Some in here (most of them Hamilton's fans and British) give all the credit to Ross Brawn (British also). it seems it was Ruben's call in the tyre option also. (at least that's what I have been reading on this thread).

Okay so Hamilton had a very good race... why the need to underestimate RB's result?... this kind of attitude is pathetic and complete and utter rubbish

I hate LH but today he was very good. It's a shame though KR wasn't able to keep up after the first pit stop. Hamilton's race might have been a bit less brilliant and me a bit happier. :laugh:

Yeah, Rubens deserves a comment too. :p : His performance was very good, but I don't choose him as driver of the race instead of Hamilton simply because his performance was definetely flattered by extreme wets with which he lapped some 5-10 secs faster than anyone else at one phase of the race. If he had achieved P3 with driving inters throughout the race, I would certainly nominate him as DOTD over LH. Quite interesting that an "old dog" has achieved a podium for three races in a row (DC, JT, RB). P3 is a good payback for the unluck Rubens has suffered in the last years. :)

Anyway, it seems Button's poor performances may extend Barrichello's career for one more season. Again the Englishman was outqualified by the Brazilian and again crashed in wet conditions, which he seems to be doing way too often recently. RB is the man, who has been collecting the goods for Honda recently. And Honda - as usual - has capitalized on a wet race.

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Originally Posted by eu

Okay so Hamilton had a very good race... why the need to underestimate RB's result?... this kind of attitude is pathetic and complete and utter rubbish.

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No its not a pathetic attitude or complete and utter rubish... they just have their own personal opinion and you have yours.

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Originally Posted by eu

I think all three (LH, NH, RB) deserve a ten for this race. But I think RB's result is outstanding because that honda is one of the worst car on the grid. Some in here (most of them Hamilton's fans and British) give all the credit to Ross Brawn (British also). it seems it was Ruben's call in the tyre option also. (at least that's what I have been reading on this thread)

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100% agree...

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Originally Posted by eu

Okay so Hamilton had a very good race... why the need to underestimate RB's result?... this kind of attitude is pathetic and complete and utter rubbish

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So which is more difficult car to drive? A bad car on full wets on wet track or good car on inters on wet track?

In wet conditions there's more emphasis on mechanical grip and tyres.

Rubens was on the correct tyres (full wets) at the correct time when it was pouring with rain. At one point he was 10s a lap faster than Hamilton who was on inters and made minor mistakes compared to most of his rivals who stayed out on inters and spun and flew off the track.

Even Rubens admitted he spun off the track when he pitted.

Hamilton. Why? Becasue he was only a couple of seconds slower than Rubens when on the wrong tyres and 5 seconds faster than anyone else, thats a huge advantage that we havnt seen from one driver over the field for a very long time. Rubens drove brilliantly and made the best of the right strategy call, when almost no one else did (not sure what happened to Button to drop behind Rubens or after he went off at Bridge because we never saw the car stop).

Heidfeldt gave the overtacking move of the year, and then did it again 20 laps later, but was over a minute behind Hamilton, normally a McLaren would be lucky to get 20 seconds a BMW.

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Originally Posted by DezinerPaul

There is a valid point here, regarding McLaren fans. Now I am aware that it is wrong to generalize, however there is not another option. McLaren fans, never give another driver credit, unless he is British (yes it seems as though most McLaren fans are British). They always have an excuse, blame Ferrari and or the FIA/Max. In other words, Hamilton/McLaren fans are the worst sports. Maybe it comes from the extreme jealousy they had for the greatest of them all, Michael Schumacher and what he did in making Ferrari the greatest team ever.

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Interesting use of the word 'always' here. Unless some proof can be offered to show that every single person who admires Lewis Hamilton as an F1 driver has never given credit to any other driver, I think the above comments are unnecessary.

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Originally Posted by jens

Quite interesting that an "old dog" has achieved a podium for three races in a row (DC, JT, RB). P3 is a good payback for the unluck Rubens has suffered in the last years. :)

Anyway, it seems Button's poor performances may extend Barrichello's career for one more season. Again the Englishman was outqualified by the Brazilian and again crashed in wet conditions, which he seems to be doing way too often recently. RB is the man, who has been collecting the goods for Honda recently. And Honda - as usual - has capitalized on a wet race.

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Absolutely right. :up:

I think Button seems demoralised. Of the other Brits, even Coulthard has gained more attention from his performances this year — yes, most of it hasn't been positive, but at least he's got a podium! I'm not writing Button off (far from it) but his run of poor results this year can't be the best thing for his morale.