Driver of the day - British GP

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Originally Posted by jarrambide

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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Nice to see some pure common sense from a proper enthusiast.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

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.

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Jense has been a nearly man and, like Webber, seems to have acheived less than his talent would suggest. I thought that the rain today and no TC would play into his smooth driving style but it wasn't to be. I still think that he deserves a seat and has potential but soon he's going to be an old boy :p :

He still seems to have a smile on his face but I think that the best thing he could do is try and get a drive elsewhere, that Honda has been promising for years but ultimately has lacked the development that we've seen at BMW and even RBR.








(IMO ;) )

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

Jense has been a nearly man and, like Webber, seems to have acheived less than his talent would suggest. I thought that the rain today and no TC would play into his smooth driving style but it wasn't to be. I still think that he deserves a seat and has potential but soon he's going to be an old boy :p :

He still seems to have a smile on his face but I think that the best thing he could do is try and get a drive elsewhere, that Honda has been promising for years but ultimately has lacked the development that we've seen at BMW and even RBR.








(IMO ;) )

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It's basically MO too! ;)

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Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo

Jense has been a nearly man and, like Webber, seems to have acheived less than his talent would suggest. I thought that the rain today and no TC would play into his smooth driving style but it wasn't to be. I still think that he deserves a seat and has potential but soon he's going to be an old boy :p :

He still seems to have a smile on his face but I think that the best thing he could do is try and get a drive elsewhere, that Honda has been promising for years but ultimately has lacked the development that we've seen at BMW and even RBR.








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From what I've seen, Jensons been a bit faster than Rubens in the races all year (and usually less than a tenth behind in qualy as well, though I dont know why that is) but has been on a streek of bad luck recently (caught the back of Heidfeldt in Monaco, Gearbox problems in Canada etc). Apparently he hit standing water at Bridge and that makes a passanger out of everyone.

As for going somwhere else, I dont see the point. The Hondas were just on the edge of the top 10 early in the year but havnt had much development since, with everything going into next years car (huge rule changes could mean they can make a big leap), as Brawn said they would at the start of the year.

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Originally Posted by Sleeper

As for going somwhere else, I dont see the point. The Hondas were just on the edge of the top 10 early in the year but havnt had much development since, with everything going into next years car (huge rule changes could mean they can make a big leap), as Brawn said they would at the start of the year.

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Very fair point, though, as with Toyota, I'll truly believe this progress when I see it and see it consistently.

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Originally Posted by Sleeper

From what I've seen, Jensons been a bit faster than Rubens in the races all year (and usually less than a tenth behind in qualy as well, though I dont know why that is) but has been on a streek of bad luck recently (caught the back of Heidfeldt in Monaco, Gearbox problems in Canada etc). Apparently he hit standing water at Bridge and that makes a passanger out of everyone.

As for going somwhere else, I dont see the point. The Hondas were just on the edge of the top 10 early in the year but havnt had much development since, with everything going into next years car (huge rule changes could mean they can make a big leap), as Brawn said they would at the start of the year.

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Honda have been coming back with a bigger and better car for years and years but I'm yet to see one that's capable of winning regularly. Meanwhile we've seen Sauber transformed into BMW and pretty much in the hunt for podiums in most races. This is a team that was in the same position as Honda not so long ago. For my money RBR would seems a better bet at the minute but then I'm not wise to the whys, wherefores and whathaveyous of F1 employment and development.

I tend to base my Driver of the Day vote on who managed to achieve the most with the least expectations of doing so. I've got to go with Rubens on this one. You can bet Honda is happy with him today.

Barrichello is the driver of the day. 16th to 3rd despite pitstop problems and judged the conditions perfectly.

Hamilton made virtually no mistakes on a day when everyone was on and off the track and was easily the fastest overall but I think his race was significantly easier to accomplish than Barrichellos.

Heidfeld was brilliant at overtaking but should have been closer to Hamilton than he was as a McLaren should not be on average a second faster than a BMW.

Alonso was the only other one I was really impressed with but the strategy and tyre wear cost him places in a race when he was one of the fastest and had few, if any off track moments.

how possible was for Hamilton to kick everyone's butt on the rain? quite possible
how possible was for a Honda to finish on a podium, even on rain? not so possible

but as Hamilton did a perfect race, I split my vote between him and Barrichello

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

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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If you read the start of the comment, I did say that it is not fair to generalize, that meant that the statement should have read "as a rule" not always!