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[Leo-The_Red]

Please remeber when reading this I am only 14.

My honest opinion of Jenson is very low. He was never the best driver on the grid and in my opinion he still isn't. He always had potential but had never shown it until now. But I still feel he is nowhere near World Champion quality (even though he will be champion) I think the main reason Jenson is top is because he has had no serious threat. If we look at all the good drivers around him we will see why.
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens has the same car as Jenson but he is not favourite in the team. He is also starting to get on a bit and I can see this being his last season in Formula One.
Sebastien Vettel: Vettel has the raw talent to beat Jenson but his inexperience shows and we saw that today by losing it on the first lap, his car is also not up to standard on all the tracks like the Brawns are.
Mark Webber: Mark is arguably the unluckiest driver on the grid but I think if he was able to take the Red Bull right to it's limits he could win.
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock: the two toyotas have the car to do it on some tracks but not others which leaves them inconsitent and a lack of experience from Glock is his main downturn.
Nico Rosberg: Nico has the talent and the car to do it but it seems he can't turn his consistently quick Friday practise sessions into Saturday and Sunday pace. If he can do this I wouldn't be suprised to see him on the top step of the podium before too long.
Kimi Raikkonen: Kimi obviously has skill, talent and that Finnish attitude to win but unfortuntately the F60 Ferrari just hasn't been able to get any pace at all and Kimi's attitude has been questioned several times over the course of 2008/09. But the Ferrari has started to show signs of a recovery.
Felipe Massa: Felipe had an incredible season last year almost beating Hamilton to the cahampionship but a bad Ferrari has not worked for Felipe yet but signs look like they may be on the rise and it won't be too long before Felipe will be spraying the Champagne again.
Fernando Alonso: Alonso showed he still has the skill of a world champion with his two late season winners in Japan and Singapore last season but Renault have again given him only a midtable car again but a bit if development could give some good results for the '05/'06 champion once again.
Nick Heidfeld: Nick is along with Mark Webber in terms of being a great driver but one who has never one a race. A slow BMW has put his chances of a win right out the window for this season at least.
Robert Kubica: Robert was fighting with Hamilton and Massa until the end of the 2008 season but when BMW decided to stop development of the 2008 car and focus on '09 cost him his chances of a title. But BMW put too much emphasis on the KERS system which then prove pointless so BMW do not have the pace to compete for victories even though they have two drivers who are both capable of winning races and championships.
Heikki Kovalainen: Heikki was able to win a race with McLaren last year but was nearly always out performed by his team mate but a slow McLaren has meant he won't be challenging again this year even though he has the raw talent to do so.
Lewis Hamilton: The current world champion quite obviously has the capability to win races but continuing development of the McLaren right to the end of the season meant there was less time spent on the 2009 car, a lack of downforce has been the English teams main worries this year but the car has improved significantly since Melbourne and McLaren have the calibre to develop the car even more and try and push up the field but the team will struggle to get on the podium this year.

Appologies for the grammatical errors this was done on my iPod touch

So what do you think?

[MAD MAX]

Your hired

[headless]

mmmmm
Some points are.. ok/

[myownalias]

I don't agree with all your points but it's your opinion and that's great! But I would like to address the below quote:

My honest opinion of Jenson is very low. He was never the best driver on the grid and in my opinion he still isn't. He always had potential but had never shown it until now. But I still feel he is nowhere near World Champion quality (even though he will be champion) I think the main reason Jenson is top is because he has had no serious threat. If we look at all the good drivers around him we will see why.

I think Jenson is a good driver and always has been but has been let down by poor equipment; OK in his first few years at Williams and Renault he was suspect but while at BAR/Honda he drove the wheels off an uncompetitive car and got some good results. Now he has a good engine/chasis combo underneath him his talent is shining through. I believe Jenson to be a Damon Hill type driver, very smooth and with a car that suits that driving is up there with the best on the current grid. The best driver on the grid right now is subjective really, some may say Sebastian Vettel; he's rough around the edges right now but will get better with experience. I don't believe there is a complete driver on the grid at the moment; Michael Schumacher is the only driver in recent times to be good in a competitive car and a non-competitive one, pushing Jacques Villeneuve for the world drivers title to the last race in 1998 in only his second year at Ferrari springs to mind! I don't believe that anyone on the current grid is as good as Schumi!

