I think what rankles a bit is the underhand way he's gone about it.
This is what rankles me a bit about you.
You have
literally zero proof of this. I think Lewis Hamilton happens to be a very good person but I do think he is a spoiled little racer, more so than what is probably typical of racers. Hamilton since his early child hood has had the blessings of a full fledge racing team. I am talking about borderline silver spoon treatment. Sure his father I have no doubt kept his head on straight.
However, I don't believe he realized just what F1 is like until late 2010 in the season early 2011. The rules change and politics change. Had he been born 10 years earlier we may have seen an unbelievable competition between him and the great drivers at that time, because of his style.
He chose to give up on the team that nourished him into the driver he is today. Maybe it's naive of McLaren to believe they can have #1 and #1 drivers in an archaic way of thinking while the other teams are either #1 and #2 teams or closer to it than McLaren. Regardless, none of those matters in the way things have turned out.
You are a bitter and fanatical supporter of Hamilton. I'm almost as bad with Michael Jordan, but when he came back from retirement in mid 90s and made an bottom of himself, I put that on the bulls and himself, I didn't act like the team was trying to rout the greatest player of all time. Lewis has the potential to be the greatest driver of all time, though he is getting eclipsed very quickly by Vettel and it is clear he wants to be where Vettel is. Not in team or car, but in relativity.
You have no logical switch in your brain which tells you to cool it. A switch that if installed would make you realize just how outrageous your claims are. Do you actually feel like Hamilton is free of accountability, responsibility, or ownership for his own actions?
I will still root for Hamilton as much as I hate it that he left McLaren. I am a McLaren fan. I became a fan of Lewis and Button because of watching top gear, then slowly getting into F1 through torrents since I'm in the USA, and the Brits know how to cover the sport better than any. However, if Button still sucks or Hamilton still sucks after this 2013 season, I'm not going to let them off lightly as a fan or make excuses for them. They are here, because they are better than almost anyone at doing the same thing. Only a few are called into the ranks of F1, even the worst of F1 are better than the best jabroni in his drive way drag car.
You started this thread with your own opinion; you can't even start a god damn sentence without being partisan in your choices. It's sad and very pathetic. Someone like you should not even be a moderator. I see you as a conflict of interest around here.
You can come up with all your conspiracy theories you want, but all it does it make you look completely out of your mind.