Hamilton thrilled with "win of the season"

Eurosport - Mon, 21 Jul 15:48:00 2008

Lewis Hamilton hailed what he described as McLaren's "best weekend" this season following a superb German Grand Prix victory.

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Hamilton went from cruise control to fighting like a tiger to take the chequered flag at Hockenheim following a horror smash involving Toyota's Timo Glock on lap 35 of the 67-lap race.

"I think it has been our best weekend up until now," said Hamilton who was dominant in practice and qualifying.

"We have been very strong throughout, as we were in the recent test here.

"The team have done a great job, and we are really on top of our game right now.

"But we cannot get too far ahead of ourselves. We have got a lot of work to do for the rest of the season.

"But if we can continue with this momentum we're looking very good.

"Now it's on to the next race, with Hungary a very good one for us, so fingers crossed."

The only blemish, if it can be described as such, was the decision to remain on track when taking on new tyres and fuelling to the end would arguably have suited Hamilton better.

But he refused to point too much of an accusing finger, adding: "We probably should have come in.

"But at the end of the day I don't understand exactly what's going on behind me, and I have to have full confidence in the guys telling me what to do.

"So I'm totally happy with the decision they made. We perhaps could have done a better job, but nevertheless we were quickest.

"Clearly, it made my job a little bit harder, but I told Ron (Dennis) 'that's what you hire me to do, that's what I'm here for'."

Glock, initially given the all clear following his accident, should be released from a local hospital today following an overnight stay as a precaution.

SportingLife / Eurosport

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  1. Nice Lohan I'm British & proud & I'm also proud of our thoroughly British driver Lewis Hamilton.
    GO LEWIS!

    From Martin B, on Wed 23 Jul 3:14PM
  2. Wise words Lohan.

    From Forza Ferrari, on Wed 23 Jul 2:45PM
  3. Lewis may well have said each of his races were the best so far, and here is why:
    1. first race of the season - win under pressure
    2. Monaco - to many it is worth half a season
    3. Silverstone in the wet - a Sennaesque donnington performance - 4 place climb - 6 seconds a lap faster
    4. Germany - dominant all weekend - made up for a team error by racing from 5th with 16/17 laps to go to first
    Each win does get better and better as Lewis is showing us a true growing repetoire of skills.
    Whenever he is being asked questions he is delivering.
    Yes he has done a couple of mad things this season - didn't Schumacher and Senna - it was what they did afterwards that counted.
    I am a big fan of both Raikonnen, and Schumacher before him - so I don't have an anti ferrari bias.
    I have seen Senna and Schumacher at their best, and at their stages in their careers they were not as good as Lewis - fair enough Senna had some naff cars as did schumacher, but his perforamnce in the rain had little to do with the rain, nor did it in Monaco.
    I just wish the British recoginse a winner. Winners are often aloof, or brash - we can't all be Tiger Woods - but let's celebrate what we have.

    From Lohan, on Wed 23 Jul 1:41PM
  4. I like Hamilton's driving! He isn't too pushy and he is very very good! C'mon hamilton!!!

    From Mogyorósi, on Wed 23 Jul 1:39PM
  5. Thought so...

    From therodders, on Wed 23 Jul 7:15AM
  6. Haven't seen ronwoon on here for ages, I think him and beegees are one and the same. Not very clever racist idiots

    From therodders, on Tue 22 Jul 7:34PM
  7. i think were all agreed that beegees has the mental age of a 4 yr old so can we get back to F1, he's obviously enjoying the attention he's getting best just to ignore him.

    actully thats a an insult to 4 yr olds - i take that back

    From david f, on Tue 22 Jul 7:31PM
  8. You can tell that beegess is an idiot with not much education. Scientific evidence has shown that we are Africans and we all evolved form apes. Education is a wonderful thing for some people. A bit more reading beegees would be good for you!!!

    From mwfm2, on Tue 22 Jul 7:21PM
  9. when i made the comment about the constructors league all i was trying to point out is that its not dominated by mclaren ie mclaren and ferrari are evenly matched, i feel that even if hamilton was in a ferrari he'd still be top of the championship in my opinion

    From david f, on Tue 22 Jul 7:12PM
  10. beegees,try get some esposures,get out of ur primitive shells,ur narrow and sterotyped world.life is too short for hating...

