F1 Fanatic

@celeste

When will these kinds of comments stop? It is if you think Hamilton was used as some kind of social experiment, and needs to be eternally grateful. Perhaps you could try watching some of his karting […]

That ‘totally agree’ was for ‘Hairs’ comment.

Totally agree!

It was extremely ‘borderline’.
Reminded me a little of when he nearly had Hakkinen off at 200 plus at Spa in 2000, although not as shocking as that.

I think that is an excellent, well considered comment, and I agree with what you say, 100%.

So, to ‘Nixon’, um, yes…………..

I TOTALLY agree. (with dd42)

Please see my later comment, about having separate championships, one for ‘driving fast’, and one for ‘tyre management’…….:)

What totally sums this up for me, is from Hembrey himself:

“The nomination of the hard and the medium tyres will allow drivers to push hard from start to finish, which is what Spa was designed […]

Well, I understand what you are saying, and I also enjoyed the witty way you make your point. As a purist though, what I really want to see is drivers being able to attack without compromise. What worries me is […]

Interesting stuff. I certainly hope you’re right, and that Bahrain was something of a ‘one-off’ situation.

I think drivers having to go deliberately slowly to now ruin their tyres is, frankly, an insult to racing fans. I accept it is the same for everyone etc. etc, but when the very fastest drivers are effectively […]

Hill was F1 world champion in 1996. Not sure what ‘flip-floping’ is, to be hones!

It is sad to see this kind of disrespect shown to Brundle and Hill. One was a world champion, for Pete’s sake! Usually expect better on this site.

Yes, yes, I understand this too, that all the drivers are given the same situation and need to make it work. What I am saying is that it can be a disadvantage to be super-quick.

An excellent is example is […]

@vjanik

Yes, I take your point, it is just that the purist in me is horrified that to be a slower driver is actually a benefit with the current regulations.

It is so, so depressing that in current F1 you get penalized for going fast. I am amazed that people refer to Hamilton’s driving style as if it is some kind of defect to be quick!

I am thinking more and more […]

I think that is very well put and agree 100%

I actually like Webber, solid driver and seems like a top bloke. But I can’t see that he would be able to compete with Hamilton in equal cars, and the fact that as you yourself actually point out in another post […]

I think Webber being in possession of Red Bull might have helped him a little with the statistics, eh?

Half a dozen difficult races for Hamilton and we have posts putting him alongside Webber and Massa as a […]

I am pretty amazed that some folks have such a fundamental lack of understanding of how things work in F1 and, indeed, at the top of most sports.

Hamilton was never ‘guaranteed’ a top drive, it was totally […]

I am gobsmacked too, lately it has been as though the McLaren drivers have swapped helmets………