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"

 

[Jen]

Which is the better translation - Google or Babel?

 

[teabagyokel]

Got to be Google if only so Jackie Stewart can claim the title "the great Scotland!"

 

[Lewywo4]

Massa's feeling that Hamilton should be punished, seems to have taken root at Spa in 2008!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWAQFWonJts&feature=related

Felipe's said, " knowing that he had 10 points is a good feeling "..........What pathetic comments from both Massa, and Nelson Piquet Jr.!!

 

[Quintessentially]

Let's stop making assumptions here with these revisionist theories. I think there's more to this than Spa 2008.

 

[Brogan]

So you tell others to stop making assumptions and then go on to make an assumption.

 

[Quintessentially]

Yes but hardly revisionist. Piquet doesn 't even race in F1 anymore.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

I think there's more to this than Spa 2008.

You're right, it's Interlagos 2008 that Felipe really can't forgive Lewis for.

 

[F1ang-o]

Yes but hardly revisionist. Piquet doesn 't even race in F1 anymore.

But he has got a wall named after him in Singapore.......2008 now that is a race Massa should be Piqued about!
Lewis too..

 

[teabagyokel]

I'm not sure Massa is as sour about 2008 as he is about 2010-11. He coped admirably well with that defeat and went on through 2009 not mentioning Hamilton in interviews.

At the moment, he's been beaten by Alonso, and like Mark Webber, is searching for a scapegoat.

How many times is it he's hit me this year

Two?

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

I'm not sure Massa is as sour about 2008 as he is about 2010-11. He coped admirably well with that defeat and went on through 2009 not mentioning Hamilton in interviews.
At the moment, he's been beaten by Alonso, and like Mark Webber, is searching for a scapegoat.

Good points, well made as usual, tby

 

[FB]

The Massa/Smedley/Hamilton Singapore radio discussion now has a thread of it's own.

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/team-radio-bringing-the-sport-in-disrepute.3813/

 

[no-FIAt-please]

http://planetf1.com/news/3213/7214932/-Drivers-To-Discuss-Hamilton-

Looks like Hamilton could be in hot water again. Surely if he has recieved punishment in the form of penalties for his collisions that should be the end of the matter...?

 

[RayInTorontoCanada]

Well, he was penalized in Malaysia, in Monaco, in Hungary and in Singapore. In Canada and Belgium he DNF'd (punishment enough, if he warrented any penalty at all, that is).

Should be end of discussion.

 

[Brogan]

http://planetf1.com/news/3213/7214932/-Drivers-To-Discuss-Hamilton-

Looks like Hamilton could be in hot water again. Surely if he has recieved punishment in the form of penalties for his collisions that should be the end of the matter...?

Err, that's what everyone has been discussing for the last page or so...

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/lewis-hamilton.3031/page-43#post-82558

 

[Galahad]

I suppose if a driver has multiple incidents resulting in penalties, the question could be asked as to whether collectively they would justify a more stringent penalty (a race ban, say) even if none of the individual incidents would justify such a penalty when taken in isolation?

Might be a question for a different thread though.

 

[Brogan]

As long as there is consistency in awarding penalties, for similar incidents, including in the same race, then that's fine.

As we've seen this season though (again), that's not necessarily the case.

 

[ExtremeNinja]

Phew. Something positive about our feisty young brit. This from Kobayashi on F1.com : http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2011/10/12587.html

Q: If you were a team boss, which current driver would you pick first for your team (excluding yourself and your current team mate)?
KK: Lewis Hamilton

 

[Hamberg]

And really pleased to see him come out and say this pre Japanese GP, he's not lost his fight...

"“As for the race itself, I think Suzuka will play to my strengths: it’s a track that really requires you to drive in an attacking way to be able to get a good lap time. It’s an uncompromising place. But that’s when the thrill of driving a Formula One car is at its highest; when you know you can’t afford a single mistake and where driving on the absolute limit is the only way to get the best time."

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

There's this, too.

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/7219463/Kovalainen-No-Issue-With-Lewis

Makes you wonder how many actually will turn up when push comes to shove.

 

[Bill Boddy]

When was Kovalainen last close to Hamilton in a race? Not surprising that they have no problems with each other.