While I have no doubt this works for Hamilton, this might not work for others though. Everyone's ability to multi-task differs. Actually, our brains are not wired very well to handle multiple activities at once.godlameroso wrote: ↑19 Nov 2020, 21:01Hamilton is such a good driver because he approaches his life differently to the other drivers. Others may be more focused on driving to the exclusion of everything else. Hamilton balances his life with his driving, the driving is a central part of his life, but it is not the only part of his life. He does fashion, music, he has a social life outside of F1. Somehow he balances all of those extra-curriculars to his benefit as a driver. His elite social circle gives him political insights that others may not have, which helps him deal with not just the team, but the higher ups, the media, the FIA, etc. The fact he uses his creativity besides driving makes him more well rounded as an individual, his love of music, of creating it, means he understands timing, rhythm, he has a subconscious math that he has integrated into his driving style.
In short, he is not distracted by his activities off track, rather he's found a way to make himself a more complete driver because of those activities. Other drivers are too focused on F1, to the exclusion of other things in life, which limits them in a sense, they are not as complete as if they were able to balance those things like Hamilton seems to do.
Well, one can see it also in the complete opposite way, but the interpretations are of course in both ways taken from the sky....in 2015 he completely had the edge on Rosberg in Q. Once he secured the WDC he did not win a Q for the rest of the season. In 2016 he lost too many Qs to Rosberg judging, that from the point of pace he would have had it...e30ernest wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 02:23While I have no doubt this works for Hamilton, this might not work for others though. Everyone's ability to multi-task differs. Actually, our brains are not wired very well to handle multiple activities at once.godlameroso wrote: ↑19 Nov 2020, 21:01Hamilton is such a good driver because he approaches his life differently to the other drivers. Others may be more focused on driving to the exclusion of everything else. Hamilton balances his life with his driving, the driving is a central part of his life, but it is not the only part of his life. He does fashion, music, he has a social life outside of F1. Somehow he balances all of those extra-curriculars to his benefit as a driver. His elite social circle gives him political insights that others may not have, which helps him deal with not just the team, but the higher ups, the media, the FIA, etc. The fact he uses his creativity besides driving makes him more well rounded as an individual, his love of music, of creating it, means he understands timing, rhythm, he has a subconscious math that he has integrated into his driving style.
In short, he is not distracted by his activities off track, rather he's found a way to make himself a more complete driver because of those activities. Other drivers are too focused on F1, to the exclusion of other things in life, which limits them in a sense, they are not as complete as if they were able to balance those things like Hamilton seems to do.
Everyone has their own way of coping with pressure and maximizing their own performance. I've had friends who partied like there was no tomorrow, but got straight A's in school. I've also had friends who did nothing but study, and got similarly high marks. The same goes for work. I've had co-workers who required total silence in their cubicles, and I've had co-workers who'd have a movie playing on their mobile phone while working but they all got their jobs done, and did it well.
That doesn't account for the last 2 years though. He's had a lot of extracurricular activities during that period.basti313 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 13:10Well, one can see it also in the complete opposite way, but the interpretations are of course in both ways taken from the sky....in 2015 he completely had the edge on Rosberg in Q. Once he secured the WDC he did not win a Q for the rest of the season. In 2016 he lost too many Qs to Rosberg judging, that from the point of pace he would have had it...e30ernest wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 02:23While I have no doubt this works for Hamilton, this might not work for others though. Everyone's ability to multi-task differs. Actually, our brains are not wired very well to handle multiple activities at once.godlameroso wrote: ↑19 Nov 2020, 21:01Hamilton is such a good driver because he approaches his life differently to the other drivers. Others may be more focused on driving to the exclusion of everything else. Hamilton balances his life with his driving, the driving is a central part of his life, but it is not the only part of his life. He does fashion, music, he has a social life outside of F1. Somehow he balances all of those extra-curriculars to his benefit as a driver. His elite social circle gives him political insights that others may not have, which helps him deal with not just the team, but the higher ups, the media, the FIA, etc. The fact he uses his creativity besides driving makes him more well rounded as an individual, his love of music, of creating it, means he understands timing, rhythm, he has a subconscious math that he has integrated into his driving style.
