RE: PH Blog: Attwood plays it cool

[PiB]

So basically people here would prefer if Lewis Hamilton were a tweed wearing hipster?

[suffolk009]

PiB said:

So basically people here would prefer if Lewis Hamilton were a tweed wearing hipster?

No, not really. Tweeds and pearls only work as a look for headmistresses.

[don logan]

Lewis' tweets are CRINGEWORTHY!!!

I can't bear to look at them but Mrs Don Logan can't help herself but to show me them because she thinks they are hilarious!

They're not though, not intentionally anyway!

As for JK, I wouldn't really have cared about him either way had I not seen him park up outside a pub on the Kings Road, go in and get himself a drink, stand next to his car while a "Papp" took pics of him which looked like a complete set up because they kept chatting and had a drink together while a small crowd gathered around them!

I seem to remember the car being a silver 360 Spyder with maybe green leather!

[f1colin]

PiB said:

So basically people here would prefer if Lewis Hamilton were a tweed wearing hipster?

Nope, speaking personally, I'm just finding Lewis very difficult to like/admire/support at present. I was a huge huge fan of him in Karts (had a great chat with him and his Dad at Hoddesdon many years ago - still got his signed visor from the day), then followed him through junior formulae and notably GP2 (Turkey 06 is still his best race ever IMHO), followed by the big break in 07 when he was driving for the love of it, grasping a great opportunity and coming within a gnat's ch*ff of a title as a rookie.

Turning the clock forward, he spent most of 2011 becoming a PR disaster of his own making from which he has never really recovered and yet is still capable of driving wonderfully like last Sunday in India. Appears to be badly managed in so many ways and comes across as very lost in pursuit of something that he (or his entourage) can't define. To the outside world it looks like he's resorted to money under the influence of his minders whilst accompanied by more hangers on (aka style consuiltants)

Dickie on the other hand isn't playing to any audience and does what he does for the love of it without money getting in the way. Just like the Lewis of '06 and '07.

[Doshy]

I think that wee Scottish fella was my instructor on a Porsche day out a couple of years ago.
Which is nice.

[DonkeyApple]

Dave Hedgehog said:

a legend in his own mind

does have exceptional taste in cars thou

so a bellend with nice cars

A perfect PHer.

[DonkeyApple]

f1colin said:

Nope, speaking personally, I'm just finding Lewis very difficult to like/admire/support at present. I was a huge huge fan of him in Karts (had a great chat with him and his Dad at Hoddesdon many years ago - still got his signed visor from the day), then followed him through junior formulae and notably GP2 (Turkey 06 is still his best race ever IMHO), followed by the big break in 07 when he was driving for the love of it, grasping a great opportunity and coming within a gnat's ch*ff of a title as a rookie.

Turning the clock forward, he spent most of 2011 becoming a PR disaster of his own making from which he has never really recovered and yet is still capable of driving wonderfully like last Sunday in India. Appears to be badly managed in so many ways and comes across as very lost in pursuit of something that he (or his entourage) can't define. To the outside world it looks like he's resorted to money under the influence of his minders whilst accompanied by more hangers on (aka style consuiltants)

Dickie on the other hand isn't playing to any audience and does what he does for the love of it without money getting in the way. Just like the Lewis of '06 and '07.

I think he is suffering the fallout of not having a proper childhood crawling in dirt and falling out of trees followed by trying to chase girls, combined with growing up in a completely white environment and trying to reconnect with an important part of his background. Hence the wierd cultural over reactions and immature handling of situations.

I have a feeling he will grow up at some point and be the driver he should be. I wonder if moving away from Maclaren where he has been since a child will be the catalyst to change is mindset and free him.

[infradig]

Jay Kay seems as proud of his 968 as any of his mega money pork, seems like a real enthusiast just with lots of money.
Bumped into him in a chip shop in High Wycombe a few years ago chatted about the Diablo he was in and seemed like a nice bloke, he even apologised to the chip shop guy about all the local Nova's with big exhausts that started swarming around the Lambo(and probably the stunning model type sitting on the door sill eating her chips)

[TVR500Morgan]

Just a word of advice I'd edit all the refrences of "Dickie" to Richard, he hates being called Dickie (just by the slimmest of chances that he does read this). He is a top man though ! and driver.

[mark3man]

Attwood, Piper, Redman, Bell, Moss, Cunningham-Reid, and more from that era - all in a superleague of racing drivers.

[n4aat]

917 is stunning.

But I will never understand the over-hyped appeal of the old 911s.

[hotmelt]

Greg 172 said:

Whatever your opinion on the man, at least he's genuinely passionate about cars, rather than just buying whatever is trendy and expensive as status symbols.

And as a daily driver he drives Peugeot 405 1.4 estate with 400 thousand miles. After all he has some experience with driver`s cars

[chevronb37]

Off to a talk by Attwood in a few weeks and very excited. He still drives beautifully - witness his stellar win in the Glover Trophy at the Revival 2 years ago. The guys from that era were just a different breed.

[Martin 480 Turbo]

You guys really anger me with this thread. It is so easy to rate people you've never met in your life on things you'll never experience yourself. It may be that Mr. Attwood is a nice elder gentleman, but for heavens sake give Jay Kay and Hamilton some time to grow. Wisdom usually corelates with some grey hair... Could be that Attwood behaved like "a tool" at 25, but no one is here to remember it. Jay Kay might have big ego, but compared to chaps of the same size like Ecclestone he behaves rather modest and at least 15 years ago he was a fun guy to be with, alas with an energy that might prove a little stressful for mere mortals.

Martin 480 Turbo

Edited by Martin 480 Turbo on Thursday 1st November 12:12

Edited by Martin 480 Turbo on Thursday 1st November 12:14

[chevronb37]

I met Lewis quite by coincidence in Canada last year. We joked about McLaren's qualifying gaff at Monaco and how frustrating it was battling Adrian Newey. He was giving karting advice to a youngster who seemed delighted by his company. I found him perfectly personable, though his public persona is sometimes mis-judged.