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i wouldnt change his style not when groove tyres have only 7 races before they are retired, as Lewis' aggressive late turn in and trail braking will excel on slicks.
Any doubt now that wonder boy folds under pressure more often then not?
This was a completely baseless accusation. I saw nothing during the entire race that suggested this, and in fact he did a remarkable job of regaining lost positions after his tire was replaced. He had to limp into pit lane with a worthless tire and still finished in fifth. It's awful difficult not to respect that.
How was any of that "folding under pressure"?
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Any doubt now that wonder boy folds under pressure more often then not?
This was a completely baseless accusation. I saw nothing during the entire race that suggested this, and in fact he did a remarkable job of regaining lost positions after his tire was replaced. He had to limp into pit lane with a worthless tire and still finished in fifth. It's awful difficult not to respect that.
How was any of that "folding under pressure"?
Most of the positions he gained after the puncture were because drivers in front of him pealed off for their pit stops - he was lucky it happened just around his pit window, so the puncture didn't have the catastrophic effect (in terms of his race outcome) that it otherwise could have had.
, and it wasnt around his pit window, he was running a long second stint and then he had to do 10 extra laps on the super softs.Any doubt now that wonder boy folds under pressure more often then not?
This was a completely baseless accusation. I saw nothing during the entire race that suggested this, and in fact he did a remarkable job of regaining lost positions after his tire was replaced. He had to limp into pit lane with a worthless tire and still finished in fifth. It's awful difficult not to respect that.
How was any of that "folding under pressure"?
Most of the positions he gained after the puncture were because drivers in front of him pealed off for their pit stops - he was lucky it happened just around his pit window, so the puncture didn't have the catastrophic effect (in terms of his race outcome) that it otherwise could have had.
id call his tyre failure catastrophic
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. From F1 Live:
Lewis Hamilton exposed himself to a greater risk of getting a puncture by flat-spotting his tyre during the Hungarian Grand Prix.
That was the analysis at the Hungaroring of Bridgestone's racing boss Hirohide Hamashima, who said immediately after the race that the McLaren driver's problem was probably the result of hitting debris rather than a failure.
"A flat spot makes you more vulnerable to a puncture," the Japanese told the Telegraph, "because it makes the tyre thinner in that area and therefore you have less protection against debris damage."
Hamilton had three tyre problems in his rookie title challenge last year, leading some to suggest his notably aggressive driving style may be contributing to the problem.
He told reporters in Budapest: "I was the one to get a puncture and it was a case of 'Oh no, not again'."
"I had it three times last year and that's what really lost me the championship," Hamilton added.
Source: GMM
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It seems them that it was a case of both bad luck that Hamilton hit a piece of debris and that it was partly down to his driving style. Hamilton will have to work on driving style somewhat. There is only so much McLaren can do to improve the situation in terms of car design and setup. Hamilton needs to tweak how he drives.
I know he had to extend his stint, but it was still in his window, i.e., he could fill her up to the finish, basically a regular pit stop. Imagine it had happened after his last pit stop and he would have had to come in for a third time just to change tires rather than a regular pit stop.
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