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[Hammer278]

I just watched it, brilliant!!

[calvins48]

There's a video of Lewis here being interviewed by Jake Humphries and answering fans questions. Things like which is your favourite corner/straight/chicane. Which driver do you spend most time with apart from Button...he answered Alonso with a grin on his face.
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Why does everyone mispronounce is surname? It's Humphrey, not Humphries. No disrespect, but it should be said right, right?

[racechick]

Yes, you're right. Sorry

[calvins48]

Yes, you're right. Sorry

No problems.

[The Ram]

Hamilton is a new man now. He said he wants to win every single race. I think he can do it barring team chicken ups and reliability.

[darwin dali]

Hamilton is a new man now. He said he wants to win every single race. I think he can do it barring team chicken ups and reliability.

Fo shure.

[What's Burning?]

Hamilton is a new man now. He said he wants to win every single race. I think he can do it barring team chicken ups and reliability.

Is this the article he said that in?

Lewis Hamilton says he is not thinking about starting the season with a race win but merely getting points on the board to kick-start a long 2012 season.

"It's a realistic aim: to score some useful points and use the race to kickstart our challenge for the world championship," said Hamilton. "That might sound like we're aiming low - we're not - but, at this time of year, it's good to remember that it's going to be a very long season. There's no point putting all your eggs in one basket - I'd love to win in Melbourne, sure, but there are 19 races afterwards, so it'll be important to get some points on the board. As long as I can leave Australia feeling confident that we have a car that's able to fight for the title, then I'll feel happy. It's as simple as that."

[andrew]

Hamilton is a new man now. He said he wants to win every single race. I think he can do it barring team chicken ups and reliability.

To be fair all the front runners say they want to win every single race during the preseason.

Let them all do their talking on the track's what I say!

[vaptin]

I'd like to win every race too. At least for a little while.

[calvins48]

It's a simple fact.

In 2011, if Lewis didn't crash, he would've finished ahead of Button. Yes, most of the accidents were his own fault but now it seems that Button is suddenly rated higher than Hamilton because, "He's the first team mate to ever finish ahead of Lewis in an F1 season." Quite a few things wrong with that statement. First and foremost, Button didn't outperform Hamilton on pure speed, he just didn't crash as much and didn't have as many outside distractions.
Second of all, let's look at the past. '07 - Alonso and Hamilton equal on 109 points, so that's a draw and some would say matching your team mate is pretty good, even if it was Lewis' first F1 season. '08 - Lewis won the title but against Heikki Kovalainen - not exactly the same calibre as Alonso or Button. The same in '09. And in '10, Lewis finished higher than Button.

Button is a world class driver, but he's never going to be better than Hamilton. I don't know why people are leaning more to Jenson over Lewis just because of last season. Create's a cool preview for the upcoming season I suppose.

[Hammer278]

It's a simple fact.

In 2011, if Lewis didn't crash, he would've finished ahead of Button. Yes, most of the accidents were his own fault but now it seems that Button is suddenly rated higher than Hamilton because, "He's the first team mate to ever finish ahead of Lewis in an F1 season." Quite a few things wrong with that statement. First and foremost, Button didn't outperform Hamilton on pure speed, he just didn't crash as much and didn't have as many outside distractions.
Second of all, let's look at the past. '07 - Alonso and Hamilton equal on 109 points, so that's a draw and some would say matching your team mate is pretty good, even if it was Lewis' first F1 season. '08 - Lewis won the title but against Heikki Kovalainen - not exactly the same calibre as Alonso or Button. The same in '09. And in '10, Lewis finished higher than Button.

Button is a world class driver, but he's never going to be better than Hamilton. I don't know why people are leaning more to Jenson over Lewis just because of last season. Create's a cool preview for the upcoming season I suppose.

Great post.

Anyone with a reasonable IQ would see the truth in your post. Imagine the opposite...Button unbeaten throughout his career, and then 1 season, Hamilton comes in and finishes ahead in points (not through outpacing, but through less accidents and a couple of strategy gambles).....Hamilton is suddenly the better 'all round' driver? I don't think so.

The way many try their best to hype up Button's 2011 achievements is so , Hamilton did not have an easy year, and many things did go against him on track as well as off track. 1 swallow doesn't a summer make? Same thing here.

Watch 2012 and see how Hamilton puts Button back in his place again. Many won't like it, but it's the hard truth, he's just better at racing. Button is better in front of the cameras.

[oaba09]

It's a simple fact.

