Hamilton Interview: Kimi doesn't have balls to brake late!
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Hamilton Interview: Kimi doesn't have ***** to brake late!
I think even though Lewis is doing a great job as a driver, he is out of his mind talking too much trash for the other drivers. Check this interview out:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
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I think even though Lewis is doing a great job as a driver, he is out of his mind talking too much trash for the other drivers. Check this interview out:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
But remember, one of the traits that defines a champion is an absolute confidence in your abilities...and no doubt Hamilton has that!!
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I think even though Lewis is doing a great job as a driver, he is out of his mind talking too much trash for the other drivers. Check this interview out:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70475
But he (referring to Kimi) was braking much earlier than you?
LH: Well, that's his driving, that's all. That is how he drives. If you don't have the ***** to brake late then that is your problem! At the end of the day, in those situations it is the driver who can feel the grip more and put the car more on the edge. And I know I am great in those conditions. I felt the grip more than him, I knew where to place my car and I did place it in different positions to him and I found the grip.
How ironic to say that for a driver who has been doing that succesfully for a lot more time than he did. As Kimi explained in another interview when you are first and it starts raining, you don't know how much grip there is. By being second you have the luxury to look at the guy in front of you and estimate if there is more or less grip.
Regarding Massa too..
Q. You say you are confident for the coming races, but how much is the shadow of Massa a concern for you?
LH: Not really. I think Massa he is on the back foot and he is the one that has to work damn hard to keep up with me. We do have a close race, a close battle, but I feel I am in a very strong position.
Its a bit Ironic to say that for a driver that won more pole positions this year than he did!
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I dont think he said anything wrong. Like Mike Tyson used to say he was the greatest.... and you know what he was during his time. I think Hamilton has got God given talents when it comes to driving. The man is good and no one can take that away from him. No one has done what Hamilton has done in their debut season in F1 NO ONE! He lost the tittle due to his inexpierence and KIMI won it BY LUCK period. 
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so what if he's cocky, he is just getting in the heads of the other competitors.
look at scott speed he's a little cocky ****** fu$er but he backs it up on the kart track, he never had a car in F1 but always was the team leader. and now he's clowning the nascar guys, can't wait for him to get into a cup car.
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I think thats awesome, its what F1 has missed from the old days. We finally have it again real battles, real drama, real competition. Dont forget massa and lewis are friends, so this is only friendly banter anyways.
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yea right, L.H doesn't act like some jack a$$ hood rat. he is always well spoken and polished, he also is venting frustration over the belguin GP B.S. w/ the whole late braking qoute.
so what if he's cocky, he is just getting in the heads of the other competitors.
look at scott speed he's a little cocky ****** fu$er but he backs it up on the kart track, he never had a car in F1 but always was the team leader. and now he's clowning the nascar guys, can't wait for him to get into a cup car.
so what if he's cocky, he is just getting in the heads of the other competitors.
look at scott speed he's a little cocky ****** fu$er but he backs it up on the kart track, he never had a car in F1 but always was the team leader. and now he's clowning the nascar guys, can't wait for him to get into a cup car.
Also, I don't remember him to be a team leader either. Neither him or Liuci were doing well enough to satisfy Gerhard Berger and as a result he let both of them go.
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I dont think he said anything wrong. Like Mike Tyson used to say he was the greatest.... and you know what he was during his time. I think Hamilton has got God given talents when it comes to driving. The man is good and no one can take that away from him. No one has done what Hamilton has done in their debut season in F1 NO ONE! He lost the tittle due to his inexpierence and KIMI won it BY LUCK period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...ve#Formula_One
Also, you have to consider that in order to make such an impression you have to have the car to do it. Obviously Alonso, Kimi did that impression when they started to lesser teams that's why McLaren and Renault hired them later on and now Vettel is making that impression but he doesn't have the car to win races.
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Agreed that he should ideally be a bit more humble, certainly in an interview (sounds like a PR flack was not in attendance!), and given that this is only his 2nd year in F1.
But remember, one of the traits that defines a champion is an absolute confidence in your abilities...and no doubt Hamilton has that!!