    From sdante7, on Tue 22 Jul 6:06PM
  11. Speaking of primates, "beegees" must be the missing link... either that, or he's a couple of burritos short of a combination plate. This is a forum for F1 talk. I am sure that you can find some "kkk chat room" somewhere on the net where you and your racist buddies can debate the virtues of man's evolution, or lack thereof in your case.

    From Forza Ferrari, on Tue 22 Jul 5:02PM
  12. lewis earns the right to speak to the world every time he wins a place on the podium. his podium position is not voted for by the public so he and only he has the right to say what i wishes and whatever he says is the right thing. lewis is in his second season and is driving better than he did last year. he will continue to driver better each race and nothing people write will influence his performance, only his ability will. in my opinion, lewis is the best f1 driver ever. what he has achieved so far has been achieved by no other great. i think a dominant car always yield a 1 2 finish and so far only a ferrari has managed that. lewis has introduced a new dimension to f1.

    From aveli a, on Tue 22 Jul 10:54AM
  13. How so many english people can be able to denigrate Lewis Hamilton ?
    It's unbelievable. You should be proud of your champion. This guy, Lewis, is absolutely fabulous.
    Us, in France we have Sébastien Bourdais, of course he is french but not a champion and especially not a very good driver.
    So we can accept that we're not fans.
    Lewis Hamilton is an excellent pilote, he is such a brilliant driver.
    Lewis keep on going and as you said don't forget the 3 C !

    From FloR, on Tue 22 Jul 10:05AM
  14. David F

    I agree with many of your other post but you miss the point that Both Ferrari and BMW have finished in the points together more often that Mclaren. Don't forget Lewis did'nt score anything fo 2 races & I'm afraid Heikki is currently wasting the Mclaren so he finishes well down the field relative to his team mate wining recently. I still think both championships will go down to the wire becuase Ferrari simple have to do better for the rest of the season or face major embarassment and though heidfeld is doing a sterling job looks BMW is starting to fade again.
    Given the choice of Drivers champion or Constructors champion I know which one even Mclaren would prefer..

    From Cliffe P, on Tue 22 Jul 8:17AM
  15. L Hamilton just proved that if we push a little bit more,,,,,,,,,we will get there.All you haters appreciate the excitement of the race and move forward.Hamilton da best.

    From sdante7, on Tue 22 Jul 1:42AM
  16. I think beegees is just a sad little man with not much going in his life. He could not even wipe LH's bottom!!!! In this world there are people like beegees who do not fit into society very well. He is a social misfit.

    From mwfm2, on Tue 22 Jul 12:01AM
  17. beegees what a @#$% i bet he is part of some silly little cult worshipping the kkk you sad twisted knob im not suprised you have so many thumbs down i hope you get raped in prison when the cops come round your house as i am reporting you and im sure many are lewis hamilton would kick your ass himself but we will let you rot in hell stupid @#$%

    From dbowzee, on Mon 21 Jul 8:48PM
  18. Let me start by saying "beegees" is an idiot. There is no place in this world for racist "A" holes like you. For the record, I am white.

    Secondly, I am a Ferrari fan, always have been. However, I am also a racing fan, and I am truly impressed with Lewis Hamilton right now. Every driver in F1 is a great driver. You don't make it to F1 unless you can really drive. In order to win, you obviously need a great car, but you also must be able to get the most out of that car. This is where Schumacher was so good. He was a genius at setting up his car. I don't necessarily think that the McLaren car is better than Ferrari's, but it seems that Lewis is better at setting up his car than Kimi, Felipe, and Heiki. Also, Lewis is really hungry for the title, and it shows in his performance.

    Don't count Ferrari out quite yet. Massa is useless, but if Kimi ever gets his act together, we should have an exciting end to the season. Congrats to Lewis and McLaren. May the best car/driver win!

    From Forza Ferrari, on Mon 21 Jul 7:28PM
  19. I think this beegees is the most deranged person on earth right now. May you never prosper in life. And this is coming from a black man. You fool

    From Penno, on Mon 21 Jul 7:05PM
  20. LH attitude??? he's the most down to earth sports star there is. just face it ferrari fans mclaren has taken over and now your just making excuses. come on lewis and mclaren. mercedes all day over ferrari. why cant you just take it that LH is a young and extremley talanted driver who will only get better. the end for ferrari is nigh. ha ha

    From andy, on Mon 21 Jul 5:27PM
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