Monday, September 08, 2008

Hamilton 'fair & square' ?

So I sit thru another Grand Prix and i am enthralled AGAIN for about a minute and a half of the whole race.....fairly 'par for the course' these days in regards to F1 and where thrills are concerned. But the new british hero Lewis once more proves some pretty important points about himself.

  1. He IS very much like Senna - let Kimmi thru after cutting the corner to aviod a collision and giving Kimmi 6 centimeters of grace before then slipstreaming him into the next corner.....Very Senna but very clever.
  2. Saying resolutely "nobody will overtake me on the outside ever again" in the 'pre race' interview, then on lap 2 get overtaken on the outside by Kimmi, reminding me somehwat of the Mansell / Senna classic episode of overtaking
  3. Chasing down Kimmi in the final stages of the race, before the 'racing' incident that cost him 25 seconds, was very Senna.
Of course while Lewis is a 2nd year rookie, Senna is one of the true legends of formula1, Lewis can only aspire to 'acting' like Senna and is slowly working hinmself into the category of great McClaren drivers.

Should he have been pegged back 25 seconds? Well in my opinion NO, if the roles had been reversed I don't think the Kimmi would have been put under penalty.......I think the 25 second penalty was another "Nigel Stepney" award for McClaren.....however it does bring the season to a climax nicely....Still Alonso, the best driver in F1 of course WON'T win the championship..... but its going to be close (but boring unless it RAINS every race).

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