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[darwin dali]

Oh the persecution complex. Where's my weeping violin?

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[Hammer278]

Made me lol.

How can you hate this guy;

These are essentially a small group of Hungarians, not "home" british fans, in like a car park near the hotel, he spends 5 minutes with them chatting about stuff like they were his mates, arrogant Lewis Hamilton? B*tch please....

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Aw that's brilliant! Honestly couldn't keep the smile of my face throughout the video and I'm not one to smile for very long. Hell of a chap, and those are great fans! Though a bit too nervous for their own good though, couple of them.

[Hammer278]

She looks a bit upset.

Must have been waiting for Button.

Or maybe she got a glimpse of Vettel's latest haircut and it scared her sh*tless.

[LewEngBridewell]

How do you not know that McLaren won't produce a dominant car?

Oh they will. It's just a case of actually making a decent START! That way, they don't have to spend the whole season playing catchup, as they have done ever since they won with Lewis in '08.

[bud]

Heres another gem, god why is he so good!?
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Notice Schumacher knows just who he can and cant muck around with when theyre behind. Sailed past like nobodies business.

Same move he tried on Maldanado which shows the difference between Schumi and Pastor, Schumi has talent and Lewis made the move because Schumi cooperated. Pastor didn't even see it coming.

[andrew]

She looks a bit upset.

Must have been waiting for Button.

Or maybe she got a glimpse of Vettel's latest haircut and it scared her sh*tless.

Aye, but at least he's lost the doo that was styled on the cleaners mop/Luke Skywalker lego man.

[Hammer278]

Opinion of a current McLaren staff and not some old raving hasbeen:


McLaren won't make Hamilton change

McLaren will not ask Lewis Hamilton to change his high-risk approach, according to principal race engineer Phil Prew.

Hamilton's last four retirements have been the result of accidents, leading Niki Lauda to say that he needs to learn from team-mate Jenson Button and rein in his driving. Speaking during a Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes phone-in, Prew said that the accidents were as a result of pushing to be closer to Red Bull, and that it was an approach that had proved successful when winning his world title in 2008.

"Lewis has had an up and down season," Prew said. "Lewis is a great driver who has won races this year and has won races every year that he's driven for McLaren and he's always pushing very hard. Obviously he came in to the season with great hopes of winning the championship and that's going to be an upward struggle from here - very difficult to achieve now - and I think his pushing hard brings some consequences of high risk. I think that's what we're seeing.

"We will not ask him to change; Lewis is Lewis and Lewis gets results out of a very charging and aggressive approach and we fully support that. We've seen that has won him championships and that's ultimately our intention. I think it should also be noted that Lewis is a very clever guy, he's a very good racing driver and he will reflect on the difficulties he's had this year and to come back stronger he knows what it takes to win championships and that's our intention still."

[bud]

who is Vodaphone?

[racechick]

Well that's good to hear!! Id hate him to change his driving style.

[andrew]

who is Vodaphone?

Fone company?

[The_Stig_Money]

Why not ask the driver to change his driving style if it will result in points?

Especially when it is costing them points

[What's Burning?]

Why not ask the driver to change his driving style if it will result in points?

Why would you ask a home run hitter to swing for singles in order to not strike out as much?

[andrew]

Why not ask the driver to change his driving style if it will result in points?

Especially when it is costing them points

Given he is coming from a poor race in Spa it would be a harsh team that lectures a driver on their driving style regardless of whether change is needed or not.

[LewEngBridewell]

Lewis doesn't need to change his style. It's what endears him to so many fans.

He doesn't pussy-foot around on track, he gets on with the business. Sometimes, it may result in the odd accident / mishap... so what? That's racing. Good on him. He's brilliant. No-one's perfect.

[racechick]

Why not ask the driver to change his driving style if it will result in points?

Especially when it is costing them points

Because the style as it is wins more than it loses. And it actually relies on that novel notion...racing