segedunum wrote:ringo wrote:Those wins came about with luck.
You can try and justify those wins any way you like to fit what is going on in your head, but they were down to good judgement. Lucky once? Possibly. Lucky twice? No. As team mates both Button and Hamilton had exactly the same information available to them and they both interpreted it in ways that meant one of them won two races and the other didn't.
Jenson looks very average in all other races, where was the intelligence and experience in the other 4?
Swings and roundabouts. It's a mark of his approach, and there will be times when he'll be behind Hamilton or be outqualified by him. If you're hanging on to those specifics you're likely to be disappointed by the points haul at the end of the season. He's still leading the all conquering and extremely fast Hamilton in the championship, even with a nice cock-up from his team.
Instead of stating the wins, you should state the points score.
Well, quite, but since wins will be hard to come by for McLaren.......
I'm afraid you sound like one of those people in the eternal Prost versus Senna debate who cannot comprehend for the life of them why Prost outscored Senna even in 1988, and indeed in their entire time as team mates. I mean, Senna was this spectacularly fast and incredible driver. Surely he got better results?! It just cannot be possible.......
It doesn't work like that I'm afraid. People want it to be true, but it isn't.
Aaah, you didn't know i was a prost fan did you?
I rate Prost a little higher than Senna. There are some aspects about Senna, prost will never be compared to, but Prost was more dominant over his career. But Button is nothing like Prost. Prost was a calculator not a gambler.
I can guarantee that Hamilton gets back those 11 points in the next race.
Sounds crazy does it? But after seeing the last 6 races and the second half of 2009, the trends don't lie.
There are no swings and roundabouts with someones intelligence and experience.
He was simply lucky, had nothing to lose because he had just won a championship and will throw caution to the wind anytime he needs a desperate measure to beat superior drivers.
Button is a man who is willing to take short cuts. He wont win by the sweat of his brow.
His approach is to catalyze his race. Hamilton is as much as 1 second a lap faster than him, with the tyre care myth busted, and all other attempts to give hamilton a weakness, It's easy to think Button will show some desperation moving ahead.
The points haul will be what "hami fanboys" predicted. 2007, 2008, 2009, all good examples that set a trend to support my speculation. All factual data, Lewis Hamilton is very competitive and gets the most out of what he has.
Who would have thought that being 8th in the championship after 6 races last year he would have finished the best of the non redbull and brawn teams?
The man is simply a beast on the track.
And Hamilton has had more team cockups than button, so don't start with the excuses already.
Some button fans are even calling for whitmarsh's resignation.
