Monaco Grand Prix 2014, Monte Carlo - Race 6/19

smr said:
Hamilton is a beast at Qualifying, of that there is no doubt, but if he had better race craft and didn't let his emotions run away with him he'd be almost the perfect racing driver.
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To be the perfect racing driver, Hamilton would have to increase his intelligence. That's not easy. Because of this he relies on his teams telling him to make the strategic decisions, while he does what he does best - drive fast.

For me Vettel and Alonso, with their higher intelligence (and better decision making during the race), will beat Hamilton over the course of a long title race.

If you look at the best drivers in history - Senna, Prost, MSc, Alonso, Vettel (but to name a few) - they certainly have speed. But they also have intelligence. And this is always going to hurt Hamilton, when it comes to putting multiple titles together. We have seen this already.

This year, we are seeing a slower driver, with higher intelligence, leading the title race. It could certainly be argued that Hamlton had a DNF which hurt him in Race1, BUT, I would argue that if Rosberg were falling behind too far, he would've pulled a rabit out of the bag sooner. Some people call it cheating. I call it F1. ;)
 
FrankJH said:
Fact is Hamilton has always been in a decent car for the whole of his F1 career, which is plainly not the case with JB which you seemed to be trying to compare
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No, smr was comparing. I was pointing out that Buttons career is twice as long as Hamilton's, so if Button has had a dog of a car for half of his career hes still on a par with Hamilton having a decent car all of his.

Sure it's not that clean cut, but simply saying Hamilton has always had a good car is a skewed argument.
 
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I don't think Hamilton needs to sort his head out to be honest. As long as he can focus and channel his annoyance and use it to his advantage then I'm all for it. Where it becomes a problem is if it has a detrimental affect.
People use emotions in different ways, I don't think it needs to be removed and sanitised.
 
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