Lewis Hamilton
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cb1965 said:
StevieBee said:
Bo_apex said:
As Romesh Ranganathan recently said "Lewis Hamilton doesn't have a personality"
....from a man that epitomises positive bonhomie and lively repartee.
kwit you are unlikely to find!
threespires said:
_Leg_ said:
No Knighthood then.
Twiggy got one though.
Amazing that she waited from the 60's to get hers yet Mrs Beckham gets a gong for fashion after just a few years of loss making. I could never understand why Andy Murray was knighted for winning Wimbledon on the same day that Lewis Hamilton broke records for multiple wins at Silverstone. Murray was congratulated in Parliament after his win, but not Lewis. I complained about it to my MP. Motor sport supports the UK taxman massively more than tennis. Twiggy got one though.
I don't think Motor Sport gets the recognition it deserves. I believe Ron Dennis, Adrian Newey and Gordon Murray deserve knighthoods. Was there a reason for John Surtees never receiving a knighthood?
If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
sparta6 said:
cb1965 said:
StevieBee said:
Bo_apex said:
As Romesh Ranganathan recently said "Lewis Hamilton doesn't have a personality"
....from a man that epitomises positive bonhomie and lively repartee.kwit you are unlikely to find!swisstoni said:
Ironically I think F1 does a remarkably poor job of marketing itself - at home.
If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
More because it’s become so tediously boring in recent years, summed up by having to talk about a character Like Hamilton, who would be the last person you’d ever want to listen to. If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
yonex said:
swisstoni said:
Ironically I think F1 does a remarkably poor job of marketing itself - at home.
If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
More because it’s become so tediously boring in recent years, summed up by having to talk about a character Like Hamilton, who would be the last person you’d ever want to listen to. If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
yonex said:
More because it’s become so tediously boring in recent years, summed up by having to talk about a character Like Hamilton, who would be the last person you’d ever want to listen to.
That’s not entirely true..........you’d be the last person I’d ever want to listen to regarding Formula 1.
37chevy said:
yonex said:
More because it’s become so tediously boring in recent years, summed up by having to talk about a character Like Hamilton, who would be the last person you’d ever want to listen to.
That’s not entirely true..........you’d be the last person I’d ever want to listen to regarding Formula 1.
yonex said:
swisstoni said:
Ironically I think F1 does a remarkably poor job of marketing itself - at home.
If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
More because it’s become so tediously boring in recent years, summed up by having to talk about a character Like Hamilton, who would be the last person you’d ever want to listen to. If it made it clear that this huge international spectacle was largely UK based, perhaps the major personalities inside it would be better recognised.
(Although he may well be honoured when he retires).
I’m talking about the fact that this world renowned industry is based largely in little old UK and some of the figures involved in that success should probably be recognised for it.
37chevy said:
A lot has changed since then. The invention of the internet for one, where you can spout your superfluous nonsense.
Absolutely it has. I miss the days of mechanical grip, of multiple engine formats, pit stops that involved fuelling. Now it’s all very sterile.But quite why if you dare to stare LH isn’t very interesting makes you public enemy number one is beyond me. F1 has a rich and diverse history, perhaps the ‘blow-ins’ that have just started watching the sport understood that we’d all be better off.
yonex said:
Absolutely it has. I miss the days of mechanical grip, of multiple engine formats, pit stops that involved fuelling. Now it’s all very sterile.
But quite why if you dare to stare LH isn’t very interesting makes you public enemy number one is beyond me. F1 has a rich and diverse history, perhaps the ‘blow-ins’ that have just started watching the sport understood that we’d all be better off.
I can’t disagree in terms of the cars, it’s a beast that got out of crontrol and instead of finding seconds, teams spend millions trying to find hundredths of a second. I do disagree with your assessment of Hamilton. No doubt there have been some massive characters in the past, but in today’s ‘sterlie’ Formula 1 as you put it, he is an interesting character both on the track and off it? But quite why if you dare to stare LH isn’t very interesting makes you public enemy number one is beyond me. F1 has a rich and diverse history, perhaps the ‘blow-ins’ that have just started watching the sport understood that we’d all be better off.
What modern f1 driver gives you the same level?
cb1965 said:
Agreed completely.
Southgate and Kane getting honours boils my piss too!
Why? Hamilton is in the best team, with the best car, has arguably the most ability.Southgate and Kane getting honours boils my piss too!
The England footy team were written off and over achieved, made the nation happy.
The honours list isn’t a measure of sporting greatness. Just gets you invites to better parties.
yonex said:
Why? Hamilton is in the best team, with the best car, has arguably the most ability.
The England footy team were written off and over achieved, made the nation happy.
The honours list isn’t a measure of sporting greatness. Just gets you invites to better parties.
England over achieved???? They haven't beaten a single decent team during the world cup.The England footy team were written off and over achieved, made the nation happy.
The honours list isn’t a measure of sporting greatness. Just gets you invites to better parties.
Beaten twice by Belgium and eliminated by Croatia...
Hamilton is rewriting the records book of F1, that is what I call an achievement as a sportsman.
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