Jenson v's Lewis - a retrospective view of their time as team mates
#1
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:25
The purpose of this thread is for people to discuss the overall outcome, perhaps revisit their original predictions from when the partnership was announced, and to dissect the entire time together which is where that thread was anyway. If you wish to discuss any single year in isolation, then please do. Perhaps a new thread gives those not brave enough to dive into the older threads a chance to put a different view forwards. It is not about their future careers and may not be used to discuss 2013 and onwards.
The 2010 thread;
http://forums.autosp...howtopic=118716
The 2011 thread;
http://forums.autosp...howtopic=141477
The 2012 threads;
http://forums.autosp...howtopic=159800
http://forums.autosp...howtopic=168704
http://forums.autosp...howtopic=174495
Please use the following threads for other discussion related to McLaren:
- McLaren MP4-27 thread
- Jenson Button thread
- Lewis Hamilton thread
Please keep it civil, do not call other posters or groups of posters names, and please please please DO NOT RESPOND to trolling; report it. Definitely do not report it and then respond anyway, as that just doubles the work.
#3
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:33
Fair summary.Lewis 2-1 Jenson.
#4
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:34
As can be seen above - the only purpose it will serve is to allow certain posters the chance to carry on with the pointless circular argument.....rather a waste of internet space.
Now - where is the Hami v Rosberg thread for all those predictions about Hami "thrashing " Rosberg etc...sound familiar ?
Edited by MinT, 05 December 2012 - 18:37.
#5
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:36
#6
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:42
I really dont understand the reasoning for creating this new thead.
As can be seen above - the only purpose it will serve is to allow certain posters the chance to carry on with the pointless circular argument.....rather a waste of internet space.
Now - where is the Hami v Rosberg thread for all those predictions about Hami "thrashing " Rosberg etc...sound familiar ?
If a new thread isn't created people wanting to discuss this topic will spill onto other threads creating more work for the mods.
I think this new thread is a good idea as long as people can keep it civil.
#7
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:44
Lewis 2-1 Jenson.
Can't argue with that.
#8
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:45
The old one was close to its 4000 post limit anyway, and was already discussing the three years together, as well as becoming very personal. It was time to hit the reset switch. There's no obligation at all to take part, nor is there an obligation to look at all of the time together if you would rather look at any one year, but this way people will not feel constrained (if they were anyway) by the '2012' in the title.I really dont understand the reasoning for creating this new thead.
If this thread did not exist, I feel certain that the discussion would come up in any one of a number of less appropriate threads.
Edit; As Cult says, I hope the new start means that people will try and stay civil.
#9
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:51
Yep and matching my prediction at the start of the 3 years. I expected Jenson to win a season or two but as their time is shorter than I expected, the outcome is not.Lewis 2-1 Jenson.
#10
Posted 05 December 2012 - 18:58
#11
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:10
In 2010 the points difference flattered Button
In 2011 the points difference flattered Hamilton
In 2012 the points difference flattered Button
Was 2011 an outlier or would Button have bounced back again in 2013?
We will never know now, overall Hamilton was better but Button certainly didn't disgrace himself
Edited by kpchelsea, 05 December 2012 - 19:16.
#12
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:21
#13
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:22
Score is 2-1 to Lewis, but overall in last 3 years Jenson brought back more points home than Hamilton, it can be due to reliability or crashes, in any case they both have bragging rights to say who was best in last 3 years.
If I am team boss I will take Lewis over Jenson any day but his aggression has to be controlled, if he can't than I will throw him out & will bring Jenson as I know he will always get me points, may be not maximum all the time but decent enough....
#14
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:26
In pure pace Hamilton will beat Jenson any day, but Jenson seems like more intelligent guy with decent pace & may be that's why he was able to beat Hamilton if we add points for last 3 years between Jenson & Hamilton.
Can we stop with this BS?
Do you know something called reliability?
Nothing to do with this "more intelligent" BS...
