Mercedes Inter team Battle - Hamilton Vs Rosberg

Well Bagwan Lewis is still on extended break from being the bad guy so Seb will have to do for now :D

Hamilton cancelled his media engagements in China this Thursday due to illness. Hope he's okay for tomorrow and the race.

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Originally Posted by airshifter

If you could see past your bias towards Lewis, you would have noticed that Jens did in fact state that luck had a part in Jenson besting Lewis in points. I think Lewis is a better driver, but it doesn't force me to assume a hidden meaning when someone posts... I assume only that they posted what they intended.

The point Jens was making was quite clear to me. Even in your view Lewis was better 2 years out of 3. That means that in that third year Jenson fairly beat a very good and usually well respected driver.

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I'm well aware of the point Jens was making and I wasn't attacking him. If you read my post properly you'll see I said "It's one of the most desperate points I see Button fan's making". It was a point I was making about that argument in general and I was not saying I disagreed with anything in Jens post :)

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Originally Posted by airshifter

The point Jens was making was quite clear to me. Even in your view Lewis was better 2 years out of 3. That means that in that third year Jenson fairly beat a very good and usually well respected driver.

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That's very true, but I would have given that year more credit had Jenson beaten an on-form Lewis Hamilton and taken a really good fight to him. Jenson was consistent and found a groove that year, whereas Lewis was uncharacteristically inconsistent IMO. I think that was the turning point for Lewis and the start of him looking elsewhere for employment. Hats off to Jenson, but I don't feel this points tally over three years only supports an agenda if you believe a driver only makes their own luck. I am a firm believer in luck often being out of ones control.

In that case my mistake TBK, I read it as though you might be considering Jens one of the Jenson supporters looking for those excuses in comparisons. But I must admit being consistent is a good trait for a racer, and thus far has been one of Hamiltons weaker points. His racecraft and abilities are obviously strong, but between the "red mist" attitude and sometimes simply over driving for no apparent reason he often reduces his results. Hopefully it has been a lesson for him and the consistency and driving with a cooler head will prevail in the future.

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Originally Posted by airshifter

In that case my mistake TBK, I read it as though you might be considering Jens one of the Jenson supporters looking for those excuses in comparisons. But I must admit being consistent is a good trait for a racer, and thus far has been one of Hamiltons weaker points. His racecraft and abilities are obviously strong, but between the "red mist" attitude and sometimes simply over driving for no apparent reason he often reduces his results. Hopefully it has been a lesson for him and the consistency and driving with a cooler head will prevail in the future.

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I think he has proven he has changed over the past 22 races. He's been consistent for over a season now.

That I can agree with... hopefully he is done making mistake of his own decisions.

Interesting that Rosberg was considerably quicker than Hamilton again today and by quite some margin in both session. I think Hamilton will have trouble living with Rosberg around this track. It appears that Rosberg owns it.

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Just received an update that Lewis's health isn't 100% back to normal. Hopefully he'll be fully recovered by qualifying tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by airshifter

In that case my mistake TBK, I read it as though you might be considering Jens one of the Jenson supporters looking for those excuses in comparisons. But I must admit being consistent is a good trait for a racer, and thus far has been one of Hamiltons weaker points. His racecraft and abilities are obviously strong, but between the "red mist" attitude and sometimes simply over driving for no apparent reason he often reduces his results. Hopefully it has been a lesson for him and the consistency and driving with a cooler head will prevail in the future.

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Did you not see the 2012 season? :confused:

I'm rooting for Rosberg this race - would like to see Brawn regret holding him back in Malaysia.