Lewis Hamilton

[LDN]

fakenews said:

LDN said:

Hamilton is crap, Mercedes are pissing money up the wall; and you’ve rumbled him. Shhhh! Don’t let the secret get out.

Re money, I thought these drivers did it for the sport? Throw Leclerc (difficult to do in reality)/Russell/Wehrlein in the car and save £40M...

Tell Mercedes and ask for a consultancy fee; you’ll be quids in mate.

[Mr Tidy]

Well as F1 drivers go I really rate Lewis as one of the best, and he's a Brit.

I only watch on C4 (I won't pay to watch Martin Bungle) but his reaction when his car expired in Qualifying just showed he is only human - much like Seb's reaction when he crashed in the race, but nobody seems to have mentioned that!

And I still remember seeing Mika Hakkinen crying - when you are aiming for the top if something goes wrong surely you should be gutted?

I may not like Lewis' hair-style or body ink, but that isn't the point - I just love watching him in an F1 car!

I read somewhere that Jim Clarke used to chew his nails - but so what, he was still a fantastic driver.

[Graveworm]

fakenews said:

Lewis is British and winning, who do you think our commentators (and other successful British drivers) are going to show support for? If your knowledge of F1 is beyond reproach, you'll realise that unless the British press suck the actual semen from his two testicles (how I miss my own) he threatens to never speak to them again.

Here he finds issue with our Press when they question his use of Snapchat - his reaction shows little respect for the people who also work in F1:
https://jalopnik.com/lewis-hamilton-walks-out-of-p...

I see something different and it's not as if I'm alone - I too used to think Lewis was brilliant. However, you seem to be in denial and that's good, it's the beginning of your journey to recovery. I suspect you'll cry a little and may even flirt with supporting Stroll, which you must resist. This is all normal. If you need someone to talk to or just a hand to hold as you burn your Hamilton memorabilia whilst humming along to The Chain I'm here for you.

I'm off to watch the highlights from David Coulthard's career...back in ten.

I was not suggesting my knowledge of F1 is anything out of the ordinary. I had not given any conclusions or my opinions. I have merely said that the clear consensus amongst qualified people is that he is an exceptional talent. I introduced some facts. I asked numerous times why you know better than, clearly respected people. Unless I am to count monorchism, you still don't seem to give any reason why. You do now seem to be putting forward a straw man argument that the media are the only ones who rate him, being all British, biased and blind to the truth that is obvious to you. He is clearly rubbish because as you pointed out 11 years ago he lost a title in his rookie year because his wet tyres gave up in the dry coming into the pits.

I get that because David Coultard was probably only in the top 5 drivers of his generation and could only manage to come 2nd (To Schumacher) and third in the WDC means that, what he thinks, is not as valuable as you. He is also British. I think it is probably futile to point out that many who rate him like Alonso are not british, just like Jacques Villeneuve, Mark Webber, Emerson Fittipaldi, Marc Gené, Nico Rosberg, Mark Surer, Michael Schumacher and indeed his bosses at a German motorsport company Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda all of whom, I have reason to think should know a good driver. The latter 2 seem to think he is worth quite a lot. Maybe Lewis hid your CV from them? The driver of the Day award is voted by fans all around the world and so far, this year, Hamilton tops that as well.

Edited by Graveworm on Monday 23 July 01:05

[HustleRussell]

Maybe this ‘fakenews’ Guy is just playing up to his screen name? Maybe that’s the joke?

[Hungrymc]

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Anyone remember the days when rain reduced a car advantage (particularly a PU advantage) and a real talent could shine.

The China 2007 incident has some similarities to Seb’s yesterday (hard to scale the relative state of the tyres).

[HustleRussell]

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Christ, you know you’re good when somebody has to go back 11 years to your rookie season to find an example of a costly mistake during a wet race!

[jonnyb]

HustleRussell said:

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Christ, you know you’re good when somebody has to go back 11 years to your rookie season to find an example of a costly mistake during a wet race!

A mistake by the team who kept him out on tyres that were down to the carcass.
I remember it well, needed to buy a new TV afterwards.

[travel is dangerous]

fakenews said:

LDN said:

Hamilton is crap, Mercedes are pissing money up the wall; and you’ve rumbled him. Shhhh! Don’t let the secret get out.

Re money, I thought these drivers did it for the sport? Throw Leclerc (difficult to do in reality)/Russell/Wehrlein in the car and save £40M...

didn't leclerc spin in the race?

[Tony 1234]

Derek Smith said:

toastyhamster said:

I really want to like Ham, but I just can't (beyond patriotism), his sulks and general lifestyle just aren't endearing.

You care about his general lifestyle? Isn't his driving enough?

+1

[e30m3Mark]

Mr Tidy said:

Well as F1 drivers go I really rate Lewis as one of the best, and he's a Brit.

I only watch on C4 (I won't pay to watch Martin Bungle) but his reaction when his car expired in Qualifying just showed he is only human - much like Seb's reaction when he crashed in the race, but nobody seems to have mentioned that!

