Lewis Hamilton (Vol. 2)

[p1stonhead]

So equal wins and soon to be (barring an asteroid strike or the like) same championships soon.

Staggering. Never thought it possible.

I reckon he wants at least 8 plus god knows how many wins by then.

Maybe another couple of decades before someone beats it, if ever.

Edited by p1stonhead on Sunday 11th October 19:51

[glazbagun]

p1stonhead said:

So equal wins and soon to be (barring an asteroid strike or the like) same championships soon.

Staggering. Never thought it possible.

I reckon he wants at least 8 plus god knows how many wins by then.

Maybe another could of decades before someone beats it, if ever.

Seems impossible. Only way I can see it happening is if Max or another prodigy joined a dream-team with bottomless cash like Ferrari or Mercedes. The bottomless cash bit has been tried on many an occasion, but getting the right people together for long enough seems a rare occurrence.

If Merc leave there will be an era of better competition and another manufacturer may then choose to try & dominate again, but that must be at least five years away.

[p1stonhead]

glazbagun said:

p1stonhead said:

So equal wins and soon to be (barring an asteroid strike or the like) same championships soon.

Staggering. Never thought it possible.

I reckon he wants at least 8 plus god knows how many wins by then.

Maybe another could of decades before someone beats it, if ever.

Seems impossible. Only way I can see it happening is if Max or another prodigy joined a dream-team with bottomless cash like Ferrari or Mercedes. The bottomless cash bit has been tried on many an occasion, but getting the right people together for long enough seems a rare occurrence.

If Merc leave there will be an era of better competition and another manufacturer may then choose to try & dominate again, but that must be at least five years away.

Indeed. If they wanna do it in the next say 20 years only one I can see is Max but not in the red bull. He needs to get cracking if he wants to potentially go for 9 championships. Even writing it sounds just a fking ludicrous notion

[C70R]

p1stonhead said:

So equal wins and soon to be (barring an asteroid strike or the like) same championships soon.

Staggering. Never thought it possible.

I reckon he wants at least 8 plus god knows how many wins by then.

Maybe another couple of decades before someone beats it, if ever.

Edited by p1stonhead on Sunday 11th October 19:51

It seems like racing is all he's ever known, and to be at the pinnacle of the sport is all he's ever wanted. I'd be staggered if he didn't win this season and then come back with the same hunger next year.

Schuey was a wonderful driver, who benefitted like Lewis from having comfortably the best car on most occasions. However, Schuey was also a dirty, aggressive git at times, so that always taints his career for me personally. I'll never forgive him for the Hill deliberate crash in Australia, for example. Just revolting.

[mybrainhurts]

A bit out of touch with events, has young Lewie still got a sore knee or has he seen through the Marxist crap yet?

[HighwayStar]

mybrainhurts said:

A bit out of touch with events, has young Lewie still got a sore knee or has he seen through the Marxist crap yet?

Yep, you’re definitely out of touch

[BigBen]

p1stonhead said:

Staggering. Never thought it possible.

Edited by p1stonhead on Sunday 11th October 19:51

Exactly, honestly did not think I would see anyone topply Shumi's records never mind relatively soon. An amazing driver.

[anonymous-user]

I like a lot of work Hamilton has done over the years.

[RB Will]

Just catching up with this weekend’s events and I see Lewis did a Rosberg



If you missed a corner by that much on the proper Nurburgring you would be in the forest

[angrymoby]

RB Will said:

Just catching up with this weekend’s events and I see Lewis did a Rosberg



If you missed a corner by that much on the proper Nurburgring you would be in the forest

are you also classing half the field behind as doing a 'Rosberg'?

[Polite M135 driver]

toto wolff said after the race Hamilton had full steering lock at that point. as others mentioned, basically the whole field ran out there.

[M5-911]

I think that one thing that standout with Hamilton is his relentless pressure on other drivers when he is behind them.

How many times have we seen drivers burning their tyres or going off a corner because he is constantly putting pressure on them? This is one of his highest quality I reckon.

[Graveworm]

M5-911 said:

I think that one thing that standout with Hamilton is his relentless pressure on other drivers when he is behind them.

How many times have we seen drivers burning their tyres or going off a corner because he is constantly putting pressure on them? This is one of his highest quality I reckon.

It was very impressive and worked like it was in a movie. He stayed back saving his tyres, waited until Valtteri's tyres started to go off, pushed for a lap closing .4 seconds and it paid off immediately, when Valtteri overcooked it at turn 1.

