Meet Louis Hamilton. The Tiger Woods of Formula One. He just won the USGP

[A HERETIC I AM]

Young, Handsome, Talented as all hell and rockin the mostly white, European dominated Formula One Series. Just won the United Sates Grand Prix at Indianapolis FROM THE POLE POSITION following a similar performance last week in Montreal.

Go get em' Louis.

Next Stop, Magny Cours for the French GP July 1.

[karlrschneider]

1. He's a damn fine driver!

But I'm not so sure about your characterization. Fangio from Argentina was the most prolific F1 driver ever.

[truebrit71]

2. I don't think Fangio had the record out of the gate that Lewis has...

...Lewis hasn't finished anywhere other than on the podium fir his first 7 races. His sixth and seventh EVER grand Prix he won from pole.

Fangio didn't do that either.

btw...most of Fangio's records were eclipsed by M. Schumacher

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. Not to mention IIRC he had'nt ever driven on either circuit before getting those poles and wins

Perhaps a better characterization would have been something like "He is to F1 what Tiger was to the PGA 10 years ago."

I expect we will be seeing a lot more of him on the podium in the future

[karlrschneider]

4. That's true but even Michael has said he doesn't consider himself in Fangio's league.

But it's all subjective...I just thought the original post was a bit of an exaggeration.
I wish Hamilton all the best.

[northzax]

5. I am with you

Hamilton is a comet, no question. only time will tell if he can join the pantheon. I rank the best of all time as:

1: Fangio
2: Schumacher
3: Senna (would be one, I think, had he lived)
4: Prost
5: Stewart

Can you imagine Senna's craziness in one of today's cars?

[MaineDem]

6. Jackie Stewart said he's never seen a talent like Hamilton

He's awesome!