Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull car -- not Sebastian Vettel --

[Tazio]

Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull car -- not Sebastian Vettel -- is unbeatable

Mercedes driver says Fernando Alonso is best driver in the field

By: GMM on October 5, 2013

Sebastian Vettel is not the best driver in the F1 field.


That is the view of Lewis Hamilton, who said his old McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso is better than the German.


"Fernando is the strongest driver I've raced against in my life," Hamilton told Germany's Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.


As for Vettel, Hamilton added: "He is not unbeatable; his car is unbeatable."


Hamilton, the 2008 world champion who now drives for Mercedes, concedes that Red Bull's Vettel will surely win the 2013 title.


"When I see him on Sunday before the start of the drivers' parade [in South Korea], I'll probably congratulate him," he said.



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So who cares what The Boss says about Fred and not Kimi?

[dj_bytedisaster]

He must have read the comment section of the Daily Fail and copy/pasted some of the comments there. Seriously, he still has only half as many wins this year as his own team mate. How can he judge how good or bad Vettel is? After all, he seems to be beating the 'unbeatable' Red Bull car quite regularly, just not both of them.

[Parabolica]

I'm sure Fernando would prefer to have 4 titles to his name and have Lewis say it was all down to the car.

I know I would.

I'm pretty sure Sebastian doesn't give a f--k.

I know I wouldn't.

[henners88]

Fair comment by Hamilton. They are all top level drivers looking for the best car to convert their talent into success. Vettel is in the right place at the right time and the rest can only hope their time comes too. Lewis knows as well as anyone who has raced Vettel that he is beatable, they are all beatable to some extent.

[Parabolica]

Envy is quite an unattractive character trait.

It's something both Fernando and Hamilton suffer from.

It's also part of a competitive nature, so it's something Vettel almost certainly suffers from too.

He just doesn't know it yet.

[Tazio]

Bloody surprised The Boss didn't even mention Kimi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkPGlVqqEP0
I guess Mr. Hamilton rates “Zo” a lot higher than Ice, at this particular stage of their careers

Bro plus:

So for Vettel to pull away from Rosberg at just over two seconds a lap is nothing exceptional in the circumstances, especially given that the Red Bull has proved to be, in terms of consistency from race to race, the fastest car this season.

All the teams are trying to exploit the exhaust gases to improve rear downforce, by directing them in places that are most aerodynamically advantageous.

But the exhaust only gives downforce when the driver is on the throttle. And Vettel commits to the throttle earlier than anyone else. Of course, he can do that because the Red Bull and its Renault engine characteristics make better use of the exhaust gases than other teams - perhaps by as much as 50%.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24386679

[dj_bytedisaster]

I don't know how often Lewis has whined this year that Vettel has the best car and only because of it he's winning. It's really funny that Rosberg has a go at Vettel for the "balls in pool" comment, yet his own team mate has a denigrating go at one of his competitors. Could it be that most of them are just hypocritical cry-babies?

I don't like him the least bit, but credit where credit's due - Fernando has been the most level-headed of the lot. Instead of endlessly talking down Vettel's achievements he say that it's up to them (Ferrari) to raise the game and even defended him against Minardi's TC copnspiracy theory. Good on ya, 'nando.

[N. Jones]

Oh yadda, yadda on this topic. Its age old and not worth a bother.

Will Hamilton say that once he is leading the championship (one of these years)?

[Koz]

http://encurva.com/2013/10/04/la-fia-ob ... -en-corea/

Of course, RBR have some form of Traction Control, had to modify ECU...

[Koz]

Bloody surprised The Boss didn't even mention Kimi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkPGlVqqEP0
I guess Mr. Hamilton rates “Zo” a lot higher than Ice, at this particular stage of their careers

Problem is, Kimi isn't the greatest qualifier, and his starts aren't that great most of the time.

And of course, Hamilton judges Fred by 2007 more than anything else.