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**b3JOkwXL** · 11-06-2007, 04:17 PM

There's no denying that the McClaren is a very fast car. Because of this Hamilton has been given a fantastic opportunity to shine. But an opportunity alone is not enough, you need the skills to back it up, and he has clearly proven that he is one talented driver. The only thing he is lacking at the moment is experience, but he is so talented that it seems that it won't get in the way!

If he started off in a lame car, of course he wouldn't be in a position to win the championship. But I reckon that in that situation he would have a lesser team mate to show up, and probably would have qualified and finished several places in front of his team mate.

In reality his team mate is Alonso, a 2 time World champion. You can't compare drivers in different cars easily in F1, which is unfortunate. But you can compare them to their teammate. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Hamilton is on par, if not better than, Alonso at the moment.

Edit: Oh btw, I hear ya Gakoex. I'm 22 too pretty depresing to see what can be achieved at this age!
The guy's worked hard and deserves all the credit for what he has achieved so far.

11-06-2007, 04:17 PM	#71
b3JOkwXL Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	There's no denying that the McClaren is a very fast car. Because of this Hamilton has been given a fantastic opportunity to shine. But an opportunity alone is not enough, you need the skills to back it up, and he has clearly proven that he is one talented driver. The only thing he is lacking at the moment is experience, but he is so talented that it seems that it won't get in the way! If he started off in a lame car, of course he wouldn't be in a position to win the championship. But I reckon that in that situation he would have a lesser team mate to show up, and probably would have qualified and finished several places in front of his team mate. In reality his team mate is Alonso, a 2 time World champion. You can't compare drivers in different cars easily in F1, which is unfortunate. But you can compare them to their teammate. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Hamilton is on par, if not better than, Alonso at the moment. Edit: Oh btw, I hear ya Gakoex. I'm 22 too pretty depresing to see what can be achieved at this age! The guy's worked hard and deserves all the credit for what he has achieved so far.
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