First thing’s first, what a thrilling GP weekend, Qualy was like the haydays of the one hour session and Prost and Senna taking it all the way to the last thousandth of a second. The race didn’t have a dull moment, wheel banging, overtaking, mechanical and electrical failures, a crash or 2, a Fire on the pitlane, a blowout on the main straight, I think any doubt about the excitement levels in formula 1 have been well and truly done away with.
So, is it to early to speculate? Lewis Hamilton could be the 2007 world champion, personally I’m a Massa fan these days but I’ll talk about that another time, Lets just take a look at what Lewis has accomplished in only 4 races in Formula 1.
- He has finished every race, always good for a rookie to be able to do that. Image may be NSFW.
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- He has passed cars on the first lap of every race.
- He has finished on the podium at every race so far.
- He seems to be consistently faster than his team mate.
- He seems to be consistently faster than the current World Champion.
- He’s the youngest driver ever to lead the world drivers championship.
- He’s never lost in Monaco (and that’s where the next race is)
And I think he’s also the most successful formula 1 rookie of all time with 4 podiums in his first season and there’s only been 4 races!
The Lewis Hamilton story is an incredible one and it is sure to draw more and more attention to Formula 1 as time goes on, even if he starts making “the rookie” mistakes that everyone is still half expecting. What he has achieved so far is astounding, Lets not forget the current World Champ is the man who beat the most successful driver in history to 2 world championships and Lewis has made him look just a little silly recently Image may be NSFW.
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So I’m asking the question does anyone think we could have a rookie world champion at the end of the 2007 season?
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