danm Wrote:
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Put him in a below par car and let's
> see him talk.
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> I am on team 'Nando, purely because there is
> actual evidence to support him. Lewis hasn't had a
> below par car yet.
Christ I'm sick of people who say that. I guess you weren't watching through-out 2009 and seeing Lewis (and Heikki) struggle with the god awful mp4-24? Lewis snatched 3rd in Melbourne in a car that looked awful to drive and was slow to boot. I think he put in a heroic effort last year but you haters just blindly ignore it. He made Kovalainen look decidedly average. Fact is he matched Alonso in his debut year in 2007 and ended up beating him on a count back. Again. He beat a double world champion in his rookie year. Yeah, ok he didn't 'blow him away' but given that most people expected Alonso to walk all over him, he certainly blew away any preconcieved expectations we all had. You might argue that Alonso never received the support he needed from McLaren well that's rubbish. He's not a small boy who needs to be cuddled. You can be sure his engineers did everything possible for him. They wouldn't have been doing their jobs if they didn't.
Sure, Lewis isn't perfect. He makes mistakes, but then so does everyone else. He can be a bit arrogant outside of the car and his father often comes across as being a bit of a jerk too, I'm not denying that. But behind the wheel, I'd say he's the best in F1 currently.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/2010 11:16AM by Red_Bull.