In 2011, if Lewis didn't crash, he would've finished ahead of Button. Yes, most of the accidents were his own fault but now it seems that Button is suddenly rated higher than Hamilton because, "He's the first team mate to ever finish ahead of Lewis in an F1 season." Quite a few things wrong with that statement. First and foremost, Button didn't outperform Hamilton on pure speed, he just didn't crash as much and didn't have as many outside distractions.
Second of all, let's look at the past. '07 - Alonso and Hamilton equal on 109 points, so that's a draw and some would say matching your team mate is pretty good, even if it was Lewis' first F1 season. '08 - Lewis won the title but against Heikki Kovalainen - not exactly the same calibre as Alonso or Button. The same in '09. And in '10, Lewis finished higher than Button.

Button is a world class driver, but he's never going to be better than Hamilton. I don't know why people are leaning more to Jenson over Lewis just because of last season. Create's a cool preview for the upcoming season I suppose.

Button didn't beat lewis on pure speed. He beat him by being a smarter driver.

Both drivers have strengths and weaknesses...Button is consistent and a good tactitian. He good in reading track conditions and he usually knows when to be aggressive. Button's weakness is his 1 lap speed and his slow starts. Lewis is probably the best driver in F1 right now in terms of adapting to his car. He has the ability to work around the weaknesses of the car. He has a great 1 lap speed which is the reason why he usually gets a good qualifying position. His weakness is his over aggressiveness and his impatience.

Both have won the driver's championship and the best thing is, both are driving for mclaren....

[Hammer278]

Just came up on another site:


Hamilton ready to make 'sacrifices' in personal life for F1

Lewis Hamilton is planning to approach the 2012 season with a clear mind after admitting he did not make enough sacrifices in his personal life last year.

For the first time in his Formula One career, Hamilton was beaten by his team-mate last year and received criticism for getting tangled up in too many accidents.

"Knowing that it had been a year when I had just thrown away points and made very silly mistakes I wasn't too devastated by it," he was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph. "At the end of the day he [Jenson Button] didn't win the world championship. That would have been even worse."

He said he had already made changes to his approach to F1 to ensure his mind is in the right place.

"It's a real combination of things. Such as if I get a call from a friend, they say 'do you want to go out tonight for a drink before the race weekend or before the season starts', and instead of saying 'yeah let's go and do it' you'll be staying at home and training the next day. That is the kind of sacrifices you need in F1.

"Last year quite a lot of times I went out and enjoyed myself thinking that these things don't affect you but in actual fact they do, they have a knock-on effect. It takes you two days to recover, you miss two days of training and your mind is somewhere else when you get to the race.

"It's the amount of travel you do, choosing the right time to travel, the right place at the right time, ahead of time. Going out to Australia and China early, to make sure I get there in plenty of time. Those kind of things. They are all sorts of things you can improve."

And he is confident a change of approach off the track will help him make better decisions on it.

"There will be times to attack and times to sit back," Hamilton added. "It's not that I have a different mindset, because I've kind of had that mindset in the past but maybe not as strong, and perhaps I haven't executed it in quite the right way. At the times when I was supposed to lean back, I have attacked. It's all about being able to make those judgements with a clear mind, and I feel I now have that again.

"Now I'm looking forwards. This year is what matters. Last year has absolutely no bearing on me, I don't care about last year. It's what's ahead of me which will define me. As I said, my mind's in a good place. When everything is right, or as my uncle says, when all the stars are aligned and you can sing, I can get some good results."

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Nice to see this 1 week before the 2012 season begins. The car looks good, and Lewis seems to have learnt quite a lot from 2011. Melbourne can't come soon enough.

[calvins48]

Now I'm looking forwards. This year is what matters. Last year has absolutely no bearing on me, I don't care about last year. It's what's ahead of me which will define me.

Quote of 2012 so far. Especially, "It's what's ahead of me which will define me."

[racechick]

It's a simple fact.

In 2011, if Lewis didn't crash, he would've finished ahead of Button. Yes, most of the accidents were his own fault but now it seems that Button is suddenly rated higher than Hamilton because, "He's the first team mate to ever finish ahead of Lewis in an F1 season." Quite a few things wrong with that statement. First and foremost, Button didn't outperform Hamilton on pure speed, he just didn't crash as much and didn't have as many outside distractions.
Second of all, let's look at the past. '07 - Alonso and Hamilton equal on 109 points, so that's a draw and some would say matching your team mate is pretty good, even if it was Lewis' first F1 season. '08 - Lewis won the title but against Heikki Kovalainen - not exactly the same calibre as Alonso or Button. The same in '09. And in '10, Lewis finished higher than Button.

Button is a world class driver, but he's never going to be better than Hamilton. I don't know why people are leaning more to Jenson over Lewis just because of last season. Create's a cool preview for the upcoming season I suppose.

[Quote of 2012 so far. Especially, "It's what's ahead of me which will define me."