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[Jabberwocky]

Hamilton just did not seem at ease at the launch compared to Jenson

[Hansy]

The car is awesome.

And I agree, Button in a McLaren suit just doesn't look right

[rozer]

Hamilton just did not seem at ease at the launch compared to Jenson

i thought the same he seemed a bit on edge lol

[bud]

Tissue sales went up in Britain over night.

[Ineluke]

Hamilton just did not seem at ease at the launch compared to Jenson

You must of been watching a different launch then,he looked totally at ease,perhaps that's just wishful thinking on your part.

[Rusko]

First off I think the car looks great, radical but maybe that is what's needed. As far as the jenson/lewis thing, to me they are completely different characters. They are both competitive but jenson is alot better at coming across as laid back. Add into that the fact that this is hamilton's fourth mclaren launch compared to it being buttons first and that's why he may have come across as more enthusiastic.

Was nice to see lewis step in when that knob tried to make it about salary.

[Jabberwocky]

Hamilton just did not seem at ease at the launch compared to Jenson

You must of been watching a different launch then,he looked totally at ease,perhaps that's just wishful thinking on your part.

I have no preference to Button or Lewis, I just think that Lewis seemed uncomfortable with the situation. Right from the off he seemed a bit put out that the first question was about Button Bridge. He also seemed to give basic answers to questions, I know that some of the questions where hard to answer like the simulator one, he just did not seem to flow very well.
Button on the other hand was giving full answers to the questions he was posed. I have never noticed Lewis being so jittery when dealing with the press before.

Martin used his eyebrows a lot when he talks, that is something else I had not noticed before.

[suitcase]

Stupid Question?

Oh... my... God.
Why would someone ask something like that?!

[nish2280]

I think i saw Lewis's face change when he saw that Jenson's name was on the car and not his. Must be disturbing for him to see a worse driver having his name on the display car!

[Ineluke]

Hamilton just did not seem at ease at the launch compared to Jenson

You must of been watching a different launch then,he looked totally at ease,perhaps that's just wishful thinking on your part.

I have no preference to Button or Lewis, I just think that Lewis seemed uncomfortable with the situation. Right from the off he seemed a bit put out that the first question was about Button Bridge. He also seemed to give basic answers to questions, I know that some of the questions where hard to answer like the simulator one, he just did not seem to flow very well.
Button on the other hand was giving full answers to the questions he was posed. I have never noticed Lewis being so jittery when dealing with the press before.

Martin used his eyebrows a lot when he talks, that is something else I had not noticed before.

I didn't see ,we all don't see the same things i guess.

[Hanwombat]

OMG IM IN LOVE!

Its gorgeous

[Frosty]

Well if Lewis was uncomfortable i doubt it was because of Jenson considering that it was actually Hamilton who suggested going for Jenson when looking for a new driver.

[RA Dunk]

Well if Lewis was uncomfortable i doubt it was because of Jenson considering that it was actually Hamilton who suggested going for Jenson when looking for a new driver.

Cant say I've heard of this one before and your source is?

[texasmr2]

Well if Lewis was uncomfortable i doubt it was because of Jenson considering that it was actually Hamilton who suggested going for Jenson when looking for a new driver.

Cant say I've heard of this one before and your source is?

I also read that somewhere but cannot remember the source but I want to say I read it here.

[imaduck]

To further counter rumours that Lewis Hamilton wanted a slower team-mate, he revealed on Friday that he actually suggested Jenson Button as his 2010 partner at McLaren.

Although he had previously claimed he was happy to drive along-side Heikki Kovalainen again, he said that he phoned team boss Martin Whitmarsh with his recommendation.

"One thing you may not know is that I actually called Martin and said, 'What about Jenson?'," he said. "It was before they had any negotiations. I have no input to who they pick but I asked if they had spoken to him. He was the best driver available and they wanted to get the best driver possible."

"I can't win the constructors' championship on my own, so I need to have as strong a team-mate as possible," he insisted. "You want someone to push you. I had that in 2007 [with Fernando Alonso], and in 2008 Heikki [Kovalainen] pushed me at points. I've no doubt that Jenson will be hard to beat. His results last year speak for themselves," he concluded.

it's on most places, ESPN & Autosport are where i've seen it.