Comments on: Can Lewis Hamilton Recover His 7 Point Deficit?

By: Ibero

Ibero — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:37:44 +0000

Indeed Ago, Ferrari is very strong and Kimi had some problems on his car last race, I think they will win both championship this year.

Also I think BMW and Renault will be more strong over the year and will do some good results that can be a problem for Mclaren.

By: Ago

Ago — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:24:59 +0000

@Nik : McLaren is currently missing 34 points compared to last year. Lewis is missing 10 and Heikki (14) is far from the 38 pts collected by Fernando last year… Don’t forget that even if Mclaren collects 36 points in the 2 next GPs they will be far from last year’s 106 pts and in the end of the season you need al the points you can. Facts are they are very late on their agenda and Ferrari is in front of their’s (+7)… and don’t expect Ferrari not to score any point in the next 2 races…

About the drivers Kimi (+12 compared to 2007) has an average pts/race of 7, Lewis and Felipe have only 5.6. Last year to win the title required 6.47 pts per race. Right now sorry but the figures don’t look good for McLaren or Lewis.

Lewis and Heikki are young and they still have a lot to learn McLaren made a big mistake last year and they might pay for it again this year. The F1 crunch ?

Now, what I fear is a revival of last year’s drama with Heikki as Lewis, and Lewis as Fernando. Heikki is fast and Lewis (like all racers) doesn’t like it. It’s ok for Heikki to beat Lewis when they play bowling, not when they race for pole… And last saturday Heikki was faster and could use his tyres much better than Lewis did… I smell trouble at McLaren again.

A pity Alonso and Rosberg are not where they could be… it would be even more funny !
Pilots they are the salt of F1, and the only reason I have to watch the GPs… no matter the flag, no matter the car, pilots I love you !

“Piloti che gente” said (and wrote) the late Enzo Ferrari he was spot on !

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:26:39 +0000

I actually think Massa will out qualify Lewis and win at Monaco. Massa is going there with some confidence having stamped some authority on the Drivers championship. For me Hamilton this year has stunk of the underachieving brit that we see in many other british sport stars, it has to be a small island complex.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:38:49 +0000

I wonder if McL really have put up the ante or whether it was down to both Lewis and Heikki driving on light loads? But allinall I’ve got to say, that Lewis really does look like a man on a mission. He certainly has picked himself up and again has shown us his ability to overtake under any circumstances. This may all be down to the fact, that he knows that he is fighting with less good material since I have not seen either Kimi nor Massa drive with such “verve”. The only other fellow I have seen put blades to the track in a Lewis Hamilton style is Robert Kubica. Kimi is doing what he needs to do, hamster hamster hamster points. My gut feeling tells me Hamilton will win the championship fighting Kimi and Massa off taking risks no other driver will take and that most probably because they understand quite well that if they do they just might end up in the ditch

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:57 +0000

Thanks for commenting, nik. Indeed, I too think Kovalainen has shown himself to be worthy of the McLaren berth, but luck hasn’t exactly been onside recently. And some say (SC pitstops aside) you create your own luck.

@Steven: Care to share why you think that? I have to agree, it looks good for him, but I just can’t rid my mind of something going wrong over the course of the weekend and throwing either Hamilton or the team off the scent.

Before the last couple of races, I quietly had BMW down for an outside chance to win in Monte Carlo, but given their recent slump, I’m not so sure. I think my gut-instinct says Raikkonen for the Moncao win, but it is more gut than logic.

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:21:40 +0000

Lewis will win in Monaco.

By: nik

nik — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:02:15 +0000

McLaren picked up pace in Istanbul and if they finished 1-2 over the next 2 rounds I wouldn’t be surprised. Over the next 2 rounds I would expect McLaren to walk away with 30-36 points. Heikki has been very strong this year so far, and has just been unlucky so he might rise now while Massa fades.

McLaren traditionally develop very well during the year. If it were not for non-performance incidents (pit stop in Australia, penalty in Malaysia, start in Bahrain, crash in Spain, puncture in Turkey) we wouldn’t even have to question their performance to date