About Perez:
If you were watching the Chinese Grand Prix on television, you may have heard Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and me having a bit of a chat in the room before we went out onto the podium.
We made a couple of references to McLaren's Sergio Perez and the way he was driving. Kimi had an incident with him that damaged his front wing and cost him some performance.
I didn't have much of an opinion about Perez's driving because I didn't see too much of it - certainly not the incident with Kimi.
I do remember seeing, in the distance, Fernando trying to get past a car and that it was weaving from one side of the track to the other. I was surprised at the time that the driver - which I now know was Perez - wasn't penalised.
The problem is that there is such a fine line between dicing and going too far. The stewards do a really good job - and they don't want to take away racing.
I've experienced that in karting. The clerk of the course wanted to ruin everyone's weekend and it took the fun away from racing. You don't want that but you do want consistency in rules. But it is so difficult to be consistent because every situation is different.
Young drivers are definitely the ones who have the most to learn, but I think the driving standards haven't been too bad this year. I don't have a particular problem with anyone.
About Alonso:
Name one driver currently racing in F1 that inspires you in some way?
Rashi @HAMazingLew1h
"Fernando, really. He feels to me like he's the most complete driver here. And with pure speed, he is rapid. He is such a quick driver but he's also very, very smart in how he does it. I really admire him for that.
Fernando Alonso (left) with Lewis Hamilton
"[Fernando Alonso] is such a quick driver but he's also very, very smart in how he does it. I really admire him for that."
"Fernando is always there. He has been the most consistent driver apart from Sebastian, who has also done an awesome job but he's been in the most dominant car.
"Before I got into F1, Fernando was the driver I most admired. Having driven alongside him and then been in the sport and seen him progress, it remains the same.
"Back in 2007, we were both immature and misbehaved. We took a long time to recover from that. Fernando probably said a lot of things through anger, as I did, and that got twisted and turned in the media which impacted on the fans. So there are people who don't like me and people who don't like him.
"He will go down as a legend. He will win more world championships. And to be in an era when there's a legend and to have him say such positive things about me, is a really cool feeling."
More in the link, it's worth reading it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/22209168
Edited by kosmos, 19 April 2013 - 10:37.
Shameless.. 2010 was a close championship. One could say Red Bull had a much better car in 2011, but it shouldn't matter to Hamilton anyway because he took himself out of the championship. He was horrible by himself that season and car was not even in the picture. And in 2012, Vettel was trailing by 45 odd point with about one-third of the season left, not the dominant car you want. Sometimes these drivers are even worse than fans, just plain mud-slinging and hosannah-singing.
