highlandsflyer":10uwxzo3 said:He is ten times the driver that Button is.

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Just as funny the second time.
highlandsflyer":10uwxzo3 said:He is ten times the driver that Button is.
OK, remind me of the 2011 championship standings - or even their performances over the year?highlandsflyer":144fdsem said:Does that mean you disagree twice, or two times?
Either way, Lewis owns Button.
Well there is that! I remember saying it in another thread, he comes across as somebody who's a total tool struggling to emerge from a facade and veneer of trying to come across nice guy.Dr S":2gcyjgrw said:I've always thought of Button and Hamilton as F1s Burns and McRae. Colin had more natural ability, flair and outright raw talent, but threw away too many results. Burns was the more intellegent driver- smooth, measured and calculating. Didn't have the outright pace but got the results when it mattered.
By the way, I'm talking driving styles here. Jenson seams like a genuinely nice guy, as was Richard. I'm not comparing Hamilton to Colin as a man, Colin was a great guy who I dearly miss, whereas Lewis comes across as a complete knobend.
Dr S":1azvb13j said:I've always thought of Button and Hamilton as F1s Burns and McRae. Colin had more natural ability, flair and outright raw talent, but threw away too many results. Burns was the more intellegent driver- smooth, measured and calculating. Didn't have the outright pace but got the results when it mattered.
By the way, I'm talking driving styles here. Jenson seams like a genuinely nice guy, as was Richard. I'm not comparing Hamilton to Colin as a man, Colin was a great guy who I dearly miss, whereas Lewis comes across as a complete knobend.
I'm not buying that, entirely - although there's something to it, and the ability to get the most out of a car that's far from ideal, is still very key. Damon Hill was very fast with a well setup car - of his time, not sure anybody was that much faster. The problem being that people like Schumacher could probably be as fast when things were ideal, but more likely to be faster when the car / setup wasn't as good.davew":1fevn04w said:I don't think Hamilton is a faster driver than Button, Button is the faster driver and has shown that time after time.
Where Hamilton has the edge is when the car isn't under him properly. He copes much better than Button in those circumstances and has the ability to drag the car around by the scruff of it's neck, often getting more pace out of a car that really isn't set up correctly.
No it's not - (a tad harsh).unkleGsif":3c284ae3 said:It's funny the amount of parrot fashion repetition from the media that goes on in forumworld.... Jenson tyre management this, Lewis fast but knobhead celebrity wannabe that... everyone thinks they are an expert, when in fact, none of us really have the slightest clue what goes on behind closed doors, in the cockpit or at home, so to class someone a knobhead based on his media portrayal, is a tad harsh (note, I am not going to get drawn into a discussion about details about this)
Neil":co07rbpy said:......he has all the control in the world about what he does / says when he is in the public view.