Current Lewis Hamilton

A place to put all the posts from all the other threads primarily but love him or hate him, and even for the indifferent amongst us this is the place to discuss the marmite that is Lewis Hamilton, to learn a thing or two about his rise, talk about those controversial, genius or mad moments and something that i am bemused by, the recent articles that suggest something quite different to my perception of what's going on. Any experiences of meeting LH?

Brundle had to write a Lewis Hamilton article recently and in my tweets (which were probably ignored) I asked him to talk about LH the driver not LH the personality. It seems that you can't have one without the other.

So as a starter for ten, here is a fairly recent LH article. Posts should not be limited to this link but it can get some discussion going. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13755883.stm

The only banned topic as it is clearly ridiculous involves these four things "Glock" "2008" "Brazil" "conspiracy"

 

[Lewywo4]

Apparently Brundle is very impressed with the Merc and Lewis, too. I'll be hitting the bookies at the first opportunity. I may even go a bit mad and stick a ton down.

I hope that you win Ninja, and collect every damn dime!

 

[no-FIAt-please]

I'm definitely not getting ahead of myself here, believe me... But if Hamilton and Mercedes were to win races and even the titles this year would it harm Hamilton's credibility as a developer and a thinker? Before the season he said he wanted to go there and develop a bad car and turn the German marque into winners, basically what Schumacher did to Ferrari. If they started winning straight away would it be down to Hamilton?

(In answer to myself, I guess it would depend which driver was winning races.)

 

[Brogan]

He may not get the credit for it but I can't imagine how it would harm Hamilton's reputation.

No doubt there would be some lining up to shoot him down though.

 

[Tacitus]

It all depends on how he compares relative to Rosberg.

 

[F1ang-o]

Nico is in the car tomorrow.......
I like them both....think they will be brilliant together

 

[The Pits]

I think rep wise, Rosberg has the most on the line this season.

 

[teabagyokel]

If Mercedes are successful, the ideas Hamilton learned at the other silver team will be important.

 

[FB]

Like how to cock up pit stops?

 

[Greenlantern101]

I think rep wise, Rosberg has the most to gain this season.

fixed that for you.

 

[The Pits]

Likely both, to be fair. He has not really been sternly tested in f1, so there is no hiding place this season.

 

[EvilWhippet]

I think Button showed that when everyone's saying you're gonna get thrashed your stock goes through the roof when you don't.
And as 2012 proved it doesn't seem to go through floor when you do.

Given the form Hamilton's coming off I think Rosberg will be exhlted for finishing within striking distance consistently. Never been convinced by Nico have I, despite being a passive fan of the fellow. He was gutsy on Sunday in the Williams in a way I think he's been unable to show with disintegrating rear tyres these past three seasons.

 

[teabagyokel]

FB - As if Mercedes didn't know how to do that.

 

[F1ang-o]

Lewis looks so happy at Mercedes, he seems to be really enjoying the challenge,
and the camaraderie with Nico is genuine.
They have both put in mega laps...so deserve a good outcome for all their hard work...
Cant wait for the season to start...bring it on...

 

[Titch]

I'd love to see Mercedes and Hamilton do really well this season.

 

[Kewee]

I hope this is a joke. I've just read where Lewis's dog now has a passport so it can travel to GP's and Bernie has arranged for it to have its own paddock pass. I love all animals but a motor racing circuit is no bloody place for a dog. Hasn't Lewis learned anything. Another distraction on race weekends. I would have thought after 6 years in the sport he would have realized the importance of being focused on nothing but the team, practice, qualifying and the race.

 

[Jos the Boss]

I think a dog is a good distraction, better than a Pussycat Doll

 

[Kewee]

No distraction is a good distraction. Singlemindedness to the point of obsession is what make multiple world champions. I've always believed if Hamilton's career had been handled a little differently he would have been a triple champion before Vettel.

 

[Jos the Boss]

Good way to get his mind off things is just walking Roscoe round the paddock so it could have some benefits, and I agree, more the cars than driver though

 

[The Pits]

Lewis drives better when he is happy. The dog has no baggage, no ulterior motive. The dog makes him happy. Therefore, the dog makes him a better driver. As long as it is not in the car with him during the race, I fail to see any issues.

 

[F1ang-o]

I've always believed if Hamilton's career had been handled a little differently he would have been a triple champion before Vettel.

I agree with this part of your post.
If the dog belonged to any other driver....we probably wouldn't have heard about it.