#15
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:32
Probably best to watch the races from this year and make an intelligent point based on that. If you haven't seen the season, you're just going to be thrashing around in the dark. The most intelligent man in the world is not going to stop an F1 car breaking down if there is a mechanical failure.In pure pace Hamilton will beat Jenson any day, but Jenson seems like more intelligent guy with decent pace & may be that's why he was able to beat Hamilton if we add points for last 3 years between Jenson & Hamilton.
*Puts fingers to temples and concentrates the energy*
#16
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:33
#17
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:39
Probably best to watch the races from this year and make an intelligent point based on that. If you haven't seen the season, you're just going to be thrashing around in the dark. The most intelligent man in the world is not going to stop an F1 car breaking down if there is a mechanical failure.
*Puts fingers to temples and concentrates the energy*
I hope you did see last year races where lewis was crashing up left right & centre
#18
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:41
Can we stop with this BS?
Do you know something called reliability?
Nothing to do with this "more intelligent" BS...
reliability seems BS excuse, you have to accept that Jenson got more points than Lewis in last 3 years!!
#19
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:43
One post is quite telling: "If Hamilton beats Button nothing much will happen with the team. If Button beats Hamilton their will be problems in the team. You can only imagine what Hamilton will say in interviews after Button has beaten him to wins. It will either destabilize the team or Hamilton will leave. Hamilton will not just lay down and cause no problems if Button is consistently beating him. "
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#20
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:47
Oh really? You've been living under a rock is it?reliability seems BS excuse, you have to accept that Jenson got more points than Lewis in last 3 years!!
More points but not because "he's more intelligent". Can you accept that?
Edited by f1fastestlap, 05 December 2012 - 19:52.
#21
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:56
I've been reading the 2010 thread and boy...loads of laughs while reading.
One post is quite telling: "If Hamilton beats Button nothing much will happen with the team. If Button beats Hamilton their will be problems in the team. You can only imagine what Hamilton will say in interviews after Button has beaten him to wins. It will either destabilize the team or Hamilton will leave. Hamilton will not just lay down and cause no problems if Button is consistently beating him. "
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
#22
Posted 05 December 2012 - 19:59
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
Not very.
Remind me again when Jenson was "consistently beating" Lewis to wins please. Early 2009 is the only time I can recall that happening i'm afraid.
#23
Posted 05 December 2012 - 20:01
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
Not very in reality. There's been a strong sense of harmony at McLaren over the three years by and large and Twittergate is the only real sign of tension.
Lewis has not created any other problems when losing to Jenson. Crazy to say otherwise as they've both handled being beat admirably
#24
Posted 05 December 2012 - 20:12
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
#25
Posted 05 December 2012 - 20:14
I've been reading the 2010 thread and boy...loads of laughs while reading.
One post is quite telling: "If Hamilton beats Button nothing much will happen with the team. If Button beats Hamilton their will be problems in the team. You can only imagine what Hamilton will say in interviews after Button has beaten him to wins. It will either destabilize the team or Hamilton will leave. Hamilton will not just lay down and cause no problems if Button is consistently beating him. "
Button was losing to Hamilton when Hamilton decided to leave the team
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
#26
Posted 05 December 2012 - 20:42
Fair enough although in points Button leads after their 3 years together however McLaren values race wins in which Lewis narrowly beats Jenson.Lewis 2-1 Jenson.
It has been an interesting 3 years, Jenson closer to Lewis than I'd expected beforehand and proving there's more ways to skin a cat than just be fast on occasions.
2010 was more or less how I expected it in Button's first year in McLaren
2011 Lewis' breakdown year and Button rock solid with epic wins
2012 unlucky Lewis and struggling Jenson couldn't use the clear car advantage McLaren had
Their 3 year stint together made clear to me that 2 British drivers in McLaren doesn't work, there's always been this underlying tension, always the British press pitting one against the other.
