Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he was not surprised when Lewis Hamilton outpaced F1's new reigning champion in Bahrain two weeks ago.

Much has been written about the new pairing at McLaren, with many observers predicting that Jenson Button will need a few races to get up to speed with the team's incumbent Hamilton.

But in a joint interview involving both Hamilton, 25, and the F1 chief executive, Ecclestone seemed to indicate that he expects the gap between the British pair will remain.

When asked by Germany's Sport Bild if he was surprised to see Hamilton in front of Button in Bahrain, Ecclestone answered: "I would have been very surprised if he (Hamilton) was not."

Why? "Because he is quite simply faster."

Not surprisingly, Ecclestone's comments were not included in the English-language transcript of the interview posted on the official website F1.com.

But in both German and English-language versions, the 79-year-old was not shy to make his feelings clear about the likely travels of F1's three new teams this season.

When Hamilton said "never say never!" when Virgin's title prospects were discussed, Ecclestone quipped: "In this case I can (say never).

"I don't think that the new teams will raise their performance significantly over the season," he added.



Source: GMM

 

Well DUH!

 

 

^^^
I couldn't show that article to my Button loving girlfriend fast enough.

 

He may be dreamy. But without Ross Brawn, he is just another "also ran."

 

lol, her reply to that was "how dare he!" "he is not dreamy, he is glorious. Don't have disrespect for the world champion."

Race day will be interesting in our house
Especially when Hamilton puts it to Button again.

 

Button should have never been F1 Champion. He was in the right car at the right time. I doubt you will hear his name spoken while comparing other F1 champions.

Sorry if I have offended and Button fans. Just my 2 cents.

 

Only Button fan here is Chris from Cali...but its ok, we allow him one mistake a year

 

That's all winning the WDC is every year. It really comes down to whether or not the right driver has the right car.

Although Button may not be the best driver in every situation, he's still plenty good and the fact is, he won because he had the best car last year. Oh well.

I'm really just bummed that Webber hasn't won a WDC yet. That guy deserves it more than anyone, imo.

 

What's it like to be dating the only female in the world that likes F1? If she has a sister, I call dibs.