Comments on: Button fails to improve on Top Gear lap

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:52:03 +0000

yes lewis will have to cheat far more to be considered anywhere near MS…..btw- 2008′s star car was ferrari not mclaren

By: suraj

suraj — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:48:33 +0000

lewis hamilton will not be considered an all time great until he does something spectacular with an underperforming car . remember lewis had a brilliant car in his first and second seasons of F1 and in his 3rd where he didnt he cocked up , didnt he . schumacher has earned hi greatness by some brillint driver in apalling conditions , just google his greatest drives and u will see .

By: suraj

suraj — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:43:35 +0000

guys before u draw a conclusion sayin lewis is a better driver than jenson , listen to what jeremy says at the end , he was slightly slower than hamilton b’cos of his showboating drifts on the last two corners . also dont forget in F1 jenson never had a car gud enuff for his talent until last year . these top f1 drivers are very close in terms of driving talent and its the car which gives some of them the edge .b’fore u guys holler at me , i said close not equally talented

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:10:33 +0000

proves lewis is faster in a road car. seems pretty straightforward to me

By: simone

simone — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:50:56 +0000

Maybe Lewis looked after the Liana tyres better

By: SloMo

SloMo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:31:06 +0000

Of course his time is better, practice makes perfect. Remember The Stig drove that car around that track for every one of the Star in Reasonably Priced Car to teach the star how do do a competitive lap. So figure that he has probably done hundreds if not thousands of laps in the RPC, and that doesn’t even count all the supercars.

By: Pedel to the Vettel

Pedel to the Vettel — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:30:50 +0000

I still think it’s pointless. It’s a road car not a Formula 1 car so how does it proove anything?

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:57:33 +0000

True, Hamilton might have a mechanical failure or an accident …

By: antonyob

antonyob — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:37:00 +0000

it wasnt wet either it was damp for JB and cold…dont engines work better int he cvold? Lewis’ lap was wet and more fluent. JB is a fine racing driver. Lewis is an all time great in the making.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:24:24 +0000

It adds four seconds for a normal driver.

But I guess that for an F1 driver the limiting factor on the laptime is the horsepower of the car, not the challenge of driving it in poor conditions (which for them is no challenge).