Lewis, quit using Twitter you fool!

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Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster

Mercedes certainly won't put up with such antics for long. Which is why the move could actually be a good thing for him. At Merc he can't play prima donna all day as Mercedes is going to have none of it, so he'll be forced to get his act together and if he does that, he'll be one of the best drivers in the field.

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I agree and at Mercedes I think he will get along better with Norbert Haug, Brawn and Nico Rosberg thant at Mclaren with Whitmarsh and Button.

In 2009, it didn't start well between him and Whitmarsh when the team asked him to let repass Trulli and the fiasco after when Mclaren protested the results.
In Turkey 2010, Hamilton asking if Button will attack him, asking the team if there's still a race of if they hold positions.
They told him that they are both saving fuel but Button attack him and it was close between them when Lewis repassed him on the breaking zone.

And even in the beginning of 2010, Whitmarsh changing the race engineers organisation with Button signing saying that it would be that Hamilton would not have an advantage of knowing his race engineers he worked with since the beginning.

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Originally Posted by henners88

He should just keep his mouth shut and be a PR robot like the rest of them.

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Well, I'd rather he was a PC robot than behaving like a 11 year old girl. This is really embarrassing for him, he is a grown up man.
Someone unfollowing him on twitter... This guy must have really big self-esteem problems.

What an idiot, what a child.

For once I have to agree with Garry. Lewis is a very good driver with the personality of a hysterical teenager.

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Originally Posted by henners88

It was a silly comment I agree, but if he is behaving like an 11 year old girl throwing a tantrum, its best not to give them the attention they crave in my experience.

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Good advice on internet forums as well I think :)

Sigh.

It was another silly petulant thing to do, and in isolation it would be an understandable incident, but Lewis is making to many of these.

Its not that serious, but it just makes his last days at Mclaren more trouble than they need to be. He is as fast as anyone and yet he is not exactly making Mclaren think they should throw everything behind him for these last 5 races. If he had more of a title chance, its not the best way to say back me up is it.


Lewis really needs to get his head down work hard for the team until Brazil, then shake hands and make peace, otherwise his days at Mclaren will be remembered on both sides as ending in bitterness.

Besides why would it matter even if Button had unfollowed him, teammates need not be friends and according to that, Jenson never followed him anyway.

Grow up Lewis & spend a couple of seasons just racing hard. All of his surroundings are ruining his career.

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Originally Posted by henners88

He should just keep his mouth shut and be a PR robot like the rest of them.

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Originally Posted by henners88

It was a silly comment I agree, but if he is behaving like an 11 year old girl throwing a tantrum, its best not to give them the attention they crave in my experience.

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I don't think anybody wants him to act like a robot but he's displayed his immaturity a few times in his short career and been criticised accordingly. He is an adult in a very public sport and should act like one. Petulant posts on social media won't do him any favours.

I personally don't use Facebook or Twitter as I find social media to be an absolute bane on the collective intelligence of the human race. I can't fathom why any grown man would care in the slightest whether any other grown man "likes" him. That is indeed the domain of young girls.

I feel really embarrassed for ever backing Lewis. Ever since he lied to the stewards in Australia 2009, he's been a meathead. This guy needs to get rid of his crappy attitude, his blood-sucking girlfriend, and get rid of his 12-man posse.

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Originally Posted by Hawkmoon

I personally don't use Facebook or Twitter as I find social media to be an absolute bane on the collective intelligence of the human race. I can't fathom why any grown man would care in the slightest whether any other grown man "likes" him. That is indeed the domain of young girls.

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Well, that's a broad sweeping statement. I don't have any social media accounts, but I still tink you're erroneous. Breaking news (as seen from anywhere in sports to the Civil War in Syria) is posted on social media and allows the world to view and opine.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

I feel really embarrassed for ever backing Lewis. Ever since he lied to the stewards in Australia 2009, he's been a meathead. This guy needs to get rid of his crappy attitude, his blood-sucking girlfriend, and get rid of his 12-man posse.

Well, that's a broad sweeping statement. I don't have any social media accounts, but I still tink you're erroneous. Breaking news (as seen from anywhere in sports to the Civil War in Syria) is posted on social media and allows the world to view and opine.

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My opinion of social media is coloured by the fact that I work at a university and the standard of written communication displayed by students has been declining fast over the last few years. Most of our students couldn't put a coherent sentence down on paper to save their lives. Punctuation and grammar are things of the past and almost every email they send is written as if it is a Twitter post. In an email to a university it is not acceptable to use "u" and "r" as replacements for "you" and "are" respectively. We constantly have to quash rumors spread on Facebook that an ignorant student has posted. The students will pay more attention to an uncredited post on Facebook than they will to an official communication from the Faculty. That is why I think that Facebook and Twitter have made the world a less intelligent place.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Well, I'd rather he was a PC robot than behaving like a 11 year old girl. This is really embarrassing for him, he is a grown up man.
Someone unfollowing him on twitter... This guy must have really big self-esteem problems.

What an idiot, what a child.

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Absolutely.

I don't twit or whatever it is but fair play to anyone that uses this medium. However, with instant global exposure, a bit of decorum should be used. People want to feel 'the pulse' of F1 and FB and Twitter fulfil this need but tweet with caution and don't air dirty linen in public. This does sound pretty childish and immature.

What happens on tour, stays on tour does not apply to Twitter and FB!!