Now the season has finished with Jenson a worthy second place in the championship to Sebastian Vettel, can we now all agree who is the number one Maclaren driver. Both the results and his fighting finish to the Brazilian Grand Prix, place him head and shoulders above Lewis Hamilton who really should recognise his place in the team and support Jenson to become the 2012 World Champion.

Mike T

Absolutely, can't wait and well done Jenson !!

Kev.

First of all, yes congratulations to Jenson on a superb season.

For all you guys out there who seem to have some sort of morbid desire to write off Lewis, saying he is the number 2 driver in Mclaren is ludicrous. He has had his first bad season out of 5. 2007 he missed the championship by 1 point, his first season, that is no mean feat in your first season, irrespective of the car being driven, his second year he wins it, and of course, everyone was saying how great he was, the last 2 years Mclaren have been off the boil but Lewis still managed to be there or there abouts, even having to deal with that other prima donna who threw his teddy in the corner every time lewis beat him. This year he has had a turbulant year, both on and off the track. Why dont you people give him a break, no one is perfect all of the time. 1 bad year in 5 is a pretty good record, there are drivers in formula 1 both past and present that never amounted to anything and didnt have to put up with this amount of stick. Anyone who believes that Lewis will not be back and back stronger are completely deluded. For the first half of this season, he out drove and out qualified Jenson on numerous occasions. Yes he can be a little impetuous, but the guy is a racer and if you look at that grid, there arnt too many of them on there. Give the man a break, he still finished 5th, despite his awful year, he's British and we should be proud of him, after all, we are building a car in tribute to OUR great champion.

By the way, this is not a poke at anyone in particular, just fed up of Lewis getting so much stick when we should be supporting him.

Yeah well done Jenson, i nice finger in the eye for all the crusties like Sir Jackie Stewart and a few others that wrote him off against Lewis.

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Hi Paul,

Nobody in this thread is 'slating' Lewis, as they are doing nothing more than congratulating Jenson on his success in the championship !! If you see that as a slating then I think you are mistaken and you need to read my post #6 and understand that everyone has a right to an opinion ??

Personally, I am building the McLaren because it is a car from my favourite team and not because Lewis drove it !! There are several drivers past and present who I am not keen on and if they had driven that car I would still build it because it is a McLaren and no other reason !!

Kev.

Hi Blackspear,

Yeah, I know what you mean mate and yes I think it is a British thing. If Lewis wins the title next year he will have a whole load of new fans but if he doesn't then I fear the slagging off will just continue. I think it is an inbuilt desire with the Brits to have a British winner and they will get behind whichever British driver is doing it at the time !! Something we have to live with here in Blighty I'm afraid - part of our make up ?? As far as I'm concerned I don't care who it is or what nationality, as long as people win with grace and dignity.I am glad Vettel won it this year because at the end of the day he deserved it and he did it in a dignified way, so good luck to him, I say. Which is why I never liked Schumacher, though I am warming to him a little now that he has mellowed a bit, but he still retains a few of the dirty tricks from his old days !!

Whoops, I can see a bullet headed my way from a Schumacher fan now !!

Cheers mate ... Kev.

I slated Sir Jackie Stewart, not Lewis.