Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

He`ll probably stop four times, and then be flown onto the drivers press conferance, on a wire, in time to be interviewed before they cut away from the other finishers due to "Time Constraints!"

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anametoremember:

Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the nescessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

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anametoremember:

Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the nescessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the nescessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

So LH had to drive the race of his life to finish half a second ahead of Kimi, who mossied along???

A two-stop strategy was definetley the quicker way round Istanbul but Lewis' inability to preserve the life of his tyres cost him valuable time.  I don't think he would have beaten Massa but he would have had a comfortable second place, instead he was fighting off Kimi to keep it.

Lewis may have looked good, but it was all a false impression - fresh tyres, low fuel running made him look a lot quicker than the others but his overall race time was reasonably poor.  Great to watch, but not a great performance.

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

Hamilton lost ground on the soft tyres, as the car didnt work well with them, telling anyone with any ounce of COMMON SENSE, he done the best, given the senario of last season, and the car not feeling right on the softs......he left it to the last possible place to drive on them.....and if he was allowed back on the hard tyres, Kimi would not have been 0.5 seconds behind him, I think Hamilton would have been ready to overtake Massa for a second time!

I am not about careful driving, if i want to watch careful driving I will book an appointment to watch a learner take a theory and practical test. I am watching F1, to see a driver push their car to a limit, maximum, full throttle, the edge, the boundaries and them some more...hamilton done that...end off!

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ptaylor747:

anametoremember:

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atimetoremember:

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atimetoremember:

Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

Hamilton lost ground on the soft tyres, as the car didnt work well with them, telling anyone with any ounce of COMMON SENSE, he done the best, given the senario of last season, and the car not feeling right on the softs......he left it to the last possible place to drive on them.....and if he was allowed back on the hard tyres, Kimi would not have been 0.5 seconds behind him, I think Hamilton would have been ready to overtake Massa for a second time!

I am not about careful driving, if i want to watch careful driving I will book an appointment to watch a learner take a theory and practical test. I am watching F1, to see a driver push their car to a limit, maximum, full throttle, the edge, the boundaries and them some more...hamilton done that...end off!

It seems that common sense would have said to stop twice as Lewis' team-mate did, and pretty much all the other drivers did.

While the Mclaren doesn't work on softs it's also widely known that the Ferrari does not work too well on the hards so I guess that all 4 drivers have to work with what they've got. The problem here is that the 3 other drivers seem to be able to adapt and make things work for them, Lewis on the other hand has to totally sacrifice the optimum race strategy to ensure he can cross the finish line - not an ideal situation to be in.

Facts will maintain that just prior to the 1st pit stop Lewis was about 7+ secs ahead of Kimi, after all pit stops had been compelted this was down to about 1.5 secs so for all of Lewis' 'pushing to the limit, maximum, on the edge' it was actually slower that a Ferrari with a dodgy front wing!!

I'm glad you enjoyed watching Lewis drive his car, I also enjoyed it, but from the drivers/teams point of views it has to be effective and Lewis wasn't.

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ptaylor747:

anametoremember:

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atimetoremember:

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atimetoremember:

Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

Hamilton lost ground on the soft tyres, as the car didnt work well with them, telling anyone with any ounce of COMMON SENSE, he done the best, given the senario of last season, and the car not feeling right on the softs......he left it to the last possible place to drive on them.....and if he was allowed back on the hard tyres, Kimi would not have been 0.5 seconds behind him, I think Hamilton would have been ready to overtake Massa for a second time!

I am not about careful driving, if i want to watch careful driving I will book an appointment to watch a learner take a theory and practical test. I am watching F1, to see a driver push their car to a limit, maximum, full throttle, the edge, the boundaries and them some more...hamilton done that...end off!

What absolute ****. You are now using speculation and flights of fancy as fact. You say if Hamilton was allowed to go on the hards again.....this is not the rules.

And say what you like about kimi's racing. I remember he too was like Hamilton and driving the sox off the car all the time. But its only when he took a leaf from Fernando's book and started driving more intelligently  that he started winning championships. Lewis will come around to the simple facts of driving for a championship sooner or later.

So consider this and go. 

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ptaylor747:

anametoremember:

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

Hamilton lost ground on the soft tyres, as the car didnt work well with them, telling anyone with any ounce of COMMON SENSE, he done the best, given the senario of last season, and the car not feeling right on the softs......he left it to the last possible place to drive on them.....and if he was allowed back on the hard tyres, Kimi would not have been 0.5 seconds behind him, I think Hamilton would have been ready to overtake Massa for a second time!

I am not about careful driving, if i want to watch careful driving I will book an appointment to watch a learner take a theory and practical test. I am watching F1, to see a driver push their car to a limit, maximum, full throttle, the edge, the boundaries and them some more...hamilton done that...end off!

What absolute ****. You are now using speculation and flights of fancy as fact. You say if Hamilton was allowed to go on the hards again.....this is not the rules.

And say what you like about kimi's racing. I remember he too was like Hamilton and driving the sox off the car all the time. But its only when he took a leaf from Fernando's book and started driving more intelligently  that he started winning championships. Lewis will come around to the simple facts of driving for a championship sooner or later.

So consider this and go. 

Personally that is a tad harsh.

Lewis driving style is fantastic to watch, don't get me wrong, and it is hurting his tyres at these places like Turkey etc..

But to say that Kimi has changed his driving style after looking at Alonso's???

I think that is a bit made up to be honest.