For 2013 Lewis good luck in pastures errr different and Jenson as the undisputed leader of McLaren team has something to prove too.
Conclusion: It was entertaining while it lasted
#27
Posted 05 December 2012 - 20:52
Most of it isn't that close to reality, which bit did you mean?Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
#28
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:01
Gawd, how close to the reality is that!
And how exactly is it "close to reality?" When did Jenson consistently beat Lewis? Even in 2011, Lewis had some fantastic wins, and when Jenson did beat Lewis, he didn't moan about it. The only issues between them occurred this year with the twitter controversies, and think Lewis had decided to join Mercedes long before that. Jenson fans may think that he pushed Lewis out of McLaren, but to be honest I think Lewis wanted to leave McLaren as early as 2009. Signing that 5-year contract was a mistake.
#29
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:07
I think you are right. It was clear in early 2009 the team wasn't the same for Lewis once Ron had stepped away, and I think he regretted re-signing his contract. Whitmarsh bigged Button up to the press quite a lot in 2010 and this often gave the impression to the fans that Button was the favoured driver emotionally because he was Martin's signing. When news broke of Lewis signing for Mercedes it hurt and this was obvious from the interviews. They didn't expect him to leave and he made the decision pure and simple.Jenson fans may think that he pushed Lewis out of McLaren, but to be honest I think Lewis wanted to leave McLaren as early as 2009. Signing that 5-year contract was a mistake.
#30
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:12
Thanks for the 2010 link, Buttoneer. Will have something to read this evening.
Forget the topic.
Damn, you got me, I tried to get the insect of my screen with a brush!
#31
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:20
Didn't happen you are rightJenson fans may think that he pushed Lewis out of McLaren,
Although I think Button came closer to Lewis performance wise than he reckoned with and of course was better/smarter in playing the team/politics game.
Lewis happy with a fresh start at Mercedes and Jenson a happy team leader at McLaren next year
everybody is a winner
#32
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:37
And how exactly is it "close to reality?" When did Jenson consistently beat Lewis? Even in 2011, Lewis had some fantastic wins, and when Jenson did beat Lewis, he didn't moan about it. The only issues between them occurred this year with the twitter controversies, and think Lewis had decided to join Mercedes long before that. Jenson fans may think that he pushed Lewis out of McLaren, but to be honest I think Lewis wanted to leave McLaren as early as 2009. Signing that 5-year contract was a mistake.
2009 - I dont think he realised what was going on yet. I would say that was 2011, mid-2010 at the earliest. By 2012, in his own mind, he was already gone - you could see it by him not giving a f-- when they constantly screwed up.
#33
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:47
I think you are right. It was clear in early 2009 the team wasn't the same for Lewis once Ron had stepped away, and I think he regretted re-signing his contract. Whitmarsh bigged Button up to the press quite a lot in 2010 and this often gave the impression to the fans that Button was the favoured driver emotionally because he was Martin's signing. When news broke of Lewis signing for Mercedes it hurt and this was obvious from the interviews. They didn't expect him to leave and he made the decision pure and simple.
I wonder if more will come out when he is actually ensconced in Mercedes (from either Lewis or McLaren). There were some posters who believe that Lewis was on reasonable terms with Martin Whitmarsh and the issues were more to do with Ron Dennis. I have no idea, obviously, but I do feel that there is a lot that is not known to us.
Edited by garoidb, 05 December 2012 - 21:48.
#34
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:56
I wonder if more will come out when he is actually ensconced in Mercedes (from either Lewis or McLaren). There were some posters who believe that Lewis was on reasonable terms with Martin Whitmarsh and the issues were more to do with Ron Dennis. I have no idea, obviously, but I do feel that there is a lot that is not known to us.
Whitmarsh treated Hamilton like dirt in 2010 and 2011, and he only changed his tune when it started looking like Hamilton won't resign with them.
#35
Posted 05 December 2012 - 21:59
Hamilton is as good as I thought,
Button is better than I thought.
