Wynters wrote: ↑28 Oct 2019, 18:15
izzy wrote: ↑28 Oct 2019, 16:58
he needs to see that Lewis'
judgment is what's made him so successful. Not aggression.
I was thinking about this yesterday (as Hamilton was bouncing across the grass having been pushed off for a second time before he even reached T3). It seems he's got a reputation as someone who can just be pushed around by the others. Verstappen does it, Leclerc does it, Vettel does it. My initial, instinctive reaction was that it's a weakness.
But, as I thought about it more, I realised the opposite was obviously true.
When someone pushes Hamilton around, he might lose the position (see Leclerc in Monza and Vettel & Verstappen in Mexico) but, worse-case-scenario, he only scores slightly fewer points than he might have at the end of the race. When, in the same situation, the others let their machismo do they talking...they spin, pick up punctures or DNF half (most of?) the time. Hamilton might give people plenty of space and ease off rather than keep his foot in, but he scores far more points that way. It's fascinating that the others don't seem to have realised it.
yes exactly. i think Lewis' intelligence is so interesting. He's a bit dyslexic and not 'academic' but there are levels where he just thinks very, very fast and clearly. Take Monaco last year - as you kinda say Max knew he was safe to divebomb Lewis into the chicane, because Lewis wouldn't just madly turn in. But what Lewis did do was close the line enough to touch wheels, and that gave him a licence to shortcut the chicane without giving the place back! Max knew this was what Lewis intended as well, he commented on it
and the same thing happens over and over. Lewis has this intuitive understanding of the physics of it all I think, and knows instantly, all the time, when it's in his favour, or when it isn't and he has to back off as you say and take home the points. when Lewis and someone actually touch, more often than not it's the other guy who regrets it. Yesterday i think he knew he could have enough momentum to make it Max's problem, and it was the same for example in Monza last year when he went round the outside of Seb into the first chicane- Lewis was not actually on the limit of grip between the apexes, so when Seb hit him Lewis' car didn't spin it was Seb's. And Monza this year with Charles, Lewis did enough to get Charles investigated. Same with Seb in Canada. No contact, but. And this is why I believe in the tyre radio as a tactic too (otherwise it's a bit pointless isn't it)
Who among the young guns can reach this level, on top of the pace?
