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"

 

[Road of Bones]

I can't see Lewis going back to McLaren until they're competitive again, frankly.

 

[Titch]

Nor me. I can't really see why he'd want to leave Mercedes, either.

 

[Splash]

I can't see Lewis going back to McLaren until they're competitive again, frankly.

But he went to Mercedes when they were not competitive with the knowledge (from Brawn) that they would be the following season.

 

[Splash]

Nor me. I can't really see why he'd want to leave Mercedes, either.

He may not have the choice if his contract has expired and they prefer Vettel.

 

[Jen]

Like all of us, he (Lewis) will weigh up the pros and cons, and then possibly make the wrong decision. Jenson won't be jettisoned until Lewis (if he is asked) decides to revert to McLaren.

Personally, I think everything went tits up for Lewis when his father ceased being his manager.

There, plenty for you all to shoot down in flames!

 

[Lewywo4]

If Lewis had listened to his father Jen, he wouldn't now be fighting for a WDC, but probably languishing around the front of other mid-fielders..

 

[Lewywo4]

By remaining at Mclaren, I should have added......Jen.

 

[The Pits]

Did Anthony say that Lewis should have stayed at McLaren then? I don't recall that.

 

[Hamberg]

I find it fascinating how we all know what they discuss(ed) in PRIVATE!

 

[Brogan]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/10/mclaren-lewis-hamilton-father

 

[Lewywo4]

I guess that Anthony Hamilton had a change in mind about keeping it....... private.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/10/mclaren-lewis-hamilton-father

 

[Jen]

Don't know what his Dad told Lewis in later years but he wouldn't have been a WDC without him in 2008 - that's for sure!

 

[Slyboogy]

That was in 2011, the following season after he had the fastest car at McLaren.

 

[The Pits]

Fair enough.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Respectable journalists have rubbished the claim that McLaren approached Hamilton about a return. What do they have to offer him anyway? If Honda-McLaren proves to be a good package in the future then maybe there's something to talk about.

 

[Lewywo4]

A Honda-Mclaren could possibily be a force to deal with right at the start of the 2015 season, because the 2009 Brawn comes to mind.........even without Ross.

 

[Jen]

Sense says that you would give a new supplier a year to prove itself, no?

 

[Lewywo4]

Very true.....but didn't those Honda engineers come up with the idea with the double diffuser. A question that arises, is what info if any has Mclaren been able to give to Honda regarding the Mercedes engine, which they will be able to use.

 

[RasputinLives]

The designers of the Honda engine did not come up with the double diffuser idea. This was the people working for the Honda team. Which is now of course Mercedes.

Lets remember that the engine building side of Honda and the Honda F1 team are very different animals and different side of the same company coin.

 

[The Pits]

And the last f1 engine wasn't the best. That said, I am expecting great things from their ers systems.