Hamilton: Webber incident 'just racing'

The only problem with Lewis is that he makes mistakes­ when the pressure is on. At Monza, HE crashed into­ Felipe Massa. At Singapore, HE turned into a corner­ that clearly wasn't his. Look at it from­ Webber's view. He is on the inside for the next­ turn, he sees his closest title rival by the side of­ him. What does Lewis expect Mark to do? "Go ahead­ Lewis, you take the corner and i'll finish behind­ you" Be realistic Lewis. And what's this­ "I didn't see him" excuse? I'm sorry­ but you're not clearly infront of him, yet you­ decide to turn in and risk your place in the­ championship, for an extra 3 points? People who say it­ was Webber's fault need to watch the replay again.­ Hamilton's left-rear was by the side of­ Webber's front-right, no discussion. And as for­ people saying that Vettel has taken loads of points off­ of Webber, you clearly don't know what your talking­ about. Oh yeah, I forgot that Vettel crashed into­ Button at Spa and Webber made up two places.
The­ unluckiest driver of the year is Vettel. How many times­ has his car let him down or he's had bad luck?­ Let's see...
Bahrain 1st to 4th (13 points lost),­ Australia 1st to DNF (25 points lost), Spain 2nd to 3rd­ (3 points lost),
Silverstone 2nd to 7th (12 points­ lost). A total of 53 points lost because of car­ malfunctions and bad luck. On the flip side, due to­ Vettel's driving errors, he has only lost 30 points­ (Turkey 2nd place) & (Spa 4th place). Compare that­ to Hamilton's driving errors, Spain (2nd with two­ laps left and crashed because of heavy impact to left­ front)
(18 points), Monza (crashed on first lap being­ too agressive) (12 points), Singapore (crashed because­ of agressive manouvere on Webber) (12 points). Hamilton­ has lost 42 points because of on-track errors, whereas­ Vettel has only lost 30 points due to errors. Vettel is­ a more rounded driver this year than Hamilton, no­ discussion.

Bartman has written probably the best explaination for­ this accident that I have read and is completely­ spot-on, and as I am also a Lewis Hamilton and Mclaren­ fan, I can see what he is saying about Martin­ Whitmarsh. Fact is, second race in a row, Mclaren­ race and Qualifying strategy cost them, different­ setups in Monza forced Lewis to be behind Felipe Massa­ in Qualifying and cost him badly on lap one in the­ race. However, the mistakes made in Singapore are­ glaring- not pitting both Mclaren drivers when their­ tyres started to go off was so stupid it cost Lewis a­ poduim and caused him to go for it which was the right­ thing to do when he did, just the execution which was­ great but then for no reason Lewis swerved to the­ right- too give Mark more room - if he hadn't have­ done that actually there wouldn't have been an­ accident because he would have been ahead of him. I­ am not gonna have a go at Jenson but sitting behind­ Webber's damaged car and allowing him to take 3rd­ was a bit cowardly- Mr Hold station again, shame­ because I was impressed with Button in Monza. So­ really from Mclaren point of view a poor race for both­ drivers- lets pray that the upgrade for Japan works­ because if not, both drivers will not win the world­ championship in the third-fastest car!

#170 But that's just it, I'm a motor sports­ fan. I should like F1 and tune in every race to see the­ pinnacle of race car development fired around some fine­ circuits. It should be a fantastic spectacle but on­ most occasions fans have very little to talk about.­ e.g. the hamilton/webber thing and someone's engine­ catching fire. In two hours of racing there should be a­ bit more to talk about. In the end, F1 fans revert to­ tread depth, wing settings, ride height etc in an­ effort to make it sound interesting. You can't tell­ me that Monza was triumph for F1; one incident on turn­ 4 and a mistimed pitstop makes a race does it? It was a­ procession. I've heard that doctors are issuing­ DVD's of F1 races as a cure for insomnia; a couple­ of laps and patients are certain to be in the land of­ nod dreaming of Moto GP.

Looks like bubbles is going bald !!!!!!

Sorry guys - comment at 189 should read Whitmarsh (not­ Hindmarsh)

Bartman, I know what you mean but I think that Lewis­ never had enough time in the bag to stay ahead of­ Webber after a stop. Webber kept dropping back and the­ team were hoping that would continue, howver the tables­ turned and it was lewis that was dropping back, he­ never had a chance

I have to agree with the comments from Mr Bateman­ at180.
Martin Hindmarsh determines team strategy the­ same way he orders his coffees - "One with and One­ without please"

Ashley Cole is that you?