Yes Massa was very aggressive at the wheel and it got him no where, so he was more smoother and he became good/average from very poor personally.

But Hamilton is very aggressive at the wheel and can make it work.

You can't say that yesterday Hamilton did a poor job.

 

ptaylor747:

anametoremember:

ptaylor747:

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Mr.Woody:

Does anyone have any insight to why it was only Hamilton who had "tyre worries".

Could it be cause by how he likes the car sliding around?
 

His driving style, he is a pure racer who likes to burn those rubbers. He could have done a 2 stopper and done some careful driving. Who cares what their problem was quite frankly, it was fantastic to watch. Dont know what he is going to do for Monaco though?

Its a failing of his, an entertaining failing but a failing none the less....

Please, and he should have mossied along like Kimi instead of doing the necessary thing to LIKE (use the pit stops) drive you car to the max, and burn some rubber? Who said it was a failing, I didnt see his tyres fall, but I saw one hell of a drive!! A failing would have been ending his race how he did last season, he didnt he learnt from his mistake, changed up his senario and drove the best race off his life!

Hush child. Kimi finished 0.5 seconds behind Lewis, so by your (lack of) reasoning Hamilton was only as fast as Kimi pottering at Lewis' fastest . Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Lewis' abilities.

Yeah after Hamilton done 3 stops, and how long does a stop last for? If Michael Schumacher done what Hamilton done yesterday, he would have been hailed as a master of strategies...end off! The fact that Hamilton spent over a minute in all 3 pits stops all together tells me Kimi has enough time to alter his wing in one of his stops, and burnt some rubber if he wanted to! But he is a lackluster racer who plays it safe...and the safe approach (though kimi is a good guy) is boring and killing of this sport!

People blame the FIA for rules changes and slowing down this sport, yesterday (though i expect Hamilton cant perform like this at every race circuit) proved it doesn't have to be the case! What is also good about this performance is McLaren on the whole are crap at strategies, and I have been a McLaren support for the last 10-11 years, I should know!...Hamilton worked this out good and proper!

When MS adopted a different strategy he usually ended up winning the race, Lewis on the other hand lost ground to the car in front and slipped into the hands of the car behind.

Kimi worked around the problem with his wing and was not losing enough time to warrant a change, whereas Lewis on the other hand in 1 year and 5 races of F1 has still not learnt to manage his tyres - it cost him last year and it's going to cost him again this year.

Maybe you could point out what was so good about 3-stopping because I fail to see how Lewis 'worked it out good and proper'?

Hamilton lost ground on the soft tyres, as the car didnt work well with them, telling anyone with any ounce of COMMON SENSE, he done the best, given the senario of last season, and the car not feeling right on the softs......he left it to the last possible place to drive on them.....and if he was allowed back on the hard tyres, Kimi would not have been 0.5 seconds behind him, I think Hamilton would have been ready to overtake Massa for a second time!

I am not about careful driving, if i want to watch careful driving I will book an appointment to watch a learner take a theory and practical test. I am watching F1, to see a driver push their car to a limit, maximum, full throttle, the edge, the boundaries and them some more...hamilton done that...end off!

It seems that common sense would have said to stop twice as Lewis' team-mate did, and pretty much all the other drivers did.

While the Mclaren doesn't work on softs it's also widely known that the Ferrari does not work too well on the hards so I guess that all 4 drivers have to work with what they've got. The problem here is that the 3 other drivers seem to be able to adapt and make things work for them, Lewis on the other hand has to totally sacrifice the optimum race strategy to ensure he can cross the finish line - not an ideal situation to be in.

Facts will maintain that just prior to the 1st pit stop Lewis was about 7+ secs ahead of Kimi, after all pit stops had been compelted this was down to about 1.5 secs so for all of Lewis' 'pushing to the limit, maximum, on the edge' it was actually slower that a Ferrari with a dodgy front wing!!

I'm glad you enjoyed watching Lewis drive his car, I also enjoyed it, but from the drivers/teams point of views it has to be effective and Lewis wasn't.

Then COMMON SENSE has failed you, because that means Hamilton would have taken the risk of a tyre blow, which they were avoiding in the first something damn place and the car didnt work wrll on the softs! Which could have well meant Hamilton would have had to have been much more careful on the softs for longer, Kimi could have well hunted him down...maybe even Kubica! And Hamiltons car being heavier on fuel at the beggining and 1st and second stop!

Look at his last stop on softs, he was VERY light on fuel, yet Kimi was gaining on him very quickly, imagine Hamilton on softs (worried about a tyre blow) with a heavier fuel load....it would have been a very different boring race!

Like I said, I am not here to watch BORING careful racing, I am watching F1 to see a driver pushing plenty! Besides i think Kimi was telling PORKIES about his wing and puncture, there are no pictures or incidication of such things on kimis car....You cant overtake Alonso and Leap frog Kubica on his stint before the pits, with a puncture and wing problem. Neither could one cut into a McLaren lead even on softs with a wing problem....its called EXCUSES for not making the most out of a superior car, when someone else had issues to deal with a drove plenty!

Hamilton is harder on his tyres than most drivers, that is just a fact.

 

Under braking he locks up the fronts very often, and he likes an oversteering car so he is sliding the back around under power which grains the rear tyres as well. The fact that Kovi was scheduled to do a normal 2-stop but Hamilton was forced to do 3-stops because of his tyre usage, proves that the problem was specific only to Hamilton.