Everybody I know that has known Ron Dennis conveys quite clearly what a complete control freak he is. Whitmarsh was a well paid Stool Pidgeon. It was still Team Hamilton with his Uncle in the background. Next topic.....
What is even more impressive is that those stats including WDC would be 20-35% higher if he was 100% dedicated to his craft like MS, MV instead of all the other stuff he does and if he had Lehto, Jos, Herbert, Irvine, Barrichello, and Massa as teammates instead of Alonso, Button, Nico, Bottas and Russell. As far as natural talent nobody comes close to LH.
And maybe you jealous Lewis haters would be "less frothy" if ANYONE could/would step up and knock down Lewis' records. Then you say: "See, told you he wasn't that good". And comparing Vettel to Senna is just an idiotic attempt, and you know it. Hell, compare Senna to Rosberg...Button...Kimi...what are your thoughts on those comparisons. I know we lost Senna way too young and no doubt (in my mind) that he would have become one of the greatest champions ever. Shame on you for playing that card...it's pitiful and sad.
Winning with an inferior car( even slightly) is the main differentiator between world champions ( every year) and best in history. Prost did it in 1986. Senna in 1991. And Max in 2021. Only missing is Alonso in 2012.
^^^ I didn't say they were. Sadly, we'll never know what Senna could have accomplished. You're entitled to your opinion. Just don't confuse your "opinion" with FACT...it's not.
You can probably add '94 / '95 to that list The Williams was in a class of it's own, but their drivers let them down.
Correct. Your metric therefore that Hamilton must be the Goat due to his six wins in the magic-carpet Mercedes is tumbleweed. Button and Russell would've achieved the same, if not more.
Hamilton can only win when provided with a clearly dominant car. Even then, not always. That's not what I would call "natural talent nobody comes close to." Hell, Nico Rosberg beat him straight up despite being his designated #2, and Nico is nobody's GOAT. That is a fact.
Wait...the team with the best car lost because of DRIVERS? I've pointed out, in at least 3 posts, that there are plenty of examples of the BEST car NOT winning, but you guys continue to imply that ANYONE can win the title in the M-B so what Lewis has done is no big deal. So, which is it?
I guess we'll never know, will we? So, YOUR metric involves "Shoulda/woulda/coulda" instead of, you know, what ACTUALLY happened.
Interesting that you mention Jim Clark. Hamilton has won 103 out of 297 races he started ... for a winning percentage of 34.68% (3rd place in history) Clark won 25 out of 73 races he started ... for a winning percentage of 34.25% (4th place in history) So, while Hamilton has won more races than anyone ... if he goes ~4 more races without a win, he will fall into 4th place, behind Clark, for most races won per races started. (and NO, that's not a statistic recently fabricated by some hamilton hater)
No...again, don't confuse your "Opinion" with "Facts". "Fact" is Nico won the championship. "Opinion" is that "Hamilton can only win with a clearly dominant car". As post #409 pointed out, the BEST car is part of it, not all of it. Somehow, Lewis won 7 WDC's
Great. Let's hope he (LH) goes winless in the next 4 races. Then you guys can start ANOTHER Hamilton thread. The rest of us can't wait.
Weren't you just challenging us, to recognize that Hamilton's "records" speak for themselves? (post #405, probably others in this thread alone). I simply added one more significant "record" to the list. Sorry it didn't go your way
No Again Lewis is a great driver. A little few could have challenged him during the Mercedes era. We simply imply that this Mercedes era was something unique during Formula one history because of their pace and reliability advantages they had compared with others. We disagree about the fact that statistics are the only tool to ponder Lewis place in the rankings.
