Hamilton: Maybe it's because I'm black

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Originally Posted by X-ecutioner

And I am Clint Eastwood.

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Do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?

Personally, I think that the stewards, given some of their poor stewarding over recent years, need to be served with a stop go penalty: They should be stopped from going to a race ever again.

Daniel should be sent instead, so he can issue penalties such as;

Fluff, rental truck, kitten, rolling countryside.........

.....blah blah ramaeulysees 3rd oops where's my thribble.....

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

Now I think you're missing the point. What you're effectively saying there is that drivers shouldn't try and overtake.

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As I said in other threads, other drivers did a lot of overtaking with no problems. Nobody crashed, nobody was hurt.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

There are many instances within the last year or two where I've said good things or expressed disappointment when Lewis has had bad luck.....

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That's shocking to know, especially going by how you've been piling it on him since Sunday. :eek:

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Do you feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?

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I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. B-)

Not everybody who is appalled by Hamilton's driving in Monte is his hater. For me the accident with Massa was very problematic and I expect at least after the penalty for a driver to avoid dangerous moves. Pastor was also to blames, but, to compare situation to soccer, if you have a yellow card already, shouldn't you go a bit more carefully for the rest of the game?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

As I said in other threads, other drivers did a lot of overtaking with no problems. