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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 26 2009, 02:09 PM (574 Views) | |
| AndyW76 | Jul 27 2009, 02:58 PM Post #16 |
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I hope that this will gear lewis up for future title challenges. The kid ain't lost it yet. |
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| RJHSaints | Jul 27 2009, 03:03 PM Post #17 |
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One thing I was disappointed with was that Kovalainen wasn't much of a match for Hamilton again. Again, he was well placed in qualifying and seemed to have the matching, if not the beating, of Hamilton in the practice sessions. But again, come race day, not good enough. I don't get what it could be, Kovalainen is said to be extremely fit so that is not a problem. I suspect McLaren are getting more and more frustrated with this too. I hope for Heikki's sake he can sort this issue out. |
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| AndyW76 | Jul 27 2009, 04:45 PM Post #18 |
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All I can think is that Kovi just hasn't developed his racecraft yet. It's not just being able to go fast but also be consistent, lap after lap and look after the car while still keeping a reasonable pace. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jul 27 2009, 05:05 PM Post #19 |
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yet? |
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| Rob | Jul 27 2009, 05:26 PM Post #20 |
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It is still just his 3rd year are a full time driver in F1. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jul 27 2009, 05:49 PM Post #21 |
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Well, he's been in F1 as long as Lewis. I'm all for giving F1 drivers time, but Kova did have plenty of test driver time before driving for Renault and if anything, the same criticism is being leveled at him that he received at Renault. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jul 27 2009, 07:08 PM Post #22 |
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Yes, he did better but he still didn't get the maximum he could have yesterday. His strategy put him ahead of Webber after the first pitstop and he was caught napping when Webber overtook him. I think a Podium was a strong possibility yesterday if he had kept Webber behind him at that point. Still nice to Williams running strongly. |
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| Rob | Jul 27 2009, 07:16 PM Post #23 |
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True, but Lewis is an exceptional talent. |
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| Lex | Jul 27 2009, 08:56 PM Post #24 |
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Caught napping or Webber put the hammer down? |
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| Hissing Sid | Jul 27 2009, 09:26 PM Post #25 |
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for me Kova was found our in Monza last year .....he did absolutely nothing in that race to challenge Vettel Wheras Hamilton from around 15th on the grid had a real go ..
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jul 28 2009, 02:23 AM Post #26 |
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Yes I noticed that. BUT. Webber had a prolonged pitstop and Rosberg had a lighter car for a few more laps. Judging by the distance Webber went on to create between him Rosberg behind I suspect there was little he could have done. |
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| RJHSaints | Jul 28 2009, 02:34 PM Post #27 |
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Hamilton ended up finishing around 8th, compared with Massa's 6th and Raikkonen's 9th, in the poor (in wet conditions) Ferrari. Hardly 'having a real go'. |
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| stradlin24 | Jul 28 2009, 02:43 PM Post #28 |
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With Massa who started 6th on the grid……… Hamilton started 15th! Only a small technicality but I’m sure it might have a little bearing on the final result! ![]() ![]() so Massa can't have been bothered at all compared to Hamilton |
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| RJHSaints | Jul 28 2009, 04:17 PM Post #29 |
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I was comparing Hamilton and Kovalainen, not Massa and Hamilton. I simply used the Ferraris to put Hamilton's supposedly great performance into perspective. |
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| stradlin24 | Jul 28 2009, 04:27 PM Post #30 |
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but how when Hamilton clearly drove a better race then them? Massa started 6th and 6th, kimi started 14th and finished 9th Hamilton started 15th and finished 8th He was in a different league to both Ferrari drivers |
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