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[Denthúl]

What the hell sort of driving was that from Hamilton today? He was a complete shambles. I thought McLaren had employed a racing driver, not a clown. He should be dismissed from the team with immediate effect.

Chill out, mate !

Is not easy to drive on a wet track with dry setup (like Massa in Silverstone last year)

Thing is, everyone other than Glock and Kubica were on dry setups, so that isn't really worth anything.

[McLaren Fan]

What the hell sort of driving was that from Hamilton today? He was a complete shambles. I thought McLaren had employed a racing driver, not a clown. He should be dismissed from the team with immediate effect.

People like you make me sick! Last season you'd have had his name tattood across your forhead and had a shrine erected in your front garden, but the minute he comes anything less than 1st you want him strung up! Maybe it's your crappy McLaren car that's at fault, not the driver!

I don't think I've ever liked the sleeked Hamilton, to be honest.

The fact of the matter is that Hamilton didn't get the job done today, I'm afraid. And it's not been the first time in his Formula One career that's been the case. Hamilton is quick to the point the finger at everybody else when they drop the ball and find ways of getting out of his contract...

[yamashek]

the sheer speed of people jumping on LH....

yeah, maybe next time LH...
Vettel out classed everyone today, even with that big hit from Buemi

[EwanM]

Hammy again admitting his driving style is burning his tyres.

[racechick]

Lewis's take- pleased with the points scored by him and Heikki. His problem - tyres and his driving style. After 2nd stop tyres shot in 5 laps.

[Denthúl]

the sheer speed of people jumping on LH....

yeah, maybe next time LH...
Vettel out classed everyone today, even with that big hit from Buemi

I don't really see it as a 'big hit'. Buemi only clipped the back of Vettel's car, so wasn't really going to damage it. But we've seen how fragile Adrian Newey's cars are in the past and the front wing of the RB5 and STR4 has been flexing all weekend, so that was no surprise.

I think the only person who could match Vettel today was Webber, and he was unlucky, although it was still a great result for him.

Hammy again admitting his driving style is burning his tyres.

We saw evidence of this last year. Hamilton destroyed the fronts, whilst Kovalainen destroyed the rears. I can't really tell if that will be the same this year - Kovalainen needs to finish some dry races so that I can compare.

Lewis's take- pleased with the points scored by him and Heikki. His problem - tyres and his driving style. After 2nd stop tyres shot in 5 laps.

Over-aggression, then?

[Bruno_Brazil]

What the hell sort of driving was that from Hamilton today? He was a complete shambles. I thought McLaren had employed a racing driver, not a clown. He should be dismissed from the team with immediate effect.

Chill out, mate !

Is not easy to drive on a wet track with dry setup (like Massa in Silverstone last year)

Thing is, everyone other than Glock and Kubica were on dry setups, so that isn't really worth anything.

Where did you see that ?
Im not disbelieving you...just as curiousity...

[Denthúl]

What the hell sort of driving was that from Hamilton today? He was a complete shambles. I thought McLaren had employed a racing driver, not a clown. He should be dismissed from the team with immediate effect.

Chill out, mate !

Is not easy to drive on a wet track with dry setup (like Massa in Silverstone last year)

Thing is, everyone other than Glock and Kubica were on dry setups, so that isn't really worth anything.

Where did you see that ?
Im not disbelieving you...just as curiousity...

Well, Glock and Kubica were the only two that started from the pit lane and I can't believe that, given the amount of rain that was coming down, they would have stuck with a dry setup. They would have made a lot of changes to the car.

[racechick]

Not really, not in the 2nd half of the race when the tyres had gone. Think it was a case of hanging on. Dont realistically think they could have jumped the Brawns today unless the Brawns screwed up bigtime.. I think they scored the max they could today.

sorry, that was replying to Denthul

[Denthúl]

Not really, not in the 2nd half of the race when the tyres had gone. Think it was a case of hanging on. Dont realistically think they could have jumped the Brawns today unless the Brawns screwed up bigtime.. I think they scored the max they could today.

sorry, that was replying to Denthul

I meant over-aggression being the reason that his tyres were shot after five laps. The only reason I could see for that are the spins - the track was still wet enough to keep those tyres well-within their operating window.

[bud]

ahh i think youre all being abit harsh and typical couch critics if youre going to bag any driver today! I dont know why im even bothering wasting my time posting and trying to defend this s***!

[racechick]

Not really, not in the 2nd half of the race when the tyres had gone. Think it was a case of hanging on. Dont realistically think they could have jumped the Brawns today unless the Brawns screwed up bigtime.. I think they scored the max they could today.

sorry, that was replying to Denthul

I meant over-aggression being the reason that his tyres were shot after five laps. The only reason I could see for that are the spins - the track was still wet enough to keep those tyres well-within their operating window.

Not sure. I think his style is just heavier on the front tyres. He leans on the front and likes oversteer. Different to Heiki. I think thats more it. He was more aggressive in the first half of the race with the first set of tyres.

[Denthúl]

Not really, not in the 2nd half of the race when the tyres had gone. Think it was a case of hanging on. Dont realistically think they could have jumped the Brawns today unless the Brawns screwed up bigtime.. I think they scored the max they could today.

sorry, that was replying to Denthul

I meant over-aggression being the reason that his tyres were shot after five laps. The only reason I could see for that are the spins - the track was still wet enough to keep those tyres well-within their operating window.

Not sure. I think his style is just heavier on the front tyres. He leans on the front and likes oversteer. Different to Heiki. I think thats more it. He was more aggressive in the first half of the race with the first set of tyres.

Yes, but, five laps. It'd have been more understandable if the track had become dry enough for intermediates, but that wasn't the case (as Nico Rosberg kindly demonstrated by being the fastest man through one corner. Sideways.).

[irons_4_ever]

grow up ffs

[Bruno_Brazil]

What the hell sort of driving was that from Hamilton today? He was a complete shambles. I thought McLaren had employed a racing driver, not a clown. He should be dismissed from the team with immediate effect.

Chill out, mate !

Is not easy to drive on a wet track with dry setup (like Massa in Silverstone last year)

Thing is, everyone other than Glock and Kubica were on dry setups, so that isn't really worth anything.

Where did you see that ?
Im not disbelieving you...just as curiousity...

Well, Glock and Kubica were the only two that started from the pit lane and I can't believe that, given the amount of rain that was coming down, they would have stuck with a dry setup. They would have made a lot of changes to the car.

Not that LOT of changes..Maybe you`re right...
But Im just saying that because mariana becker (a reporter from Globo - brazilian TV) asked, in the middle of the race, to a Mclaren engineer the reason of the bad perfomance of Hamilton...and he said that it was because the dry setup.

I don`t think he would answer that if all other drivers were in the same condition...