Button, not Hamilton, best British F1 driver
A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, Well, well. Let's see–who is the top British driver now? Jenson Button is much more genuine and likeable than Lewis Hamilton, isn’t he? And with Button winning easily when the car is right, Hamilton can't make that dog of a McLaren go fast now that he no longer has the best car. I guess Hamilton's greatness is really 95% the car, and 5% him. I am appalled at Lewis' comments in the press conference he called where he squarely threw the team manager under the bus. Even if that was the case, I do recall the whole FIA mess from a few years ago and I wonder what part of that situation Lewis didn't recall–like the part where the FIA told the drivers that they expected them to tell the truth. Lewis didn't tell the truth to the stewards and isn't man enough to own up to that. Then he blames it all on the team as if he had no idea. Certainly I am not the only one who finds this ridiculous and totally unbelievable. Now Lewis and his father supposedly want to leave McLaren? Funny. Without McLaren Lewis would be working in a car wash somewhere in the English countryside currently. They gave him his career at every level from the start. They also completely screwed Alonso for Hamilton and now he is talking smack about the team? The guy has ZERO character. Amazing. McLaren should release him and sign Vettel. Mercedes would be happy and it would be so much less trouble. Ralph Monroe