Hamilton is better - not by as much as I thought though.
#36
Posted 05 December 2012 - 22:12
http://www.planetf1....-improved-tyres
and go to the comments for some of the best laughs you've had in ages...
Jenson has proven that he is top dollar driver, admittedly lewis just pips him because he is exceptionally fast, and this is shown out in the anger exploding out of a certain fanbase.
#37
Posted 05 December 2012 - 22:24
In retrospect, I don't think this spell really affected the reputation of either driver. It went kind of as you would expect, except that Mclaren never really came close to winning a title despite having pretty fast cars.
I'd be ready to bet a lot of money on which one of the two will finish ahead next year, but I guess that's going off topic a bit...
#38
Posted 05 December 2012 - 22:38
My personal view
Hamilton is as good as I thought,
Button is better than I thought.
Hamilton is better - not by as much as I thought though.
#39
Posted 05 December 2012 - 22:44
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#40
Posted 05 December 2012 - 22:50
Oh really? You've been living under a rock is it?
More points but not because "he's more intelligent". Can you accept that?
May be he is not more intelligent in your words...must be intelligent enough to beat lewis over 3 years??
#41
Posted 05 December 2012 - 23:24
http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=4008125
Anyway, their time together was not far away from my own expectations:
http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=4053653
http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=4083022
As drivers they complemented each other well. Lewis is the faster of the two, but takes more risks. JB is certainly not slow (as an aisde, I notice one of the major contributors to the defence of JB in the Vs topics put forward the view in the 2010 thread that he is no slower than Alonso in outright pace) but despite his outright speed deficit to LH he had an uncanny knack of picking his way through the field and maximising the points available. His main weakness was over-sensitivity to car behaviour, but for McLaren Hamilton would be there at the front when that arose, as would JB be when Hamilton's assessment of risk would go awry.
There were also numerous ontrack battles between them too. Two teammates who were actually allowed to race each other, with only one blip.
#42
Posted 05 December 2012 - 23:51
he is no slower than Alonso in outright pace
Qualifying:
Button 3-17 Hamilton
Alonso 17-3 Massa
#43
Posted 06 December 2012 - 06:23
Lewis is your main guy, Jenson is your backup plan.
and checo? retreat?
#44
Posted 06 December 2012 - 07:22
“"This tyre, I think, has got a much wider working range and that's going to make it much easier to get the tyre working from the start of the season. We've had to change our car a lot to get it working on the 2012 tyres when normally you'd be working on development.
"So it has hurt us quite a bit this year …”
Saw an article in the Kimi thread a few weeks back where the Renault guy was saying the same thing (with regards to his drivers)– time spent sorting out problems was time not spent developing the car – to paraphrase. So is that, + the ‘horse’s mouth’ above, conclusive then that the sorting out Button’s tyre problems DID affect the -27’s development and slow the team down?
one wonders how Heiki must be feeling that he was not given the same support that Button is enjoying and I can’t lie this is one more retrospective addition to a list of annoying Jenson/Mclaren attributes (needy, free media pass(wouldn’t surprise to find out the same interview/comments given to both Crash & Autosport with one employing some judicious editing but not the other), blatant brown nosing / “corporate stumps racing” company refusal for drivers to test at Mugello due to PR, shitty ‘reliability’ of an otherwise brilliant car ).
at the end of 4000 posts of claim and counter claim NEITHER WON A THING!!!!! I personally wish Jenson was as adaptable (tyre GOD good) as the press are so determined to ensure we believe he is (good) that way Lewis/Mclaren would have stood a better chance!
The other person/s I feel sorry for in all of this is Paddy Lowe (& his technical team – didn’t he warn about points early this season? AN geting all the accolades but didn’t that beautiful car deserve to win something?)
....
(calming breathe 1,2,3...) moving onto 2013 I wonder if Mclaren will drop their conservative approach in order to provide a better head start.