In short, he is not distracted by his activities off track, rather he's found a way to make himself a more complete driver because of those activities. Other drivers are too focused on F1, to the exclusion of other things in life, which limits them in a sense, they are not as complete as if they were able to balance those things like Hamilton seems to do.
Everyone has their own way of coping with pressure and maximizing their own performance. I've had friends who partied like there was no tomorrow, but got straight A's in school. I've also had friends who did nothing but study, and got similarly high marks. The same goes for work. I've had co-workers who required total silence in their cubicles, and I've had co-workers who'd have a movie playing on their mobile phone while working but they all got their jobs done, and did it well.
This season he is clearly better than Bot, except for Austria when there were the detractions from BLM.
I do not think Hamilton is in any way more or less unsensitive to distractions. He just had the luxury that it did not matter. In 2016 it mattered...
This summer with the Covid quarantines, the distractions are gone and he is clearly better than Bot.
Reliability mattered most in determining 2016. Whatever distractions he may or may not have had wouldn't have stopped him winning the title again had his car not let him down at a few vital moments. Notably Malaysia where he had a 25 second lead over everyone else and lost 28 points net to Rosberg because of his engine failing, and missing out by only five points at the end of the season subsequently. All the talk about tricks and mindgames is hugely overblown, that DNF- just pure bad luck- was what actually cost him the title.basti313 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 13:10Well, one can see it also in the complete opposite way, but the interpretations are of course in both ways taken from the sky....in 2015 he completely had the edge on Rosberg in Q. Once he secured the WDC he did not win a Q for the rest of the season. In 2016 he lost too many Qs to Rosberg judging, that from the point of pace he would have had it...e30ernest wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 02:23While I have no doubt this works for Hamilton, this might not work for others though. Everyone's ability to multi-task differs. Actually, our brains are not wired very well to handle multiple activities at once.godlameroso wrote: ↑19 Nov 2020, 21:01Hamilton is such a good driver because he approaches his life differently to the other drivers. Others may be more focused on driving to the exclusion of everything else. Hamilton balances his life with his driving, the driving is a central part of his life, but it is not the only part of his life. He does fashion, music, he has a social life outside of F1. Somehow he balances all of those extra-curriculars to his benefit as a driver. His elite social circle gives him political insights that others may not have, which helps him deal with not just the team, but the higher ups, the media, the FIA, etc. The fact he uses his creativity besides driving makes him more well rounded as an individual, his love of music, of creating it, means he understands timing, rhythm, he has a subconscious math that he has integrated into his driving style.
In short, he is not distracted by his activities off track, rather he's found a way to make himself a more complete driver because of those activities. Other drivers are too focused on F1, to the exclusion of other things in life, which limits them in a sense, they are not as complete as if they were able to balance those things like Hamilton seems to do.
Everyone has their own way of coping with pressure and maximizing their own performance. I've had friends who partied like there was no tomorrow, but got straight A's in school. I've also had friends who did nothing but study, and got similarly high marks. The same goes for work. I've had co-workers who required total silence in their cubicles, and I've had co-workers who'd have a movie playing on their mobile phone while working but they all got their jobs done, and did it well.
This season he is clearly better than Bot, except for Austria when there were the detractions from BLM.
I do not think Hamilton is in any way more or less unsensitive to distractions. He just had the luxury that it did not matter. In 2016 it mattered...
This summer with the Covid quarantines, the distractions are gone and he is clearly better than Bot.
Yes, I do not think we saw Hamilton at his best in 2019. This season he is really good and we see a huge gap. Last year he was just driving it home with some flaws and imperfections that still were eaysily enought to beat Bot well.e30ernest wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 14:51
That doesn't account for the last 2 years though. He's had a lot of extracurricular activities during that period.
