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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I would guess most of them could win the odd race driving a Mercedes, if Hamilton wasnt in the other one. Winning race after race, year after year is a different thing though.

[deviator]

..... Vettel ( who can't be arsed)

I heard the reason he spins so much is to make sure he gets plenty of airtime for his sponsors. [/tongue in cheek]

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I would guess most of them could win the odd race driving a Mercedes, if Hamilton wasnt in the other one. Winning race after race, year after year is a different thing though.

Yes.....he is good. Almost as good as Rosberg.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Be fair. Schumacher was 107 years old at the time.

[STEMO]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Would you marry him, Albs? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Would you marry him, Albs? 

I do detect more than a hint of hero worship.........

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/gjSfkvMZogE

Here you go, Mr Bitz.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Would you marry him, Albs? 

If I thought I would get half his money when I divorced him, I would seriously consider it. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Be fair. Schumacher was 43 years old at the time. Whereas Hamilton is only approaching 36

Cant argue with that. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Be fair. Schumacher was 43 years old at the time. Whereas Hamilton is only approaching 36

Cant argue with that. 

Prime Schumacher against prime Hamilton in the same car would have been interesting.

We'll never know. You could also throw a prime era Jim Clark or Senna into the mix.

[STEMO]

Rosberg never beat him in a straight fight in even one single race. And the only reason Rosberg (just about) won a championship was Hamiltons reliability issues that season.
Rosberg, being reasonably intelligent knew this, and knew it wasnt likely to happen again, so retired from racing immediately. 
Also, Rosberg out qualified and out raced Schumacher most weekends when he had him as a team mate before Hamilton, so what does that tell us ? 

Be fair. Schumacher was 43 years old at the time. Whereas Hamilton is only approaching 36

Cant argue with that. 

Prime Schumacher against prime Hamilton in the same car would have been interesting.

We'll never know. You could also throw a prime era Jim Clark or Senna into the mix.

I'm not sure Senna's balls would have fitted into a modern F1 car.

[LC0112G]

I think this also puts a lot of pressure on Bottas. If they parachute a Norris, Russell or Hulkenberg into Hamiltons' car, and Bottas doesn't soundly beat them in a fair fight then Bottas's share price drops through the floor IMV. The opposite is probably true as well though - if Bottas runs of into the distance leaving Lewis's replacement fighting with the Renault, McLaran and Racing Point, then Merc probably are justified in their retention of Bottas for next season.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Your probably right.


Clark was before my time, but from what Ive seen and heard about him he was a supremely gifted driver.
Senna was an awesome driver but not without flaws. His latin temperament got the better of him at times.
Schumacher. Were could we start with his flaws ? How good was he ? No way of telling. So much cheating from him and his teams it isnt possible to judge how good he was or wasnt.
The only time its reasonable to assume he wasnt driven a "bent" car was when he came back and drove for Mercedes. He was a mediocre midfield runner, but in fairness he was getting on a bit by then.
Its easy to forget now some of his astonishing drives earlier in his career, when he didnt have a dominant car as he does now.
The only wet weather drivers I would put in the same bracket as him would be Senna and Gilles Villeneuve.
The two main factors for me though, which put him above all the others is that he is pretty flawless. Mistakes are very rare, and he is consistently on top of his game.
If it wasnt for some bad luck he would have won the title at his first attempt and also won against Rosberg. He could easily have had 9 by now.
Also, as Coulthard mentioned yesterday, he is completely fair in his driving at all times, even under extreme pressure, yet its rare for anyone to beat him in a fair fight.
I havent seen anyone quite like that before, who could produce similar results over such a long period of time.
 Very close to the perfect racing driver.

[Varche]

Shame he has three things against him.

1. He is the last of the top flight drivers to come from a poor background. Quite probably the very last.

2. He is black. People are still very racist.

3. He is British. Rather strangely Brits aren’t desperately patriotic. It isnt just own sports people but products, cars, foodstuffs.

Notwithstanding the foregoing he is the complete package.