Hopefully Brawn is on his game and Lewis thrives at Mercedes
#45
Posted 06 December 2012 - 07:41
http://www.crash.net...lli_rubber.html
“"This tyre, I think, has got a much wider working range and that's going to make it much easier to get the tyre working from the start of the season. We've had to change our car a lot to get it working on the 2012 tyres when normally you'd be working on development.
"So it has hurt us quite a bit this year …”
Saw an article in the Kimi thread a few weeks back where the Renault guy was saying the same thing (with regards to his drivers)– time spent sorting out problems was time not spent developing the car – to paraphrase. So is that, + the ‘horse’s mouth’ above, conclusive then that the sorting out Button’s tyre problems DID affect the -27’s development and slow the team down?
one wonders how Heiki must be feeling that he was not given the same support that Button is enjoying and I can’t lie this is one more retrospective addition to a list of annoying Jenson/Mclaren attributes (needy, free media pass(wouldn’t surprise to find out the same interview/comments given to both Crash & Autosport with one employing some judicious editing but not the other), blatant brown nosing / “corporate stumps racing” company refusal for drivers to test at Mugello due to PR, shitty ‘reliability’ of an otherwise brilliant car ).
at the end of 4000 posts of claim and counter claim NEITHER WON A THING!!!!! I personally wish Jenson was as adaptable (tyre GOD good) as the press are so determined to ensure we believe he is (good) that way Lewis/Mclaren would have stood a better chance!
The other person/s I feel sorry for in all of this is Paddy Lowe (& his technical team – didn’t he warn about points early this season? AN geting all the accolades but didn’t that beautiful car deserve to win something?)
....
(calming breathe 1,2,3...) moving onto 2013 I wonder if Mclaren will drop their conservative approach in order to provide a better head start.
Hopefully Brawn is on his game and Lewis thrives at Mercedes
Everybody had to adapt their cars for the tyres otherwise the 1st 7 race lottery would have continued and Mclaren would have been racing with the Mercs all year.
#46
Posted 06 December 2012 - 07:58
reliability seems BS excuse, you have to accept that Jenson got more points than Lewis in last 3 years!!
it seems like 2-1 comparison is fair enough for LH fans, but pure points compare is not
Not that I care - it wasn't team I was cheering for, nor the drivers but:
Points in 2010-2012:
LH JB
240 214
227 270
190 188
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657 672
overall classification
LH JB
4th 5th
5th 2nd
4th 5th
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average: 4,3 4
so in points JB beats LH
average during this short period seems quite equal
I remember discussion (and I thought myself the same) that LH will crash JB in points, quali etc. - but it never happened.
Edited by wolviex, 06 December 2012 - 08:01.
#47
Posted 06 December 2012 - 08:11
#48
Posted 06 December 2012 - 09:04
#49
Posted 06 December 2012 - 09:17
You were certainly right about Button but what on earth were you doing posting on Christmas Day 2009??!!Anyway, their time together was not far away from my own expectations:
http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=4053653
#50
Posted 06 December 2012 - 09:23
cue extreme ridicule of above stats
of course average position is rather for laughs from me and fun
but I don't see how points from nearly 60 races can be ridicule.
Of course we can consider bad luck and machinery failures but this is what motorsport is about, isn't it? And looking at the stats again in this matter:
2010
LH - 3 non finish due to accidents, 1 machinery failure
JB - 2 machinery failures
2011
LH - 2 accidents, 1 machinery failure
JB - 2 machinery failures
2012
LH - 3 accidents, 3 machinery failures
JB - 2 accidents, 2 machinery failures
overall 2010-12
LH - 8 accidents, 5 machinery failures
JB - 2 accidents, 6 machinery failures
of course not every accident was Hamiton fault but still - machinery was as bad for him as for Jenson....
Take this numbers easy, it is only fun with stats - but sometimes, when you read about Hamilton's bad luck and bad machinery I think people are more tend to stereotype than near true.