potent951turbo

As expected, off to another season filled with nothing but how great the open road racer Lewis Hamilton is . I'm sorry but until I see him win some races starting from further back in the grid then the top 4-5, I will fail to see why they seem to think this kid is such a "phenom". I have yet to ever see him actually come from behind having to truly race through the field. All he has done to this day pretty much is drive on an open track out of danger in clean air, so of course he is going to be resetting fastest lap over and over. The only thing he has done is shown that he can run fast laps. Like Martin Brundle said, if you put someone like Sutil in the same car he would probably be up on the podium also. Hamilton might as well retire now since he is the greatest driver the sport has ever seen according to the announcers. They even refer to him as the "World Champion runner up".

DreamCarrera

I'm not a big fan of Hamilton either, but you have to admit he is impressive for a rookie/second year F1 driver, open road or not. Surely he has been blessed with an incredible car since coming to F1 but his skills are also incredible.

I am a Ferrari fan and want to see Kimi do well. However, I begrudgingly think L.H. is the real deal.

P.S. - It would be very interesting to see L.H. drive a race in one of the lesser cars. IMHO, he would still have a respectable run.

easyC

I like Hamilton alot... mainly for the genuine emotion he shows. He isn't mature enough yet, or at least wasn't at the end of last year... but he has the speed... if he can nearly best Ben Collin's (The Stig) time at the Top Gear Track in the rain while beating the likes of Mansel, then he obviously has the speed... you can laugh at that, but its shows he has speed. He is just very fortunate to have Mclaren behind him. I do think thought that Vettel is the most talented of all the F1 youngsters though...

Sean F

please change the title of this thread or delete it....many people tivo'd the race and haven't watched it yet. Posting spoiler info in thread titles is a no, no.

Ray S

He ran a great race and he won. What's wrong with that?

Sounds like someone needs to start a Hammy detractor thread...

potent951turbo

No doubt he has speed, but so do a lot of other rookies in lesser cars. I'm simply pointing out he has yet to do anything fantastic, yet people act like he is Senna or Schumacher and he isn't.

Sure he definately has speed, but let's see him come from dead last after having numerous problems like Schumacher did in Brazil 2006.

I don't have a problem with him winning. What I have a problem with is that I have to watch the half the race hearing stuff about how he is a "phenom" or how he is going to be the greatest in F1, when in reality I don't think he is any better then Vettel or half the other driver's on the field.

Circuit Motorsports

Well how about in GP2 where he beat them. How about in karts where he beat them. He's shown the speed at other levels where the cars are much more equal.

Heck what about Top Gear where he nearly matched the Stig but did it on a wet track.

L8Apex

Can't argue that! (Some might try...and fail)

The kid has skills. He will only get better with time.

MTosi

LH................5 wins in his career, every single one from pole

A.Wayne

Correcto Mundo on all accounts

MetalSolid

Haters! Sounds like the same crap we heard about Shumey... Hamilton is the real deal! Of course if you put the best driver in the worst car he's not gonna do as well - du'h - everyone knows F1 drivers' skills are very close, but it's having the whole package and being consistant that wins championships.

Lothar

I fail to understand why there are so many Hamilton bashers on this forum. Last season proved that, while he is young and made mistakes, he has talent. A "Hamilton Rant" can no more make Hamilton a second rate hack, than an Alonso Rant can make Fernando a mature, well adjusted race driver.

MTosi

It's hard to argue that if he is fast in lesser equipment, seeing as how no one knows. He's been running mclaren prepared equipment since he was 13 years old. I love the video of him at the kart track with the Mclaren van, sort of like bringing a howitzer to a knife fight. I think we all know he can go out and drive the fastest car around to win the race from pole, but that doesn't prove he's a good driver or a phenom.

A.Wayne

Low on meds , HUH,

Hammy will be good , how long before Heiki discovers he keeps getting the heavy fuel strategy making second place more obtainable than first ..... another Schumacher - Yes, the real Deal- yes, manufactured to look superior by back door manipulation like MS - YES

Lothar

Winning each of those pole positions was an integral part of winning the event. I guess that makes Alonso a pretty poor driver too, see as most all of his wins have come from the front row. In 2006, only one of M. Schumacher's wins came from further back than the front row and that was from 6th, not the back of the pack.