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[racechick]

I still remember him as the guy who was interviewed in Indianapolis 2007, the guy asking him how he takes the car closest to the main straight wall compared to any other driver and why he does that. And his response "I'm not like any other driver" with this arrogant smile on his face. I recall thinking 'what an arrogant talent'.

I was still supporting Kimi that year.

You saw the light though.

I was 100% Lewis by that time.
I didn't like Coulthard much ( I know you liked him ) Kimi was OK. But my man as you know was Montoya ( and I know you didn't like him )
I wasn't on the forum until 2007, but I bet we'd have had some juicy ' discussions' in the Kimi and Montoya days.

[LRW]

....but I bet we'd have had some juicy ' discussions' .....

Its always about the smut with you.

[racechick]

....but I bet we'd have had some juicy ' discussions' .....

Its always about the smut with you.

It's you lot!!

[CookinFlat6]

Here we go, the real reason Lewis is winning is because he is more aggressive than Nico. Nothing about capacity or crebralism, or tyre or fuel management or radio ban or racecraft. Yup Lewsi is just more aggressive (and probably hard on his tyres and cant think through the strategy still)

“In the crucial moments, Hamilton has just been more aggressive,” French Canadian Villeneuve told the German magazine Sport Bild. “And that’s the only way you win a world championship.“

Indeed, in the wake of his latest triumph in Austin, an increasingly bullish and relaxed Hamilton said he found a new gear after Spa in August, when he and Rosberg famously collided. “Spa was like ‘I’m going to turn this up. This means war!’, that kind of feeling,” Hamilton said.

Another pundit, David Coulthard, agrees with his contemporary Villeneuve that Rosberg might be missing the final piece of the title-winning puzzle.

“I am almost embarrassed to criticise Nico,” said the former McLaren and Red Bull driver, “because he is 95 per cent the perfect driver. He is much better than I ever was technically, and he has the speed too,” Coulthard declared.

“But what he has not yet proven is that he has the necessary hardness in combat. He needs to change that urgently in the last races of the season — not only because of the championship, but because of his reputation.”

But Coulthard surely you dont mean Nico has to make another point????

I cant wait to hear Watsons reasoning

[Hammer278]

I don't get what Nico could have done differently in Austin, except DRIVE FASTER. What does DC want, like you say....make 'another point'? Kind of a dumb statement, unless he said this before Austin.

[CookinFlat6]

Yes, it is possible that was said before by Coullthard before the last overtake because there was nothing else to do by any aggressive driver in Nicos position to defend from a guy laucnching from so far back and carrying more speed. Only thing would be to purposefully turn into him. Villeneuve though was talking after the race and that is just a diservice to both Nico and Lewis. Its not aggression lacking from Nico, its racecraft, everyone can see that

Nope its just another round of stereotyping to explain how Lewis is beating the more cerebral Nico. The typical easily led f1 supporter is not ready for hard concepts.

Lewis will always be hard on tyres and aggressive, impatient, emotional etc. Why, we all know he through away the 2007 WDC by being too aggreesive, emotional, impatient and HARD ON HIS TYRES

[CookinFlat6]

Lewis will always be hard on tyres and aggressive, impatient, emotional etc. Why, we all know he through away the 2007 WDC by being too aggreesive, emotional, impatient and HARD ON HIS TYRES

One couldnt make this sh!t up

Lewis Hamilton says he proved he utilises tyres better than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Championship leader had to settle for second at Interlagos as he was unable to find a way past his rival Rosberg.

But Hamilton was happy with his performance during the race and believes he proved any doubters wrong in the way he utilised his tyres.

"People over the years have constantly reported about how I use tyres and stuff - [Brazil] showed that I utilise my tyres better than anyone I have raced with up until now. I utilised them better than Nico," he told the official Formula 1 website.

"He was in front and I was always behind, so I was always in his dirty air, scrubbing the life out of the tyres but still staying with him. Then, when he pitted, I had extra pace. So hopefully people can see that - there are a lot of positives to take."

