Formula 1: July 2008 Archives

FORMULA 1

After two breathtaking pieces of overtaking at Hockenheim at the weekend and a solid performance at a wet Silverstone two weeks ago Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda revealed that Lewis Hamilton reminds him of the late Brazilian Racing genius Ayrton Senna.

The Austrian icon who won the F1 Championships in 1975, 77 and 84 said of Sundays win " The race was won by Lewis and not by the team. It was an absolutely great race from him. It was Senna type driving."

Hamilton now sits four points ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa while the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen is seven points adrift of the Englishman.

Lauda admits he as much as anyone was suprised with Hamilton's slow start to the season but now can see Lewis going all the way.

He said " Last year he was my favourite but then he screwed up in the last couple of races and so I didn't understand why he started this year as bad as he finished last year, but I think he's got the message now."