Is Hamilton a dangerous driver?

Question

Is Hamilton a dangerous driver?

Answer 1

Slightly dangerous but not too much. That is because his experience still not yet enough to be as accurate as champions.

Answer 2

no hes a young talented passionate fresh winner who gives it his best 150 percent.

Answer 3

maybe yes or maybe not..

he loses his control during Canada GP when he hit kimi at the pitlane..

Answer 4

No, he's not a dangerous driver. At the moment, there is just too much pressure on him to be like he was at the very begining of his debut. Therefore he is making alot of mistakes latley.

Answer 5

Yep.

If he hit someone at 200mph he might hurt him.

Slow is safe.

Answer 6

Yes. Safe drivers have no place in F1. It's absolutely not the point of Motorsport.

Answer 7

i dnt think so,tho i support kimi i cnt help sayin hes a fantastic driver

Answer 8

Does anyone remember Yuji Ide? He got kicked out because he was a p**s poor driver. He couldn't even drive a wheely bin with a Dairylea carton as a steering wheel.

The worst F1 driver at the moment has got to be Massa. Undoubtedly he has improved but how much of that is the car? The only reason he got re-hired at Sauber is because Ferrari paid Peter Sauber copious amounts of money to get him in a car for when a driver vacancy arose at Ferrari (which did when Barrichello left). He will be gone in 2010 anyway because Alonso and Vettel will be at Ferrari then (you heard it here first folks!!).

Answer 9

well no but he is heading that way....

Answer 10

YES !!

Answer 11

Well, I agree with Kimi: Crashing into a guy (Sutil) going 200 on a track and running into a stopped car on the PIT LANE are two completely different things.

Hamilton just missed that big, red, flashing thing. And the big red car in front......hm.

Well, at least Kubica won. I'm a Ferrari and BMW fan. Never liked McMerc, though.

Answer 12

Yes. He's not as dangerous as Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve were, but still is dangerous. You can never know what he's going to do next...

Answer 13

When the odds are stacked against him he seems to lose a few screws in his head like in France this year for example!! Even in practice when there is nothing to prove ( compared to qualifying) he stuffs things up.

Answer 14

no

he just hasn't been consentrating on what happening and the presure is getting to him and making him wild

Answer 15

Oh, yeah! It's better to avoid this unlucky boy!

Answer 16

it's their job to be dangerous

Answer 17

I would not regard him as dangerous but he is inclined to be naive on occasions.

Answer 18

No Hamilton is not a dangerous driver.....

Answer 19

Of course not.  But I'm not sure that most of the answerers here understand just how insanely fast an F1 car is and how much effort it takes just to keep it on the track.  Take a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLjE0xwy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHHqbtEmf...  

All of these drivers - - whichever team they drive for - - are on or very close to the limit almost all the time.  So Hamilton has had two gentle taps (Alonso with a closing speed of - what 10-15mph) and Raikkonen with a closing speed of - what 10mph); so what?  

If he had a superiour car like Schumacher had for so long, it would be much easier but his car is simply "competitive".

Answer 20

You have to bear in mind that he has only been in F1 for 15 months and that he's still pretty young. You could argue that "if he's in F1, he should be mature enough to play with the big boys" but I think everyone comes into their own. He's still making mistakes but he needs time to learn.

Other drivers have crashes all the time, and F1 is a dangerous sport. But you could say that about other races, rugby and extreme sports. All the candidates are aware of the risks and still put themselves forward.

Hamilton has some really magic moments and we can't penalize him like the media does for any blips. He can drive well and I have no doubt in my mind that one day the Championship will be his - due to his fantastic skills at racing.

Answer 21

Yes, I don't wan't to be driving next to him on a street. He'll kill me.

Answer 22

are you flaccid and living in France? (genuine question)

Answer 23

He is bordering on being dangerous.

He needs to calm down a bit and be more aware of what is going on around him. I am suprised he hasnt caused more crashes. I guess the other drivers around him are experienced enough to know when to avoid the idiot.

Smashing into someone in the pitlane is such a basic error, as is tagging your team mate and blatantly overtaking and cutting the corner.

A weekend to put down to experience I think.

And whoever said Massa is the worst driver.......idiot!!

Answer 24

Apparently you havent seen the likes of Montoya, Sato, Ide et al

I dont think Hamilton to be a dangerous driver yet, but if he continues to flaunt the rules then he has great prospects in getting that kind of a tag.

Answer 25

he is a good driver , he is very young for F 1 but he will be world champion soon

Answer 26

Dangerous? no.

Aggressive? yes.

Formula 1 good? yes.

A world beater this year? no.

Answer 27

Only if you stand in front of him.

Mind you, saying that, he is a man. I've just had my car written off by a man who couldn't reverse. The poor thing was parked up all on its own and wallop, a MAN driver took it out :(  Oops sorry, sidetracked then...........

Answer 28

No

Is Massa a Dangerous driver for hitting Couthard?

Is Kimi dangerous for hitting Sutil?

Is Alonso dangerous for hitting Nick in Monaco?

You get my drift

Answer 29

yes and a idiot Michael told lewis last year you have to keep a cool head and watch with your eyes especially in the mirrors but it seems Lewis is getting a bit of a big head and taking no notice. lewis asked schumi for some help. this was at Turkey 2007. before the race.