Winning Hamilton
Discussion
Is anyone else getting sick of Hamilton's whining?
Irrespective of whether what Alonso did re Stepneygate was right or wrong, Alonso (and Ron) is handling himself with great dignity in his comments to the press.
Hamilton just makes me want to cringe with his countless digs at Alonso and his "aren't I great" comments. It's as if he has some massive inferiority complex or something. These seem distinctly at odds with the equality between the drivers that McLaren promote.
One only has to look at any of the comments he has said on Pitpass or Planet F1 - some reent examples:
"I'd much rather it were Fernando in a Ferrari and me in a McLaren," the 22-year-old Brit said.
"And since what's gone on in the last few weeks they've realised who the real people are in the team and who they really should back."
Hamilton's petulence in the post race press conference when it was suggested that he was taking the blame for the incident with Kubica was also embarrassing to watch.
I am a long time Ferrari fan, but part of me is now wishing that Alonso will take the title and put this whippersnapper in his place!
Back in the day, my friends used to criticise my fondness of Eddie Irvine, who they thought was arrogant. Eddie was humourous, and most of his comments were said tongue in cheek, and yet lots of people disliked him because of his attitude.
I wonder what those same people's view of Hamilton will be in a few years time?
PS - Has anyone else tried the "Lewis Hamilton Drinking Game"? You must take a swig of your drink each time "Lewis Hamilton" is mentioned on the ITV F1 coverage. Trust me - you will only play it once ; )
Irrespective of whether what Alonso did re Stepneygate was right or wrong, Alonso (and Ron) is handling himself with great dignity in his comments to the press.
Hamilton just makes me want to cringe with his countless digs at Alonso and his "aren't I great" comments. It's as if he has some massive inferiority complex or something. These seem distinctly at odds with the equality between the drivers that McLaren promote.
One only has to look at any of the comments he has said on Pitpass or Planet F1 - some reent examples:
"I'd much rather it were Fernando in a Ferrari and me in a McLaren," the 22-year-old Brit said.
"And since what's gone on in the last few weeks they've realised who the real people are in the team and who they really should back."
Hamilton's petulence in the post race press conference when it was suggested that he was taking the blame for the incident with Kubica was also embarrassing to watch.
I am a long time Ferrari fan, but part of me is now wishing that Alonso will take the title and put this whippersnapper in his place!
Back in the day, my friends used to criticise my fondness of Eddie Irvine, who they thought was arrogant. Eddie was humourous, and most of his comments were said tongue in cheek, and yet lots of people disliked him because of his attitude.
I wonder what those same people's view of Hamilton will be in a few years time?
PS - Has anyone else tried the "Lewis Hamilton Drinking Game"? You must take a swig of your drink each time "Lewis Hamilton" is mentioned on the ITV F1 coverage. Trust me - you will only play it once ; )
I was kidding about the "cheating" car.
It will be great to have a Brit win the championship.
Someone said Mansell took 12 years to win the title. That is probably because he had to work hard and sell his house to help fund his racing driver - not be groomed by McLaren since he was 13 and then be gifted with the best car on the grid in his debut season.
It will be great to have a Brit win the championship.
Someone said Mansell took 12 years to win the title. That is probably because he had to work hard and sell his house to help fund his racing driver - not be groomed by McLaren since he was 13 and then be gifted with the best car on the grid in his debut season.
.Following that argument (which I agree is tenuous), the Ferraris have only Ferrari data in their cars, whilst it could be argued that McLarens have both their own data and Ferrari data in their cars. This extra knowledge, and input from more engineers could make the McLarens better.
However, it looks pretty unlikely that there is any Ferrari info on the McLaren cars.
However, it looks pretty unlikely that there is any Ferrari info on the McLaren cars.
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