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[onelapdown]

I think this season has been one of the least competitive for a while.

Which season were you watching?

[m00g]

Compared to Schumi & Alonso, Lewis is the weakest champ of recent times.
Feel free to make your own comparisons between the 3.

A real champ would have driven for the win. Lewis didn't

Lewis is champion not by his own good driving, he was 6th and not champion till the championship was gifted to him. Not the way to become WDC.

A real champ like the previous to were fighters and would have won on the back of there own skill not somone else's lack of it. Lewis didn't.

I don't think you can compare him to Schumi.

Of course you can't compare Lewis to Schumi.

Lewis hasn't deliberately rammed someone off the track in order to win the Title yet.

As for driving for 5th being not the way to become WDC...could you please point me to where the set-in-stone, proper way to become WDC is written? After all, going on your comments, there absolutely must be a single, correct and proper way to do it as so many champions have won it that way...oh, hang on, they all did it their own way didn't they?

[mazza369]

I wouldn't say he's the weakest Champion, or definitely not the most undeserving, but in terms of errors it's comparable to Hakkinen's 1999 win. But each of these title's had brilliant drives to cancel out the errors.

[FJuan]

Hopefully the addition of KERS will mean there are more than two teams that have a real chance of winning the championship.

[racechick]

Compared to Schumi & Alonso, Lewis is the weakest champ of recent times.
Feel free to make your own comparisons between the 3.

A real champ would have driven for the win. Lewis didn't

Lewis is champion not by his own good driving, he was 6th and not champion till the championship was gifted to him. Not the way to become WDC.

A real champ like the previous to were fighters and would have won on the back of there own skill not somone else's lack of it. Lewis didn't.

I don't think you can compare him to Schumi.

Lewis did drive for the win last year and was under instructions to drive conservatively this year, it might not have been pretty but it got the job done. He is a natuural fighter and it was much more difficult for him to drive conservatively.

He is younger and less experienced than the drivers you compare him to but no I wouldnt compare him with Schuey...Id aim higher.

Weak champion? Id have to say Villeneuve (not Gilles of course)

[Webby]

Compared to Schumi & Alonso, Lewis is the weakest champ of recent times.
Feel free to make your own comparisons between the 3.

A real champ would have driven for the win. Lewis didn't

Lewis is champion not by his own good driving, he was 6th and not champion till the championship was gifted to him. Not the way to become WDC.

A real champ like the previous to were fighters and would have won on the back of there own skill not somone else's lack of it. Lewis didn't.

I don't think you can compare him to Schumi.

This forum is a joke sometimes with such crazy remarks.....

Before the race, Some people was saying that Lewis doesnt have what it takes to hold his nerve and that he will be too aggressive. Just like the corner few weeks back when he "saw red" and out breaked the pack resulting in zero points. Last year people said he bottled it, altho tbh it was mechanical.

Anyhow, my point is. Lewis showed us he was Even better than we expected by racing exactly to what he needed to do!!!

He didnt thrash his car, he didnt out break and spin out. He drove a very MATURE and conservative race. Noone give me this crap about Glock etc etc, the rain played its part and Glock stayed out on Dry tyres.

Now....

IF Hamilton had raced to win when he didnt need to and got clipped by a driver and spun off. Or Engine blew. Or Tyres blew. Everyone would be on here saying "he didnt deserve the championship because he wasnt mature enough to hold back".

Whoever can turn round and try deny the winner with more points than anyone in a season is a complete idiot in my book.
For some people there is just nothing this guy can do to please them and no matter what peoples opinions are of him as a "person", HE is the guy with most points. The championship is a Marathon not SPRINT!!!!!

Game Over.

[8-ball]

Compared to Schumi & Alonso, Lewis is the weakest champ of recent times.
Feel free to make your own comparisons between the 3.

A real champ would have driven for the win. Lewis didn't

Lewis is champion not by his own good driving, he was 6th and not champion till the championship was gifted to him. Not the way to become WDC.

A real champ like the previous to were fighters and would have won on the back of there own skill not somone else's lack of it. Lewis didn't.

I don't think you can compare him to Schumi.

This forum is a joke sometimes with such crazy remarks.....

Before the race, Some people was saying that Lewis doesnt have what it takes to hold his nerve and that he will be too aggressive. Just like the corner few weeks back when he "saw red" and out breaked the pack resulting in zero points. Last year people said he bottled it, altho tbh it was mechanical.

Anyhow, my point is. Lewis showed us he was Even better than we expected by racing exactly to what he needed to do!!!

He didnt thrash his car, he didnt out break and spin out. He drove a very MATURE and conservative race. Noone give me this crap about Glock etc etc, the rain played its part and Glock stayed out on Dry tyres.

Now....

