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[Gaz]

New regs favour Button

Lewis is an agressive driver, button smooth. lewis wants a sticky front and a loose back. Button wants a very stable car, any
unpredictability will prevent him committing to a corner.Lewis' style takes energy out of the tyres quicker than Buttons. A driver who can make the tyres last may be able to overhaul a more aggresive driver towards the end of the race.
Also the front tyres will be narrower and Hamilton leans harder on the fronts to enable him to slide the back and change direction quickly, he will have less grip to do this.Having less grip at the front gives a more stable rear which button requires.
Button is less busy on the throttle so should require a little less fuel, should be quicker off the start.

Sounds very much in Button's favour. Suggestions that the car has been designed around Lewis may be wide of the mark simply due to the new regs.

However Lewis learns quick and I'd still put my money on him...easily.

I disagree,

You have to remeber there's no limit on how many times they can change tires, so they could 2 stop if they wanted still.

So lewis can go hell for leather build up a lead then change, and with no refueling pitstops will be around 10 seconds shorter, so you'll only need a 15-20sec lead to make it out ahead.

[bud]

drivers and teams are adaptable. I wouldnt worry, its too early to say who will be crap.

[McLamilton]

Currently, I'd still see Lewis outperforming Jenson next season. But again, only time will tell.

[sephiroth]

Hamilton will embarass Button next year.

[texasmr2]

Hamilton will embarass Button next year.

I hope Button proves you wrong but as mentioned only time will tell. The way things are shaping up it seems 2010 will be one of the most exciting seasons in F1 in some time.

[myownalias]

On a single lap Lewis is probably faster but over a race distance I think it will balance out between the two Britons. The new regulations for 2010 is the wildcard, in theory Jenson's smoother driving style should give him the edge with a heavy car, preserving his tyres better than Lewis but that said Lewis is more adaptable than Jenson!

So the conclusion is; let's wait and see what happened come March, it could go either way!

[Jensonb]

On a single lap Lewis is probably faster but over a race distance I think it will balance out between the two Britons. The new regulations for 2010 is the wildcard, in theory Jenson's smoother driving style should give him the edge with a heavy car, preserving his tyres better than Lewis but that said Lewis is more adaptable than Jenson!

So the conclusion is; let's wait and see what happened come March, it could go either way!

Indeed, it's an exciting season in prospect

[Jabberwocky]

Lewis might drive the wheels off the McLaren to be able to do another stop. How much extra fuel is he going to use?

[racechick]

Lewis might drive the wheels off the McLaren to be able to do another stop. How much extra fuel is he going to use?

That is a problem, but in his favour the characteristics of the car will change substantially with tyre wear and fuel usage. he will cope better with this than button who needs stablity.

[Jabberwocky]

I think limited testing will hurt button as well

[Jensonb]

Lewis might drive the wheels off the McLaren to be able to do another stop. How much extra fuel is he going to use?

That is a problem, but in his favour the characteristics of the car will change substantially with tyre wear and fuel usage. he will cope better with this than button who needs stablity.

There's no evidence to support that being a problem, Button is the grid's best car manager so he wouldn't have as much wear and, as Monaco shows, he'd manage better with the wear he did get. Lewis of course would just drive around the problem. There's no way of knowing if one method or the other will be faster at this stage.

[racechick]

Lewis might drive the wheels off the McLaren to be able to do another stop. How much extra fuel is he going to use?

That is a problem, but in his favour the characteristics of the car will change substantially with tyre wear and fuel usage. he will cope better with this than button who needs stablity.

There's no evidence to support that being a problem, Button is the grid's best car manager so he wouldn't have as much wear and, as Monaco shows, he'd manage better with the wear he did get. Lewis of course would just drive around the problem. There's no way of knowing if one method or the other will be faster at this stage.

The problem I was refering to was the fact that lewis will use more fuel than Jenson, I think the different driving styles are evidence of that. I also think there is plenty of evidence that Jenson is not so good when the car is not to his liking...and the car will change more next year over a race distance(and thats regardless of how well jenson looks after his tyres). So your right theres no way of knowing which will have most effect. Thats what I said.

[bud]

I think limited testing will hurt button as well

why is that ? arent the upcoming december tests for rookies only? while the next set are in 2010.

[Gaz]

Lewis might drive the wheels off the McLaren to be able to do another stop. How much extra fuel is he going to use?

That is a problem, but in his favour the characteristics of the car will change substantially with tyre wear and fuel usage. he will cope better with this than button who needs stablity.

There's no evidence to support that being a problem, Button is the grid's best car manager so he wouldn't have as much wear and, as Monaco shows, he'd manage better with the wear he did get. Lewis of course would just drive around the problem. There's no way of knowing if one method or the other will be faster at this stage.

He did struggle in OZ though and perhaps if kubica and vettle hadnt colided he might of lost the lead.

Also if you look at Brazil Lewis did alright with a long stint then..

[Jabberwocky]

I think limited testing will hurt button as well

why is that ? arent the upcoming december tests for rookies only? while the next set are in 2010.

with a bigger change in fuel levels it will change the feel of the car more than it has this year. I think Lewis will be able to cope with this change a lot better than Button who likes a stable car. without a lot of race distance testing I don't think Mclaren/Button will be able to minimise the change in feel or for the change in feel to be something that Button can deal with.

Lewis can drive any car fast
Button can drive a fast car very fast