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[antoniob]

Lewis ran a good clean race and was respectful in the interview as well. He even congratulated Alonso. A job well done, perhaps the missing father/manager will have a positive affect on the lad. It sure was nice not seeing daddy's face on the TV every 5 minutes.

Poor Vettel....but I suspect he will be in the front again, and a hell of a job holding onto 4th. Massa's return is a great thing and he took being passed for 2nd without any drama. Nice move by Alonso and it's good to see him on the top step. Nico beat Michael.... Enjoy it while it lasts.

Jenson, Jenson, Jenson...

Lewis has always been respectful in interviews and he ran his race like all his others,with the intention of winning. As for his dad,well i am sure who is doing just fine with his new business with Mark Brundle.

Press Release

The entrepreneurial instincts that saw Anthony set up his own computer company as part of his strategy for supporting his son have certainly been hard at work over the past couple of years.

He has joined forces with former racing driver Mark Blundell to run 2MB Sports Management, after Martin Brundle left to concentrate on his broadcasting career. The company is based in Royston, Hertfordshire, not far from his home south of Stevenage.

2MB, which formerly had a modest list of drivers on the books headed by Gary Paffett and Mike Conway, has undergone a major change of direction and is now targeting its services at Premiership footballers. Also on board is former Tottenham Hotspur player Les Ferdinand.

And Anthony Hamilton has also just got FIA and FOM approval for another venture. GP Prep is an attempt to provide teams needing experienced drivers, and with no realistic way of giving them that experience within the current rules, with a commercial alternative.

Drivers with sufficient experience in formulas including DTM, IndyCar or the now-defunct Champ Car, GP2, Formula Renault or Formula 3 will be eligible to take part in test sessions in F1 machinery, presumably at Silverstone since that is where the company is based.

It certainly shows the business instincts of the man who once took on multiple contracts to support his young son’s racing career are alive and well.

So you see, i am sure he is happy and Lewis is,don't think for one minute that it's a snub to his dad,they both agreed on it and Anthony will still pick his new manger along with McLaren.

As for Jenson,lol how did you think it was going to go. He got lucky last year but this year will just expose him for the average driver he is.

No excuse,same car as Lewis and no special treatment,he needs to step up to the plate.

What was this for ? I figure somebody asked for a update on lewis's old man but dont see the Q anywhere..

[Amanda]

Round 1 to Lewis but it's a long season. I still think on the whole Lewis will prove the victor but it's far too early to call it a certainty.

The problem for Jenson is that the tyres didn't fall away as predicted so he lost what everyone assumed would be his advantage. Lewis is faster, there's no doubt about that, so he's probably going to out qualify Jenson more times than not and if the tyres keep holding out then I don't see how Jenson's "smooth style" is going to be any more advantageous than Lewis' aggressive style.

[bud]

Jenson lost out in qualifying, he had no hope in the race when stuck behind someone.

[Jensonb]

Jenson lost out in qualifying, he had no hope in the race when stuck behind someone.

Mm. Nobody had counted on the new rules throwing up such a procession. Normally, Jenson can overcome a mediocre qualifying performance with his race pace and by looking after the tyres. The assumption was that this effect would be even more useful this year. As it turned out though, the big, heavy cars are even worse at following eachother closely than last year's cars and the tyres are anything but marginal. McLaren did the maths, and you could have done half the race on the Option. If you can do half the race on the Option in Bahrain where you have desert heat and a long (SLOW) lap, then the Option is too good. Arguably, even the PRIME shouldn't be able to do half the race. Especially when you consider the Option here was the Super Soft - if they can take that halfway through the race in Bahrain, then it doesn't bode well for tyre strategies being any more interesting later in the season. The net result is, you win or die by the qualifying and the first lap. It's not only dull, it actually hurts drivers like Jenson. Which is the exact opposite effect of the one we were expecting.

JB said something interesting about how he should have been more aggressive in the first stint. That's probably true, because when they took off his Options they had a decent amount of laps left in them. But what would it have achieved? There was nothing wrong with his race pace. The majority of the time when he was in clean air, he was on largely the same pace as Lewis. Schumcaher stopped a lap earlier, so leapfrogging him would have been a tall order even with a more aggressive first stint.

[Jensonb]

Mark Hughes has weighed in on the Bahrain performances, and he makes a pretty good point. Check it out

[Susaluda]

Lewis definitely.

While I do respect Jenson and was rooting for him to win last year, I think Lewis is still the better driver and will show that this year.

[Ineluke]

Mark Hughes has weighed in on the Bahrain performances, and he makes a pretty good point. Check it out

This bit sums it up really

"but for that to have happened required him to have done a more Hamilton-like job in qualifying".

Fact remain that button was crap in qualifying and not matter how you want to see it,Lewis was the better driver in qualifying,expect it to go like that most of the season. Sooner or later the penny will drop with you that button is not in the same league as Lewis or Alonso or even Massa for that matter,he average.

[racechick]

Mark Hughes has weighed in on the Bahrain performances, and he makes a pretty good point. Check it out

Good article. I usually respect Hughes' views.
I reckon his analysis of the two drivers was spot on. Interesting about the wind. I didnt realise that.

[cap-dude]

Mark Hughes has weighed in on the Bahrain performances, and he makes a pretty good point. Check it out

After I read that article on Tuesday, first thing I thought was, JensonB would like.

Still, Mark Hughes as always makes a good point. Button will struggle unless the McLaren is improved. We seen the exact same pattern last year. The first 7 races we was unstoppable. But then development on Brawn car dropped off, and it was Barrichello who trumped Jenson. Over a season, it would seem Lewis' ability to be adaptable will mean he'll finish ahead of Button overall. Still, I wouldn't count out wins for either.

[The Ram]

That article is crap. How can you say that Hamilton did not know that there was a crosswind? Just because Button said the car "go strange"?

Assuming there was a technical problem with the car, he was somewhat cautious for the rest of the lap, braking early, taking less speed into the corners.

Yer right!

Hamilton, going through the same change of wind direction, felt nothing and charged on with the lap that netted him the fourth fastest time.

Lies!

You see, in reality Button was puzzled but Hamilton knew what was really happening at the time so he reacted appropriately.

It's a reflection of how they each feel the car in very different ways, Button highly attuned to each nuance of its feedback, Hamilton simply dominating the car, much more reactive rather than anticipative.

The part in red is just a silly assumption. The rest with Hamilton being more reactive; if anybody knows about Dynamics and Controls, a reactive system is always the better one. It's like Jenson has a Carburetor and Hamilton has a Motec ECU. The Carb is a preset system (anticipates). The Engine control unit is a reactive system that can also anticipate. We all know which one is better.

The rest is just Bull crap.

Assuming a similar level of basic talent, an anticipative driver - in this case, Button - will be better able to squeeze the ultimate from a well balanced car

[antoniob]

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