And I still remember seeing Mika Hakkinen crying - when you are aiming for the top if something goes wrong surely you should be gutted?

I may not like Lewis' hair-style or body ink, but that isn't the point - I just love watching him in an F1 car!

I read somewhere that Jim Clarke used to chew his nails - but so what, he was still a fantastic driver.

+1

I don't really like Hamilton (or what I see of him on TV, media etc anyway) but there's no point denying his talent as a driver.

I really felt for Seb yesterday. The emotion was palpable and he was just dreadfully unlucky. Quite why there's the obvious Ch4 bias toward Hamilton and the writing off of Seb's driver championship challenge I don't know? There's still an awful long way to go.

I never liked Seb when he was at Redbull. No idea why really? In recent years though, he's just matured and appears to be a genuinely nice / funny guy.

[Sa Calobra]

There are some bitter middled aged men on PH.

Crack on Lewis, successful, doesn't care about negativity and wears what he wants with his millions.

If the angry old men actually shopped elsewhere other than Next, or safer ranges of up market brands you might actually love life Abit more.

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

HustleRussell said:

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Christ, you know you’re good when somebody has to go back 11 years to your rookie season to find an example of a costly mistake during a wet race!

He drove into the back of Jenson, his team mate, on a straight, in the wet. He's only any good when he's in the best car and he can get on and win without anyone getting in his way.

[swisstoni]

Is it the weather that's bringing them out?

Edited by swisstoni on Monday 23 July 10:54

[HighwayStar]

Dynamic Space Wizard said:

HustleRussell said:

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Christ, you know you’re good when somebody has to go back 11 years to your rookie season to find an example of a costly mistake during a wet race!

He drove into the back of Jenson, his team mate, on a straight, in the wet. He's only any good when he's in the best car and he can get on and win without anyone getting in his way.

Now tell us what Seb has done....

[Exige77]

jonnyb said:

HustleRussell said:

fakenews said:

He's the fastest Mercedes driver in the rain. Wow! Amazing.

How did he do in the 2007 Chinese GP? Hmmm...

Christ, you know you’re good when somebody has to go back 11 years to your rookie season to find an example of a costly mistake during a wet race!

A mistake by the team who kept him out on tyres that were down to the carcass.
I remember it well, needed to buy a new TV afterwards.

^^^^^^What he said, I was there. Happened right in front of me. Having to go back all this time to make a silly point is hilarious. Track had fully dried out but pit land had huge puddle.

The haters gonna hate

I suppose hating our must successful driver gives their life a sense of purpose.

[Europa1]

A minor grumble for me: I did think Hamilton and Button should have been wearing seatbelts in the interview on Sky.

[Hungrymc]

Dynamic Space Wizard said:

He drove into the back of Jenson, his team mate, on a straight, in the wet. He's only any good when he's in the best car and he can get on and win without anyone getting in his way.

Hmmm... I shouldn’t be drawn in, but Actually into the back of him? [url|https://thumbsnap.com/gzykH8HV[/url]

[LDN]

Hungrymc said:

Dynamic Space Wizard said:

He drove into the back of Jenson, his team mate, on a straight, in the wet. He's only any good when he's in the best car and he can get on and win without anyone getting in his way.

Hmmm... I shouldn’t be drawn in, but Actually into the back of him? [url|https://thumbsnap.com/gzykH8HV[/url]

I wouldn’t bother. Is akin to peeing into the wind, as they say.

[selym]

ukaskew said:

...and at his last bad one he did indeed sulk, but still put plenty of time in with the fans after, just much of it wasn't on telly.

I'd love to know if Vettel took the time to visit the crowds in the stands today after the race, or do a couple of open interview sessions with anyone who wanted to come along. If he did, fair play.

He could have visited the fans during the race!!

[C70R]

e30m3Mark said:

Mr Tidy said:

Well as F1 drivers go I really rate Lewis as one of the best, and he's a Brit.

I only watch on C4 (I won't pay to watch Martin Bungle) but his reaction when his car expired in Qualifying just showed he is only human - much like Seb's reaction when he crashed in the race, but nobody seems to have mentioned that!

And I still remember seeing Mika Hakkinen crying - when you are aiming for the top if something goes wrong surely you should be gutted?

I may not like Lewis' hair-style or body ink, but that isn't the point - I just love watching him in an F1 car!

I read somewhere that Jim Clarke used to chew his nails - but so what, he was still a fantastic driver.

+1

I don't really like Hamilton (or what I see of him on TV, media etc anyway) but there's no point denying his talent as a driver.

I really felt for Seb yesterday. The emotion was palpable and he was just dreadfully unlucky. Quite why there's the obvious Ch4 bias toward Hamilton and the writing off of Seb's driver championship challenge I don't know? There's still an awful long way to go.

I never liked Seb when he was at Redbull. No idea why really? In recent years though, he's just matured and appears to be a genuinely nice / funny guy.

I watched the C4 highlights as I was out during the day and forgot to the record the Sky race (I should use Series Link, I know). I don't remember C4 "writing off of Seb's driver championship challenge".
Who said what, specifically?