And thats why I think Hamilton isnt a great driver, by all means stick him in a car and hell probably get the best out of it or chase down the man in front - but to ask him to do anything that isnt short term and hes found wanting - horse and carrot comes to mind...
He just doesnt have the mental capacity to work out how displaced competitors may affect his race later like people like Schumacher, Button and Alonso do; even Vettels starting to demonstrate some thought, like asking Newey right after the race how many pit stops 2nd place Button had done. To me thats a mark of a great driver, who hasnt the ability to use any spare capacity to question/work out the minimum he needs to do to maintain/gain places while attempting to finish a race.
Hamiton needs to change his driving style which he appears to be doing (as Brundle put it hes trying to be more smoother like Button) as these Pirrelis just fall apart too easily (as per design) - he also needs to realise its a race weekend and whatever silly little things he does in qualifying will affect his race - how often have we heard the words
'Hamitons locked up in the first corner' - hes notorious for having small lock ups and now he has tyres that just wont cope with that, theres no graining phase where they might come back, when they go they go...
At least though he heading in the right direction, but hes definitely the dumbest champion on that grid...
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