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[Tony_sa]

[Gaz]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

[Tony_sa]

lol @ longbow....

[Hexagram]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

Yup im off to start a "Fernando Alonso, the bestest driver evar!!!!!" thread.

Ow wait I have never done that, I don't mindlessly start threads about my favourite driver.

[Tony_sa]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

Yup im off to start a "Fernando Alonso, the bestest driver evar!!!!!" thread.

Ow wait I have never done that, I don't mindlessly start threads about my favourite driver.

Go ahead - its ok - I like Alonso... I didnt at first though. Took a liking to him when he started messing hammie around

[billindenver]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

Yup im off to start a "Fernando Alonso, the bestest driver evar!!!!!" thread.

Ow wait I have never done that, I don't mindlessly start threads about my favourite driver.

Don't bother. There is no WAY Alonso could possibly drive the car while listening to the radio and flipping switches on his steering wheel. Clearly the ability to follow simple directions while driving is a gift granted to only one driver in the paddock. You refuse to admit it, but Lewser is actually the next Senna and furthermore he has proven as much several times now with the championships he has won.....uh...actually not. Well, he has certainly proven it with his amazing ability to never make mistakes....errr.....scratch that. Ok, without question he has proven himself equal to the best ever with his steadfast and vigilant ethics combined with his sense of what is right....uh, well....not so much. You know...upon reflection, Lewser makes more mistakes than most, threw away one championship all on his own, has admitted to being a liar and a cheat.....yup...what a driver!

I love these threads.

[darwin dali]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

Yup im off to start a "Fernando Alonso, the bestest driver evar!!!!!" thread.

Ow wait I have never done that, I don't mindlessly start threads about my favourite driver.

Don't bother. There is no WAY Alonso could possibly drive the car while listening to the radio and flipping switches on his steering wheel. Clearly the ability to follow simple directions while driving is a gift granted to only one driver in the paddock. You refuse to admit it, but Lewser is actually the next Senna and furthermore he has proven as much several times now with the championships he has won.....uh...actually not. Well, he has certainly proven it with his amazing ability to never make mistakes....errr.....scratch that. Ok, without question he has proven himself equal to the best ever with his steadfast and vigilant ethics combined with his sense of what is right....uh, well....not so much. You know...upon reflection, Lewser makes more mistakes than most, threw away one championship all on his own, has admitted to being a liar and a cheat.....yup...what a driver!

I love these threads.

A bit harsh

[darwin dali]

Do you miss by any chance the Lewis Dissenter thread? Care to resurrect it?

[Tony_sa]

[vaptin]

Do you miss by any chance the Lewis Dissenter thread? Care to resurrect it?

I best get digging on that!

[Hexagram]

Do we need another thread on Hamilton?

i've always felt there's never enough threads about everyone favourite driver

Yup im off to start a "Fernando Alonso, the bestest driver evar!!!!!" thread.

Ow wait I have never done that, I don't mindlessly start threads about my favourite driver.

Don't bother. There is no WAY Alonso could possibly drive the car while listening to the radio and flipping switches on his steering wheel. Clearly the ability to follow simple directions while driving is a gift granted to only one driver in the paddock. You refuse to admit it, but Lewser is actually the next Senna and furthermore he has proven as much several times now with the championships he has won.....uh...actually not. Well, he has certainly proven it with his amazing ability to never make mistakes....errr.....scratch that. Ok, without question he has proven himself equal to the best ever with his steadfast and vigilant ethics combined with his sense of what is right....uh, well....not so much. You know...upon reflection, Lewser makes more mistakes than most, threw away one championship all on his own, has admitted to being a liar and a cheat.....yup...what a driver!

I concur.

[billindenver]

Do you miss by any chance the Lewis Dissenter thread? Care to resurrect it?

Didn't you lock it? Yes, I dearly loved that thread.

Hey RC, Lewis sucks!

[cap-dude]

Fair enough, the guys got buckets loads of talent. He's world champion for pete's sake.

But what annoy's me

Vettel and Kimi are most impressive through the early part of the turn

It's Vettel's first ever time here as well, but I don't see anyone making a fuss over him. Instead there are article's been written about Hamiltion. Nothing against Hamilton, more against great writers like Mark Huge's and James Allen being blindly patriotic.

[billindenver]

Fair enough, the guys got buckets loads of talent. He's world champion for pete's sake.

But what annoy's me

Vettel and Kimi are most impressive through the early part of the turn

It's Vettel's first ever time here as well, but I don't see anyone making a fuss over him. Instead there are article's been written about Hamiltion. Nothing against Hamilton, more against great writers like Mark Huge's and James Allen being blindly patriotic.

El Wordo!

[Tony_sa]

Anna - funny crap to enjoy....

LG: Would it be fair to say that you simply didn’t see the red lights?

LH: “Ahhh….Well I really don’t know what happened to me. I was was comfortably in the lead and it was looking like it was going to be an easy win and we got into the pitstop. It wasn’t a great stop and I saw the two guys in front of me, and they’re about to be leaving the pitlane. And I was obviously trying to make sure I didn’t get involved with those guys. Or something. And I, Ummm, saw the red light but by the time they had stopped and I had seen the red light it was a bit late. And, Um, it’s not exactly a racing incident as such, but I think its really unfortunate."

LG: Should the team have warned you that the red lights were on at the pit exit?

LH: “Yeah, but it was a bit late. I mean it was just one of those things I guess. I mean I’m not, Umm. It’s a lot different if you crash into the wall and you’re angry with yourself. I apologise to Kimi if I, Umm, if I ruined his race, but, Umm, you know, that sort of thing happens, so….”

LG: Even Goodman was now obviously beginning to lose patience with Lewis, and then asked a very direct question in these words: “Well obviously Kimi was the other man who went out. He’s your main rival in the championship. Is that any sort of consolation to you?”

LH: “Not really. I would just rather not either of us was out. And to be honest we were so quick. I was in front. I was leading it and, Hmmm, next time…”

At this point Lewis’s McLaren minder, a man built like a bouncer but who had been listening intently to everything Lewis said, decided to bring the interview to an immediate end by first signalling Lewis to stop talking by tapping him twice on the left shoulder, and then pushing him firmly through the crowd of journalists and away from the possibility of saying anything which might do still more damage. The ecclesiastically-built Matt Bishop might have been standing on Lewis’s right and may have signalled this intervention, but I’m not certain of the identity of the figure I glimpsed there.

So Lewis felt he was still leading the race when he ran into the back of one of the two rivals who had just overtaken him in the pitstop. He felt that he “might” have ruined the race of the man who had just put in a series of blistering laps which included the fastest lap of the race, and who was one of the two in front of him. He felt that it “was just one of those things”. He really wanted everyone to know that he was the quickest man in Montreal (not true) and that he was cruising towards an easy victory (also not true). It seems that Lewis’s script, which I have always complained is rather too centred on, well Lewis actually, has no words for defeat, error, or responsibility. There was certainly no straightforward admission of error. There was a highly ambiguous and conditional apology. Lewis admitted no regrets other than for the victory that had been lost. A collision being inevitable after he had missed the red lights he then managed to avoid his secondary rival and take out his main one.

Now this was the man who knew about the use of Ferrari data by the McLaren test team. Who did not own up to this knowledge when asked to be honest by the FIA. Who travelled to the WMSC hearing in Paris with his own barrister looking very anxious. Who was finally confronted with his knowledge of the cheating by the technical investigators at the end of the year and who said to them: “Yeah, I just completely forgot to be honest, I completely forgot.”

what a driver .. or maybe .. what a persona..