Wolff: "Hamilton is building a legacy"

Yeah right..

I wasn't a fan of Schumacher, yet I accepted he was the best driver, in F1, at the time.
I'm not a fan of Hamilton, and he's far from the best driver, in F1, currently.
In fact, he doesn't even make the top 3.

The legacy is not a Hamilton legacy (the guy cant even figure out his steering wheel), it's Mercedes'.

I think stats in a sport like F1 where the rules change fundamentally every few years are pretty meaningless.

I also think that drivers only achieve the high numbers they do these days due to the fact that they expect to survive most race weekends alive - which was not true in the early days of the sport. Who knows what numbers the likes of Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna and so on would have achieved had they not been killed in their prime?

Toto really talks some crap at times. lol

I read thes posts an wonder what the fcuk you idiots are posting.

If Hamilton retires RIGHT NOW, he will be ranked as the greatset driver of his generation and at worst one of the five greatest drivers in F1 history. FACT. Whether or not you like or comes across as genuine to you in interview, is IMMMATERIAL. idiots. The stats do not lie.

As to the old canard that anyone can drive the Mercedes to glory, what are you fools smokomh? REALLY? The Mercedes car at the beginning of the season was NOT the best car on the grid. FACT. The Ferrari car was better in race pace, suitable to all race tracks ( See Monaco) and about equal in qualification. Mercedes may have caught up with Ferrari on race pace but Hungary will be a big test. With arguably the second best on grid, Hamilton has won 4 times, 3 time performing the rare grand chelem. If the car is so easy todrive, why hasn't Bottas performed a grand chelem in his 2 victories? Why is Bottas qualifying HALF A SECOND behind Hamilton in canada and Great Britain?

GFY, arsewipes !!!

I see the HATE for Hamilton is strong among the jealous plebes huh LOL !!! Good. Hamilton FEEDS off crap like that and emerges a stronger and smarter driver.

The replies on this website are amazing. I realise that looking at the actual record is not going to change minds that are totally closed, but for others who are open minded, go on http://www.4mula1.ro/compare/driver and compare LH with Schumaker, Senna, Clark, Alonso, Vettel, Stewart, Mansell, etc. ( BTW, give Alonso a break by excluding his McLaren Honda period.)
If you look at the numbers and still claim LH is not among the very top F1 drivers, then clearly facts don't matter to you. (Spoiler: Jim Clark really shines, but only had 74 races.)

Here is a tip to the HATERS. Stats do not lie. Math does not lie. 2 plus 2 will always equal 4, no matter who is doing the addition. It is not a popularity contest. Get it?

Hamilton is an all time great driver who is mowing down all the driving records in F1. If he continues on this career arc, he will hold all the major records for F1 drivers. Deal with that.

I usually dont criticize commenters on threads, since I try to respect what people say, however I feel I need to get this off my chest. Some of you guys who comment on others (likely including me) being haters: have you compared your comments to ours? The content that is? Because I really dont see any sort of "HATE" in most of them. None of us has mentioned anything about his ethnicity or said anything even similar to **** Hamilton, in fact some of us have even said that we think he is a good driver, just not a top 3 driver, and that can always be debated. By all means discuss with us, by all means disagree with us, but statements like "racist blind fool", coming from nowhere like yet another Konami Pachinko Machine, doesnt contribute to the discussion.

Hamilton might be one of the quick ones, yes.

But how has he performed in 2007 where he had one victory more than Alonso in the same car although they had the same number of points at the end of the saison?

And how has he shined in 2011 for example? --> He was a whopping 53 points back behind Button at the end of the saison in the same car..

Has he shined in 2014 where he fought until the last race against Rosberg (who is nowhere according to Rastaman44) although they had the same number of DNF´s?
Where is the "legacy" Hamilton there?

Has he shined in 2016 where he fucked up several Qualifyings and where he messed up several starts against the "overrated" Rosberg?

So all in all he is one of the quicker ones, yes, but he is nowhere near of becoming a legend.

It´s a shame comparing him to persons like Clark, Prost, Senna, Schumacher, Fangio, or even Vettel..
He is nowhere near them.. Look at his mistakes under pressure for example last year, although he had been a three time WC at that time and Nico had zero titles..

And please do my a favour Rastaman44: Don´t come with GFY or something stupid like this. Otherwise i might get the impression you are a little Hamilton fanboy who hasn´t grown up yet, like your Idol i must say. LOL.

It all depends what is the greatest... for me a driver who has only driven for two F1 teams that at the time were the best F1 teams doesn't strike me as being the greatest. Also he lost against Rosberg last year so is Rosberg a better driver? Hamilton is a great driver but do I find him inspiring like a Senna. The other question about hamilton is the way he comes across in interviews. I don't dislike Hamilton, think he's a excellent driver, scores massive amounts of points because of the superior car but for me he's not the greatest.

@RASTAMAN you should probably look up the word "hate" in a dictionary.

Impossible to compare drivers across different eras. Lewis has been driving in an era where in any given season only three or four cars (often not even that many) can win the race. The most recent couple of seasons only two cars have been capable of winning races or claiming pole positions, and he's been in one of them. That makes statistical comparisons across eras completely pointless.

As for the current group of F1 drivers and where Lewis would rank, even that is extremely difficult to do.

Ross Brawn talked early in the season about having an out-of-competition race each season. The best way to make such a race interesting would be to have all drivers race in identical cars (with unique liveries based on each driver's helmet design) to really see who is the best driver. For me, that race would be the highlight of the season.

And I wouldn't be surprised if Hamilton didn't win or claim pole under those circumstances. Make a race like that during Senna's prime, and I would have been shocked had Senna not claimed pole or won the race.