Current Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE

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"

 

[cider_and_toast]

Aw blast it. That means I'm going to have to read it now

 

[cider_and_toast]

Hamilton celebrated his WDC win with a glass of watermelon juice and a sip of cognac. A far cry from Damon Hill riding a moped around the hotel with his wife on the back pissed as a fart and crashing into the hotel doors.

But the following morning would have been a lot more comfortable for Hamilton.

 

[Lewywo4]

I can't really imagine Damon riding around a hotel in a moped......outside yes......inside ....

 

[cider_and_toast]

If I remember correctly it was a hotel complex so it was outside but still within the hotel grounds. I'll have to see if a clip from the documentary it was shown in, exists online.

Edit: Sadly I can find part of the documentary online from which I think it was shown but not the actual clip.

 

[Brogan]

D'ya think he'll take #1 or #44 next year?

Apparently he is keeping 44.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Interesting, I bet the marketing teams and Mercedes will be happy

 

[Incubus]

I wish he changed his mind... A world champion's got to have the number one on his car, it's traditional isn't it?....

 

[Il_leone]

The irony for Mercedes is they got rid of one British world champion because they wanted to a German driver to deliver their first drivers world championship and it was another Brit who delivered their first drivers title since Fangio

 

[Brogan]

Did they?

 

[Il_leone]

Brogan - cast your minds back to 2009 when Button was world champion and they expected him to either accept no increase in pay and suddenly made a half hearted higher offer for 1 year only when Mclaren offered a drive for him

 

[Brogan]

That doesn't make your claim correct.

 

[Lewywo4]

I'll bet this is a day that Harley will never forget......

 

[Titch]

What a great article. F1ang-o
I still wish he'd get rid of the bling (however expensive) in his ears. But I'd be willing to bet that they are now some sort of lucky charm for him.

 

[Il_leone]

Well if Lauda was not on the Merc board - I don't think Hamilton would have hired in the first place. The Merc board's original belief was to have a German driver to win the driver's title if it was not Schumacher... it took them 5 years to realise it did not work

 

[F1Yorkshire]

http://sniffpetrol.com/2014/11/28/hamilton-brought-back-down-to-earth/#.VHhE4jGsU8R

 

[Hamberg]

Oh no, please no

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/28/lewis-hamilton-formula-one-champion-pop-star

 

[cider_and_toast]

Oh no, no no no no no !!!



Dear god or to whom ever you consider the all powerful or what ever you believe, no no no no no

 

[chreden]

Edit: Sadly I can find part of the documentary online from which I think it was shown but not the actual clip.

Few days late, but

 

[cider_and_toast]

Right, that for you younger fans is a genuine gentlemen champion celebrating his championship in style. Absolutely off his face in a bar with his team mate and biggest rival. Singing "who do you think you are kidding Michael Schumacher" to the Dads Army theme tune to his face and then riding back to the hotel totally smashed and then through the hotel lobby (I knew it wasn't a dream).

Water Melon juice

Well found chreden

 

[Brogan]

Water Melon juice

I recall the months of outrage due to Hamilton wheel spinning when leaving the circuit in Australia.

The very fabric of society would have been torn asunder if he had celebrated in the same fashion as Hill.

Hamilton may be able to win on the track but it seems no matter what he does off it, he can't do right (by some people).