IF Hamilton had raced to win when he didnt need to and got clipped by a driver and spun off. Or Engine blew. Or Tyres blew. Everyone would be on here saying "he didnt deserve the championship because he wasnt mature enough to hold back".

Whoever can turn round and try deny the winner with more points than anyone in a season is a complete idiot in my book.
For some people there is just nothing this guy can do to please them and no matter what peoples opinions are of him as a "person", HE is the guy with most points. The championship is a Marathon not SPRINT!!!!!

Game Over.

What he said.

[f1maniac95]

I don't think there's ever been a weak champion they have all proved that they have exceptional skill behind a whel of an F1 car and were the best at F1 for a year.

[8-ball]

I don't think there's ever been a weak champion they have all proved that they have exceptional skill behind a whel of an F1 car and were the best at F1 for a year.

Come on Jacques villeneuve in Williams that was streets ahead of every other car? It was like a race between a guy in a wheelchair and a guy in a fighter plane at times

[KyrosV]

JV was good but williams lost thier mojo. that was the end of the Jacque Villeneuve story...

[FerrariFan63]

Come on Jacques villeneuve in Williams that was streets ahead of every other car? It was like a race between a guy in a wheelchair and a guy in a fighter plane at times

At the beginning of the season, yes. But the Ferrari in '97 soon caught up to JV. Remember JV getting a big lead at the start, then Schumacher chipping away at it, meaning that MS was ahead going into the last race.

[7UpJordan]

I thought Jacques Villeneuve was the weakest Champion, only really won it because Schumacher decided to play dirty games. If Hill had been kept on at Williams for 1997 he would have had the title sewn up months before.

[scotty]

I thought Jacques Villeneuve was the weakest Champion, only really won it because Schumacher decided to play dirty games. If Hill had been kept on at Williams for 1997 he would have had the title sewn up months before.

And even if he didn't win the title, he still would've managed more wins than the fool that replaced him (not that it would have been tough to do that!!).

[IceManpjn]

Compared to Schumi & Alonso, Lewis is the weakest champ of recent times.
Feel free to make your own comparisons between the 3.

A real champ would have driven for the win. Lewis didn't

Lewis is champion not by his own good driving, he was 6th and not champion till the championship was gifted to him. Not the way to become WDC.

A real champ like the previous to were fighters and would have won on the back of there own skill not somone else's lack of it. Lewis didn't.

I don't think you can compare him to Schumi.

Screw it. I'm just going to copy & paste my last reply to another thread.

People love to hate on Hamilton, and I'm tired of all the crap following the close of the Brazilian GP, but it's undeniable that Hamilton is a fantastic driver, and this season was actually his poorer season. He performed a lot better last year, scoring 109 points for 2007 (versus just 98 for 2008), and just one point shy of Kimi Räikkönen for WDC. He really could have done it last season and only so narrowly missed being WDC for his Formula One debut. So long as Hamilton is driving either a McLaren or a Ferrari, I see no reason why Hamilton couldn't pull off a second championship win, and maybe a third and fourth if he keeps at it, especially if he learns from his mistakes this season.

And further, Hamilton shouldn't have just narrowly won this year. Yes, both him and Massa lossed a lot of potential points from a blown engine (Massa), a blown tire (Hamilton), pit crew blunders (Massa), driver blunders (Hamilton), and a shameful run at Silverstone (Massa), but the FiA's penalty handed to Hamilton after Spa was contested by fans all across the board, even by Ferrari fans, and even by several drivers, and had that penalty not been handed down then Hamilton would have went into Brazil not with a seven point lead but a thirteen-point lead (as the penalty took four points from Hamilton and gave two points to Massa), and Hamilton would have locked up the championship before even going into Brazil, entering with 98 points to just 85 points for Massa. Further still, had Hamilton enjoyed the luxury of such a spread going into Brazil, he may not have driven as conservatively and perhaps finished in a higher position than just fifth.

[csrracer]

I thought Jacques Villeneuve was the weakest Champion, only really won it because Schumacher decided to play dirty games. If Hill had been kept on at Williams for 1997 he would have had the title sewn up months before.

And even if he didn't win the title, he still would've managed more wins than the fool that replaced him (not that it would have been tough to do that!!).

Sorry I have to Disagree ( I'm Canadian and someone has to stick up for JV ) If he was so weak would he have pushed Schumi so hard, being that Schumi is one of the greatest of all time you would think that if he did suck so bad MS would not have had any issues with him. MS dispatched of DH with no issues and JV was in the same car. It's just like saying Hamilton is weak, He still beat all the other drivers and a far superior team. JV was never able to prove himself after his WDC because Williams fell off the map and then he went to BAR (no explanation needed).
What does remain Fact is He Beat Schumacher in a Ferrari, not to shabby. ( by the way I couldn't care less what the facts say because It's my turn to bury my head in the sand )