Regards, #26 Blues

L Hamilton has matured greatly this year. His­ assumption of responsibilty several times this year­ indicate this; his skill and competitive nature­ "told" him to overtake Webber. Webber being­ notably fair-minded and competitive did not want that­ to happen...that would be F1 racing. Hamilton in the­ past would have taken the low road and placed blame­ elsewhere; not this year and good on him. Fear not he­ will win a lot of races and at least two more­ championships. On the other hand, Webber has paid his­ dues (and has lost how many points this year because of­ Vettel?) and this will be his one and only/last time to­ win the championship. Hamilton v Vettel for years to­ come.

(NEWSFLASH)
red Bull's have just realised there new­ tactic of taking out McLaren, is backfiring, and­ handing the championship to Alonso, Vettel is to­ torpedo Alonso at the next race.

Just like in Monza, no one was to blame. RACING­ INCIDENT. Just because it's LH, every A -hole has­ to make a comment.
FFS they are racing! What do you­ expect? Give the boy his due... he had to take­ advantage of being close (due to the SC) and OVERTAKE­ as his car was shown to be well off the pace of the RBs­ and BSs.

the season's almost done... and there was nothing­ to cheer about since rubens seems contented to eat the­ dust!

Stephen @ 169....Well done, mate...couldnt have said it­ better myself....nice one, totally agree!
Jenson­ "Hold Station!" @ 152....You definite ly must­ be one of JBs `F`ag-boy` followers....either that or­ you are totally high on drugs all the time....JB even­ got orders at Singapore to "C`mon Jenson, 10 laps­ to go....lets really push them ALL THE­ WAY.....!".....What did Mr Average do....exactly­ what he`s done half the season....he put in ONE quick­ lap....then sat back crimping and yes you`ve guessed­ it...."Held Station!"

its know official that lewis is actually human and i­ think he will become champion again this year lets have­ faith in our british sportsman lewis hamilton........

Nice to see that some Hamilton fans write comments in a­ respectful way, with a lot of common sense and without­ any arrogance. Thank you Mr. Bartman at # 180 for being­ such a person. I would have to disagree with you­ regarding who's the best driver. I definitely­ don't believe that Lewis Hamilton has reached the­ pinnacle of F1 driving. There is a large consensus that­ Alonso is the best at the moment, due to his large­ experience, his contribution to developing performing­ cars and his personal skills. Regarding martin­ Whitmarsh, it seems to me difficult to blame him on the­ problems encountered by Lewis Hamilton. Remember Ron­ Dennis was present at the last few races, too. Besides,­ Whitmarsh would not make any decisions without a­ consultation with his team. I believe that Lewis­ Hamilton needs more experience and a better car to be­ able to become a genuine # 1. Only my thoughts!

Bartman that's true, and is not the first time the­ team makes a failure... to mention Spa, when Hamilton­ almost retires after not entering to switch­ wheels...gladly it all ended good after that... but i­ belive they have been a bit over the limit with the­ team tactics... however i want to belive that Hamilton­ didn't pitstop before because of the possible­ trafic he could find afterwards... but still.. i would­ need to actually check the timers sincei can't­ remember the cars after him.. and still it's better­ to find cars than to have Webber overtaking you :(

he was in my blind spot!!!!! had he not just got half a­ length in front of webber, where did hamilton think­ he'd gone then just 'disappeared'. Mind you­ I think this is maybe the first time I've heared­ hamilton own up to being in a 'racing accident'

Hello guys, I am a McLaren and Lewis Hamilton fan and I­ believe, that Lewis is the best driver on the grid­ today. However, I have been telling my colleagues all­ year that I sincerely believe that the issue with the­ team is with the Team Principal, Martin Whitmarsh. ­ Despite Mr Whitmarsh being in some leadership capacity­ while Ron Dennis was Team Principal, he (Whitmarsh) has­ not demonstrated in almost 2 years that he is up to the­ task.

It was due to McLaren's poor tact in­ critical decision making last Sunday which contributed­ massively to Hamilton's demise. Mark was p11­ positions after his tyre change and he was literally­ going backwards before the tyres began to work for him.­ Lewis was in p3 with Jensen way back in p4 and Mark­ bringing up the rear for the major title contenders.­

Martin Whitmarsh and McLaren mistake was not to call­ Lewis in for a tyre change to cover off Mark, Jensen­ would continue to back Webber up and cover off for­ Lewis and by doing this McLaren would not be forced to­ instruct Lewis to attack Mark right after the safety­ car exited. McLaren need to take a hard and long look­ at the performance of Team Principal, he has not­ delivered and does not seem to be able to, if he was in­ the Premier League, he would be a goner.

What say­ you?

LB