But remember, one of the traits that defines a champion is an absolute confidence in your abilities...and no doubt Hamilton has that!!
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Are you sure about your "NO ONE"? Jacques Villeneuve did that impression his debut year but then his performance dropped. As he commented later on there are a lot of politics in F1. I don't think he had the support Lewis has from McLaren.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...ve#Formula_One
Also, you have to consider that in order to make such an impression you have to have the car to do it. Obviously Alonso, Kimi did that impression when they started to lesser teams that's why McLaren and Renault hired them later on and now Vettel is making that impression but he doesn't have the car to win races.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...ve#Formula_One
Also, you have to consider that in order to make such an impression you have to have the car to do it. Obviously Alonso, Kimi did that impression when they started to lesser teams that's why McLaren and Renault hired them later on and now Vettel is making that impression but he doesn't have the car to win races.
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I don't remember Scott Speed to cocky in his interviews quite the contrary a few times that I heart him seemed humble, he said once that the reason he made it to F1 is not that he was the best but he was around the right people.
Also, I don't remember him to be a team leader either. Neither him or Liuci were doing well enough to satisfy Gerhard Berger and as a result he let both of them go.
Also, I don't remember him to be a team leader either. Neither him or Liuci were doing well enough to satisfy Gerhard Berger and as a result he let both of them go.
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I don't remember Scott Speed to cocky in his interviews quite the contrary a few times that I heart him seemed humble, he said once that the reason he made it to F1 is not that he was the best but he was around the right people.
Also, I don't remember him to be a team leader either. Neither him or Liuci were doing well enough to satisfy Gerhard Berger and as a result he let both of them go.
Also, I don't remember him to be a team leader either. Neither him or Liuci were doing well enough to satisfy Gerhard Berger and as a result he let both of them go.
on a side not please do not mention Gerhard Berger in your posts he is dead to me!
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I think lewis took too much credit for his wet performance. A very informed ferrari fan told me the red cars needed more heat in the tires vs lewis. If Lewis swapped seats with kimi in the wet conditions, I doublt he would still be outbraking him. He's a great driver, but in this case takes too much credit.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
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I think lewis took too much credit for his wet performance. A very informed ferrari fan told me the red cars needed more heat in the tires vs lewis. If Lewis swapped seats with kimi in the wet conditions, I doublt he would still be outbraking him. He's a great driver, but in this case takes too much credit.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
the red team does do better having there tires hot. But there's no doubt in my mind lewis is the best rain driver out there as good if not better than M.Schumacher. you would have to put him in the red car to give the other guys a chance.
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Massa was heavily judged by his performance in the wet in the Silverstone GP but he did reasonably well in Monaco and reasonably well today, at least better then Kimi and Lewis. I believe that drivers should be judged over their performance over the long term on multiple situations, cars and teams if possible.
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I think lewis took too much credit for his wet performance. A very informed ferrari fan told me the red cars needed more heat in the tires vs lewis. If Lewis swapped seats with kimi in the wet conditions, I doublt he would still be outbraking him. He's a great driver, but in this case takes too much credit.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
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He wasn't so good in the rain today wasn't he? The bottom line is that you can't judge someones abilities based on limited data. Massa was heavily judged by his performance in the wet but he did reasonably well in Monaco and reasonably well today, at least better then Kimi and Lewis. I believe that drivers should be judged over their performance over the long term on muptiple situations cars and teams if possible.
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In any case it is way too early to do such a comparison, Schumacher won 7 championships and people don't compare him with Senna not Lewis who just started!
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He wasn't so good in the rain today wasn't he? The bottom line is that you can't judge someones abilities based on limited data. I know Vettel did his lap when it was raining a little less but never the less Lewis couldn't move from that 15th spot even after multiple attempts.
to finish 6thlike i said before he is as good if not better than M.Schumacher.
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I think lewis took too much credit for his wet performance. A very informed ferrari fan told me the red cars needed more heat in the tires vs lewis. If Lewis swapped seats with kimi in the wet conditions, I doublt he would still be outbraking him. He's a great driver, but in this case takes too much credit.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
Massa was also very loose in the rain with dry tires.
Just my $0.02