To Lewis, ' please dont spend a second worrying, thinking or explaining to those that will never accept it, leave it to your fans to make it 'acceptable', you concentrate on this

[Jabberwocky]

Lewis will always be hard on tyres and aggressive, impatient, emotional etc. Why, we all know he through away the 2007 WDC by being too aggreesive, emotional, impatient and HARD ON HIS TYRES

One couldnt make this sh!t up

Lewis Hamilton says he proved he utilises tyres better than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Championship leader had to settle for second at Interlagos as he was unable to find a way past his rival Rosberg.

But Hamilton was happy with his performance during the race and believes he proved any doubters wrong in the way he utilised his tyres.

"People over the years have constantly reported about how I use tyres and stuff - [Brazil] showed that I utilise my tyres better than anyone I have raced with up until now. I utilised them better than Nico," he told the official Formula 1 website.

"He was in front and I was always behind, so I was always in his dirty air, scrubbing the life out of the tyres but still staying with him. Then, when he pitted, I had extra pace. So hopefully people can see that - there are a lot of positives to take."

To Lewis, ' please dont spend a second worrying, thinking or explaining to those that will never accept it, leave it to your fans to make it 'acceptable', you concentrate on this

I thought for a moment then that you had managed to find a way to argue with yourself

[CookinFlat6]

nah, not argue - mutual back slapping and high fives

[What's Burning?]

"When we first ran Lewis in an F1 car at McLaren in a test, we could see from the traces there was a lot of instability in the car in the braking and corner entry phases – and I mean a lot,” says Lowe. “Enough that our then current race drivers [Raikkonen and Montoya] would have been bitching about it when they came in. But Lewis didn’t mention it. So we pushed him about it, asked him what the car was like on braking and corner entry and he just said, ’fine’."

[CookinFlat6]

It will be not before time for the grandson of West Indian immigrants who has risen from an underprivileged background to be hailed as one of the most dazzling and quickest natural talents in the sport.

In 2008, Hamilton made hard work of winning the title but this year he has won 10 races to Rosberg's five and is the clear bookmakers' favourite.

Those who feared he would lose out to Rosberg on engineering knowhow and setup, and that his aggressive style would be far heavier on the tyres than his smoother rival, have been confounded. He has even been using less fuel.

An immensely assured season of speed, skill - and most importantly - determination when events have conspired against him. With 10 wins, it seems cruel not to give him top spot, but in the most dominant car, he has done what we expect of someone of his talent.

It has long been the case that those who recognise Hamilton as one of the most naturally-gifted drivers the sport has seen have been matched by those who, for whatever reason, always view him with a certain churlishness. He has never been given the credit that was due for his breathtaking performances in his rookie season of 2007, when he finished on the podium in his first nine races, had the audacity to win in Montreal and would have carried off the championship but for some poor fortune in the final race.

Hamilton was just as fast as – and sometimes faster than – his double world champion team-mate Fernando Alonso and led the championship for much of the year, the youngest driver to do so. A bewildered Alonso quit the team at the end of the season.

Hamilton has scored 10 victories to Rosberg's five. Rosberg has beaten his team-mate only twice when they have both started from the front row and both have finished - and one of those times was at Monaco, where overtaking is virtually impossible.

Hamilton has twice overtaken Rosberg on track to win a race, while Rosberg has not managed it at all. Twice, in Bahrain and Spain, Rosberg was faster, but was unable to pass, thanks to Hamilton's superior racing skills.

“We want him very much to stay for many more years,” Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff told reporters ahead of the season-ending race.

“He’s great for the team, he’s part of the family, the relationship we all enjoy is more than just a professional racing relationship between driver and team. It’s on a different level.”

F1 legend Berger, however, told Sport Bild: "I fear Nico has left it two races too late.

"He needed to win in Austin. The silver arrows are so superior that Hamilton can always finish second, unless something extraordinary happens," the former McLaren and Ferrari driver said.

Indeed, a second place would be enough for Hamilton to wrap up his second career title, even if Rosberg wins the popular floodlit race.

[stonemonkey]

West indian?

[CookinFlat6]

Technically Grenadia is the West Indies - as named by the British for the colonies in the Caribean, most of which they took over from the fast retreating French

I think a real Einstein level genius English sailor explorer thought he was 'a little' west of India when he came across the Caribbean and then America

[racechick]

Nice quotes Cookie

[ang4f1]

Nice quotes Cooki...
I particularly like 'The Guardian'....