[Gaz]

not bad for a scouser.

[headless]

not bad for a scouser.

An youculdn't hack my Man Utd joke??
Sorry no hard feelings.

[Denthúl]

I disagree with you.

You say Jenson has never shown his potential, but that is not true. In 2004, when the Ferrari cars were completely dominant, he was best of the rest ahead of Raikkonen and Alonso, both of whom have won world championships since. In 2006 he finished a respectable sixth in a car that was not a front-runner. He managed to score a win in it, keeping his car on the road in difficult conditions when others were flying off all over the place. In pretty much every other year, he has not had a car that is worthy of being considered anything but poor. And yet still, in the horrible Honda RA107, he pulled off some great drives to pick up points when perhaps he should not.

I would not say he's the best driver out there, but to say he's not a good one is just silly.

[Hexagram]

You need to accept mate that any experienced driver on the current F1 grid who gets a car built around their driving style will dominate.

The BGP 001 is for Jenson that car.

[GarethStr]

Despite your age I think it is ignorant to say that Jenson is not a good driver. Regardless on your opinion on Jenson's personality and off-treack behaviour you still have to admit he has the skill and determination which this season merits and will provide a World Driver's Championship. Other than that interesting opinion

[Hexagram]

I don't believe there is a complete driver on the grid at the moment; Michael Schumacher is the only driver in recent times to be good in a competitive car and a non-competitive one, pushing Jacques Villeneuve for the world drivers title to the last race in 1998 in only his second year at Ferrari springs to mind!

That was in 1997 not 1998 when Schumacher brought it to the last race in Jerez against Villeneuve. Schumacher was also completely disqualified from that championship if my memory serves me correctly.

And as far as a complete driver on the grid? Fernando Alonso is the definition of a complete F1 driver.

[EwanM]

I really need to start being as serious in this forum as I was before Uni ended for summer...

I used to do these wee reports then I stopped

[Leo-The_Red]

if you read through that report you will see I never once say Jenson is a rubbish driver. Jenson is a very talented driver with a lot of potential. I just think there are better drivers out who can beat him.

[Jensonb]

My Personal Opinion on your Report (A 4 word report)

Conjecture, misinformation and waffle.

[scotty]

I disagree with you.

You say Jenson has never shown his potential, but that is not true. In 2004, when the Ferrari cars were completely dominant, he was best of the rest ahead of Raikkonen and Alonso, both of whom have won world championships since. In 2006 he finished a respectable sixth in a car that was not a front-runner. He managed to score a win in it, keeping his car on the road in difficult conditions when others were flying off all over the place. In pretty much every other year, he has not had a car that is worthy of being considered anything but poor. And yet still, in the horrible Honda RA107, he pulled off some great drives to pick up points when perhaps he should not.

I would not say he's the best driver out there, but to say he's not a good one is just silly.

After he won in 2006 he scored more points than anyone else for the rest of the season, in the 4th best car. Not bad going...

[cap-dude]

Jenson could've easily lost many of the races this year. In malaysia, he could've remained stuck behind Truili and Rosberg, and during the wet he could've very easily dropped it. Bahrain, he could've got stuck behind Hamiliton the whole race, just as Vettel did. Whilst in both Spain and Monaco, Barrichello was clearly faster, but Button pulled out the laps just were it counted.

Its easy to bash Button right now, because he's never had a race winning car before, and thus he's never had a chance to prove himself. But any driver who can dominate the first races like this, surely is deserving of the WDC. 6/7 race wins, and to be compared to Micheal Schumacher and Jim Clark. A driver doesn't get that kind of appraisal without being one of the best.

I think clearly Button is one of the best drivers out there. His potential has simply never been realised till now.