Hamilton and his podium run.

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9 consecutive podiums, puts him joint third in the records for consecutive podiums behind Alonso (on 15) and Schumacher (19)...how much closer do we all think he'll get to this pair? And does anyone think that he'd ever be in a position to beat Schumi's 19 consec podiums?
 
I dont think hami will beat shcumi just yet, but he could beat alonso this season alone.
 
That's one record yeah, but the above record to break is a pretty big one, any string of 20 consecutive podiums basically...
 
Well, I think he definitely can do it, and I hope he will. Every record that's not held by Michael Schumacher is a good record. :D
 
He lucked out last week. My guess is that Massa would have beaten him if he hadn't started from the pits. I don't see this streak lasting for 20 finishes. It only takes one engine malfunction, one ignition problem on the grid, one qualifying accident, and suddenly a podium is out of reach.

There are simply too many competitive drivers.
 
Danoff
He lucked out last week. My guess is that Massa would have beaten him if he hadn't started from the pits. I don't see this streak lasting for 20 finishes. It only takes one engine malfunction, one ignition problem on the grid, one qualifying accident, and suddenly a podium is out of reach.

There are simply too many competitive drivers.
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Yeah, Massa would deffinitly take the 3rd place if not better... I would like to see how would Hamilton deal with grid before him :sly:

Anyway, to the podium run, it will end up once...I guess max. 2-3 more races and it will be over. That would be awful if he could stand on the podium whole season :yuck:
 
20 consecutive podiums? That would extend into the 2008 season. Unlike michael at Ferrari, McLaren does not seem to be a team which can perform consistantly year after year.

Just a thought
 
Well, I guess he'll stay in f1 for many more years. Noone ever said he'll have to do his win streak now. :sly:
 
Bubble Bunny
McLaren does not seem to be a team which can perform consistantly year after year.
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So the years 1988 through 1991 were just a fluke, compared to the millions of years require to create mountains?
 
Danoff
He lucked out last week. My guess is that Massa would have beaten him if he hadn't started from the pits.
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Doesn't have anything to do with your point, but Schumacher lucked into the podium in Malaysia in 2002 when Button's suspension collapsed on the penultimate lap... sometimes you get podiums by luck, sometimes by skill.

I'd like to see Hamilton keep up the podium streak from a pointless-statisitics point of view, but I think the sooner he misses one the better - if it gets to Melbourne next year before he finishes outside the top 3 for the first time, the media will skin him alive.

I reckon it's a bit premature to be talking about this now though - sometime around Fuji would be more appropriate, assusming he's still raking 'em up.

Bubble Bunny
Unlike michael at Ferrari, McLaren does not seem to be a team which can perform consistantly year after year recently.
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Fixed - recently being the last 10 years or so; they haven't really had more than 2 years on the bounce.
 
With Raikkonen and Alonso gaining momentum, Lewis's streak is likely to end soon. Plus, he didn't look good on Sunday; perhaps a sign that he is coming back to earth.
 
Pupik
So the years 1988 through 1991 were just a fluke, compared to the millions of years require to create mountains?
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They were only dominant in 88 and 89 really. They were troubled by Ferrari in 1990, but ultimately won over, and in '91 by Williams, who pretty much gave it to them through a few bad pitlane mistakes and the occasional driver error. Ferrari's period from 2000 to 2005, in my opinion, was far more dominant than McLaren were in their best F1 decade, which was the '80s.

Just an opinion though.
 
Alfaholic
They were only dominant in 88 and 89 really. They were troubled by Ferrari in 1990, but ultimately won over, and in '91 by Williams, who pretty much gave it to them through a few bad pitlane mistakes and the occasional driver error. Ferrari's period from 2000 to 2005, in my opinion, was far more dominant than McLaren were in their best F1 decade, which was the '80s.

Just an opinion though.
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Actually in 2000 as well as 2003 and 2005, McLaren had the best car on the grid. It's more of bad luck on Kimi (and Hakkinen's part) as well as unreliability that didn't win them the championship. They were very close though. And in 2005, Ferrari didn't have a competitive car for winning races.
 
Yeah 2005 was Alonso's first championship year. I forgot about that. 2000 also was quite a close fight. The years in between, I remember as the Ferrari Road Show, but perhaps that's just a jaundiced memory tainted by the fact that my F1 interest reached its lowest ebb in this period.
 
MustangSVT: I don&#8217;t think McLaren had the best car in 2003&#8230; IIRC Williams was the best Michelin runner, and whether they were better than Ferrari depended on how competitive Bridgestone were on the day.
 
MustangSVT
Actually in 2000 as well as 2003 and 2005, McLaren had the best car on the grid. It's more of bad luck on Kimi (and Hakkinen's part) as well as unreliability that didn't win them the championship. They were very close though. And in 2005, Ferrari didn't have a competitive car for winning races.
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In 03 and 05 (can't remember 2000 much), Mclaren had the quickest car - it would've been the best if it didn't keep breaking down.
 
Roo
In 03 and 05 (can't remember 2000 much), Mclaren had the quickest car - it would've been the best if it didn't keep breaking down.
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I really don't think McLaren was the quickest car in 2003, between Kimi and David, they only got 2 poles and 2 wins.
 
Were you watching F1 in 2003 or are you going by stats alone? It was the quickest car, and the only problem was it kept breaking down.
 
Uh, in 2003 Kimi had 3 retirements. Two accidents and 1 engine failure&#8230; Are you sure you&#8217;re not thinking of 2005?
 
I'm going to watch the 2003 review DVD again, maybe I don't remember right. He also had some engine swaps that dropped him to back of the grid.
 
MustangSVT
I'm going to watch the 2003 review DVD again, maybe I don't remember right. He also had some engine swaps that dropped him to back of the grid.
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They had those rules back then? Or you mean engine swaps after parc ferme?
 
MustangSVT
I'm going to watch the 2003 review DVD again, maybe I don't remember right. He also had some engine swaps that dropped him to back of the grid.
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That would have been 2005, then. In 2003 there were no long-life engine rules.
 

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