[WickerBill]

Graveworm said:

M5-911 said:

I think that one thing that standout with Hamilton is his relentless pressure on other drivers when he is behind them.

How many times have we seen drivers burning their tyres or going off a corner because he is constantly putting pressure on them? This is one of his highest quality I reckon.

It was very impressive and worked like it was in a movie. He stayed back saving his tyres, waited until Valtteri's tyres started to go off, pushed for a lap closing .4 seconds and it paid off immediately, when Valtteri overcooked it at turn 1.

That was to form was it not? We've seen multiple times over the last couple of years that if hamilton cant get through at the first corner he sits in a 2 second window out of the dirty air either waiting for Bottas to wear his tyres out or pounce on strategy.

Unfortunately for Bottas, Hamilton is both faster AND kinder on his tyres.

[C70R]

Polite M135 driver said:

toto wolff said after the race Hamilton had full steering lock at that point. as others mentioned, basically the whole field ran out there.

You could see it from the onboard shots.

He did push Bottas wide (as did everyone who started on the RH side of the grid), but he was absolutely cranked on full lock by the time they were heading off the track.

[C70R]

WickerBill said:

Graveworm said:

M5-911 said:

I think that one thing that standout with Hamilton is his relentless pressure on other drivers when he is behind them.

How many times have we seen drivers burning their tyres or going off a corner because he is constantly putting pressure on them? This is one of his highest quality I reckon.

It was very impressive and worked like it was in a movie. He stayed back saving his tyres, waited until Valtteri's tyres started to go off, pushed for a lap closing .4 seconds and it paid off immediately, when Valtteri overcooked it at turn 1.

That was to form was it not? We've seen multiple times over the last couple of years that if hamilton cant get through at the first corner he sits in a 2 second window out of the dirty air either waiting for Bottas to wear his tyres out or pounce on strategy.

Unfortunately for Bottas, Hamilton is both faster AND kinder on his tyres.

AND he seems to deal better with pressure from drivers behind him. The restart was a classic example of this.

Many a lesser driver would have panicked on cold tyres, and stumbled into the first corner with (a very quick!) Verstappen behind.

Instead, he managed the restart very well, and pulled out a comfortable 1sec+ gap to Max within the first lap with zero dramas.

[768]

If he wasn't on full lock by the time they were heading off the track it would've been a little bit rude to the say the least.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Not naming any names, although I think we all know exactly which bitter old man he was referencing last night

Lewis Hamilton said:

I don't think you should knock anybody for the way they do things, I get knocked by many people, particularly older drivers. I don't know why.

Maybe one day they will get over it, but I have so much respect for the past legends, even those who continue to talk negatively about me all the time. I still hold them in high regard. It was a different time in history. It was incredibly tough for them.

And in 20 years' time when I am looking back, I can promise you this, I will not be talking down any young driver who is coming through and succeeding. Because a responsibility as an older driver is to shine the light as bright as possible and encourage those.

There will be someone else chasing the record I eventually set, and it is the wrong approach to be hoping he doesn't break it. You should be encouraging them to live to their full potential and if that means them getting to that record, that's amazing.

[HTP99]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Not naming any names, although I think we all know exactly which bitter old man he was referencing last night

Lewis Hamilton said:

I don't think you should knock anybody for the way they do things, I get knocked by many people, particularly older drivers. I don't know why.

Maybe one day they will get over it, but I have so much respect for the past legends, even those who continue to talk negatively about me all the time. I still hold them in high regard. It was a different time in history. It was incredibly tough for them.

And in 20 years' time when I am looking back, I can promise you this, I will not be talking down any young driver who is coming through and succeeding. Because a responsibility as an older driver is to shine the light as bright as possible and encourage those.

There will be someone else chasing the record I eventually set, and it is the wrong approach to be hoping he doesn't break it. You should be encouraging them to live to their full potential and if that means them getting to that record, that's amazing.

Fantastic.

JYS is such a bitter man, I bet he was spitting feathers yesterday.

[vdn]

M5-911 said:

I think that one thing that standout with Hamilton is his relentless pressure on other drivers when he is behind them.

How many times have we seen drivers burning their tyres or going off a corner because he is constantly putting pressure on them? This is one of his highest quality I reckon.

+1

You see other drivers buckle. Vettel and even Max on occasion. Lewis has ironed that particular weakness to great effect. He can hunt another driver down like a shark on prey. Just relentless and perfect in execution.