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Baku has been a lesson in humility for Hamilton

Published on 21 Jun 2016 15:48
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By: Rob Veenstra

Mark Webber thinks world champion Lewis Hamilton can bounce back and secure his third consecutive title this year. Another another troubled weekend in Baku, Hamilton's deficit to Nico Rosberg blew back out to 24 points as he declared "It's looking like a good year for Nico".

But former F1 driver Mark Webber said on Tuesday: "I think Lewis can still win the title. He's dangerous and fast when he's in the right mood. If he can show every weekend what he can do, he can still make it difficult for Nico," the Australian told Austrian broadcaster Servus TV.

By the same token, Webber said it is possible that Rosberg will also keep his nose ahead in 2016 and lift his first F1 title. "As long as Nico does not have to deal with the 'real' Lewis too often, he has a chance," he said. Another former F1 driver, Jean Alesi, thinks Baku will have been a lesson for Hamilton. "Lewis Hamilton learned a lesson in humility," he told the French broadcaster Canal Plus.

Alesi said it is noteworthy that Hamilton went into the Baku weekend declaring that it was not a street circuit in the same class as Monaco. "I think when you have a car as good as the Mercedes is today, it's easy to fall into a trap."

"I think Lewis will go home with some humility, because you have to treat a difficult track like that more seriously. After the third practice, his pace disappeared. I believe that from time to time, a driver needs a cold shower such as this," Alesi added. (GMM)

mbmwe36

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What's even more funny is, that the Danish broadcaster of F1 did an interview with Rosberg and Hamilton before the Grand Prix og Monaco, if memory serves. And they asked if the number of settings on the steering wheel was overwhelming. Rosberg said something along the lines of it being quite the ... [Read more]

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Jun 22 2016 - 15:26

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mclarenfan1968

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Not humility but stupidity. The race could have been still salvaged to get 2nd place but bird droppings for brains boy couldn't apply minimal;l amounts of logic that Rosberg applied with relative ease
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- Jun 21 2016 - 15:54
- calle.itw
  
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  Its a bit odd how long it took Hamilton to solve the problem compared to Rosberg, especially since it was the exact same problem. All the more praise to Rosberg for thinking so fast. But it wasnt possible for him to get a 2nd place, he was simply too incosistent this race and even without the erroneous mapping he would've ended beneath the podium.
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  Jun 21 2016 - 17:16
mbmwe36

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What's even more funny is, that the Danish broadcaster of F1 did an interview with Rosberg and Hamilton before the Grand Prix og Monaco, if memory serves. And they asked if the number of settings on the steering wheel was overwhelming. Rosberg said something along the lines of it being quite the job to remember, and was generally being quite humble about the whole thing. Hamilton, on the other hand, said something like that you could wake him up at 3 a.m. in the morning, and he could tell you what every last setting was. And that it was no problem whatsoever, that they couldn't get help over the radio.

So the irony here is almost tangible
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- Jun 22 2016 - 15:26
- mclarenfan1968
  
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  Turd boy was gloating without any merit, just showboating all the time like he does with his hangout buddies Justin Boogers. If you have some capability then you can actually gloat despite being seen as a total douche bag but his case is just hilariously stupid. Neither is he any smart up in the cranium nor does he know when not talk shaite.
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  Jun 22 2016 - 15:41
- calle.itw
  
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  Well, Hamilton was never famous for being humble. :) Hamilton was never comfortable with these new and "complicated" steering whells, while Rosberg, as Lauda said, put extra time in to study the settings more closely.
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  Jun 22 2016 - 21:14