Luontaisen ajotyylin lisäksi auton eri järjestelmien käytöllä on nykyautoilla iso merkitys ajamisessa. Ennen nykyisten hybridiautojen tuloa pohdiskeltiin, että Prostin kaltainen analysoiva Nico Rosberg tulee viemään kaksintaistossa yksinkertaisen Sennamaisen Hamiltonin, kun autot muuttuvat monimutkaisiksi hybridijärjestelmien tulon myötä. Lopputulos oli kuitenkin se, että Hamilton ajoi kovempaa pienemmällä renkaiden ja polttoaineen käytöllä. Nico joutui sitten Lewiksen datan pohjalta muuttamaan omaa ajotyyliään vastaavanlaiseksi.
"Hamilton vs. Rosberg has been billed as Senna vs. Prost II. But it’s not. These two drivers are completely unique and should take their own billing. Yes, there are shared similarities in personality and perceived strengths, but it isn’t as simple as all that. And yet, in simplifying it so much, the general opinion has been formed that Rosberg, as the Prost character, was always the more likely to prosper under the 2014 regulations. His superior intellect, so everyone had been led to believe, would carry him. His incredible mind would allow him to work with the complex cars, use the brakes, the energy harvesting, look after the tires and moderate his fuel usage.
In “The Usual Suspects,” Kevin Spacey’s character, Verbal Kint, comes out with this immortal line: “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” I think of this line every time I hear somebody tell me that Hamilton isn’t as intelligent as Rosberg, or doesn’t have the capability to understand the cars.
Because, for me, the greatest trick that Lewis Hamilton ever pulled, was convincing the world that he wasn’t smart.
Think about it. His fuel usage has regularly been better than almost anyone in the field. Man to man against Rosberg, I can’t recall a single race this year where in the same machinery Hamilton’s fuel usage has been higher. He has made his tires last. He has had to fight from the back of the field time and again (think Germany, think Hungary) and yet he hasn’t overworked his tires, he hasn’t used too much fuel. He has learned how to drive these new cars, and to extract the most from them using the least."
The complete driver
Valtteri on voinut joutua tekemään vähän samaa muutosta kuin Nico ja tulla ajotyylillään lähemmäksi Lewisiä. Aika-ajossa ollaan jo tasoissa, mutta kisamitalla eron kaventaminen on vaikeampaa.
"Hamilton vs. Rosberg has been billed as Senna vs. Prost II. But it’s not. These two drivers are completely unique and should take their own billing. Yes, there are shared similarities in personality and perceived strengths, but it isn’t as simple as all that. And yet, in simplifying it so much, the general opinion has been formed that Rosberg, as the Prost character, was always the more likely to prosper under the 2014 regulations. His superior intellect, so everyone had been led to believe, would carry him. His incredible mind would allow him to work with the complex cars, use the brakes, the energy harvesting, look after the tires and moderate his fuel usage.
In “The Usual Suspects,” Kevin Spacey’s character, Verbal Kint, comes out with this immortal line: “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” I think of this line every time I hear somebody tell me that Hamilton isn’t as intelligent as Rosberg, or doesn’t have the capability to understand the cars.
Because, for me, the greatest trick that Lewis Hamilton ever pulled, was convincing the world that he wasn’t smart.
Think about it. His fuel usage has regularly been better than almost anyone in the field. Man to man against Rosberg, I can’t recall a single race this year where in the same machinery Hamilton’s fuel usage has been higher. He has made his tires last. He has had to fight from the back of the field time and again (think Germany, think Hungary) and yet he hasn’t overworked his tires, he hasn’t used too much fuel. He has learned how to drive these new cars, and to extract the most from them using the least."
The complete driver
Valtteri on voinut joutua tekemään vähän samaa muutosta kuin Nico ja tulla ajotyylillään lähemmäksi Lewisiä. Aika-ajossa ollaan jo tasoissa, mutta kisamitalla eron kaventaminen on vaikeampaa.
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