Hamilton tends to start slow and ramp things up towards the end. He's like that over a race weekend and he's like that over the season as well. He even said he likes starting from behind as it gives him motivation to chase the leaders up the points. This year was different though.
Yes, just 5 points difference. Sidenote: That also means, that not bottling the starts in Oz or Italy would have won him the title.El Scorchio wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 15:11Reliability mattered most in determining 2016. Whatever distractions he may or may not have had wouldn't have stopped him winning the title again had his car not let him down at a few vital moments. Notably Malaysia where he had a 25 second lead over everyone else and lost 28 points net to Rosberg because of his engine failing, and missing out by only five points at the end of the season subsequently. All the talk about tricks and mindgames is hugely overblown, that DNF- just pure bad luck- was what actually cost him the title.
All the stuff about bad starts is irrelevant given the engine failure in Malaysia. In terms of what he had control over, he did enough to win the title over the course of the season. So he did 'solve the problem', but the car let him down one too many times.basti313 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 16:00Yes, I do not think we saw Hamilton at his best in 2019. This season he is really good and we see a huge gap. Last year he was just driving it home with some flaws and imperfections that still were eaysily enought to beat Bot well.e30ernest wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 14:51
That doesn't account for the last 2 years though. He's had a lot of extracurricular activities during that period.
Hamilton tends to start slow and ramp things up towards the end. He's like that over a race weekend and he's like that over the season as well. He even said he likes starting from behind as it gives him motivation to chase the leaders up the points. This year was different though.
I can not see a ramping to be honest...2015 he won everything he could, 2016 he lost the first 4-5 races...there is no ramping visible to me. Same on the weekend, we know Merc drives a reduced engine program on Fridays, still in the last years a Merc was on top of the tableau. No idea where you can interpret a ramping...
Yes, just 5 points difference. Sidenote: That also means, that not bottling the starts in Oz or Italy would have won him the title.El Scorchio wrote: ↑20 Nov 2020, 15:11Reliability mattered most in determining 2016. Whatever distractions he may or may not have had wouldn't have stopped him winning the title again had his car not let him down at a few vital moments. Notably Malaysia where he had a 25 second lead over everyone else and lost 28 points net to Rosberg because of his engine failing, and missing out by only five points at the end of the season subsequently. All the talk about tricks and mindgames is hugely overblown, that DNF- just pure bad luck- was what actually cost him the title.
He was taking it easy or he was not concentrated end of 2015. This is in my point of view not even discussed away here. The same happened in my point of view in the beginning of 2016. Usually Ros won when Ham had a problem...not at the beginning of 2016, there Ros won because he was better and without the faults at Barcelona after the start, he would have won 5 in a row. An issue that could not be solved by Ham over the rest of the season, yes, mainly because of the car not being stable.
If that's true then it's impressive. And for the other teams it must be scary. I don't doubt that RedBull will be similarly improving their car's aerodynamics, as will Ferrari. The question is: who has done the best overall job of developing for the new regs? We don't have to wait too long to find out, of course.tangodjango wrote: ↑23 Nov 2020, 18:34Don't know how trustworthy this is.
Mercedes: the 2021 aerodynamics cut has already been recovered
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https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-me ... 1/4914794/
If even half true, there will be a lot of unhappy people around here.
Undeniably true. Mercedes said they started to empty out the design drawers when building the W11 (due to the anticipated reg. changes). In terms of things we can actually see/are aware of, that process gave us DAS, the new rear suspension, etc.
I certainly hope it's true, for no other reason than to continue seeing the incredible pole laps that LH puts down. Hungary 2020, SPA 2020, Monza 2020, etc. etc. Just so incredible to watch a driver than skilled and a car that well engineered. I know this phrase gets overused, but it really does look like it's on rails. Mindblowing.zibby43 wrote: ↑23 Nov 2020, 23:25Undeniably true. Mercedes said they started to empty out the design drawers when building the W11 (due to the anticipated reg. changes). In terms of things we can actually see/are aware of, that process gave us DAS, the new rear suspension, etc.
Wonder if they have anything left . . .