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Cannot stand Hamilton, at any time, he is a jerk, loud mouth and an airhead. However at days end, he won, that make him driver of the day. His team adapted best to the adverse conditions. If the question was who is the best driver, well that is a different question, it is who was the man on the day, it was Airhead Hamilton!
But at the wettest part of the Grand Prix I think Hamilton was on inters, whereas Rubens was on full wets. It must have been harder at that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeall
A lot of people had good races in tricky conditions (Heidfeld, Webber till he started spinning a lot, Rubens) and some did pretty well even after some weird tactics (Alonso, Kimi) but surely it was a master-class of driving in the wet and under pressure from Lewis Hamilton.
He was the chump in Canada but drove like a champ at Silverstone.
I can't stand his smugness and the fan-boyism around him but he was the driver of the day.
Massa looked the chump today and Heikki should have done better!
Well the questio is exactly who was the DRIVER of the race!Quote:
Originally Posted by DezinerPaul
That's the very point that Ross Brawn made - Hamilton's pace on the inters when wets were the tyres to have was very impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
But what does Ross know :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
I just wonder why some of the other teams near the back didn't change when they saw how quick Honda were?
Not taking anything away from Rubins (and I am a Honda fan as well) as he had a superb result but it WAS due to strategy and tyres where Lewis was exceptional on Inters and drove through their limitations. It reminds me of another driver that used to make slicks pay off for him when others jumped onto wets ;)
Barrichello's podium was a welcome and refreshing sight, and it was apparently his call to switch to wets. Sure he had less to lose, starting from 16th, but it was nevertheless a great judgement call and his resultant 3rd place was thouroughly deserved. But for a refuelling problem he may even have taken 2nd!
For me, though, driver of the day simply has to be Lewis. That's nothing to do with his nationality - I've been happy enough to criticise him when I feel he's deserved it - it's everything to do with his pace and sublime car control on intermediates giving him an advantage of over one minute by the end of the race.
It's also very easy to overlook Hamilton's excellent start, controlled agression when most were taking the cautious approach. It was only a matter of time before he passed Kovy, and once he got clear that was effectively game over.
Special mention must also go to Webber. He was genuinely on the pace all weekend, and although he made a costly error in the opening stages his drive through the field was fantastic to watch.
Hamilton. What a drive :up:
I bet if it was Button instead of Rubens than it would have been all about flashes of genius, not about the right strategy call (and as David pointed it out it seems it was Rubens who decided for the full wets). :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
Does everything have to be brought back to perceived accusations of bias on the part of one poster or another? I find it really sad that, for example, in praising Hamilton's drive Dave feels the need to say 'That's nothing to do with his nationality'. Neither he, nor anyone else, should have to defend their opinions in that way, yet lots of us now have to, lest we be jumped upon by someone suggesting that our nationality has something to do with our views.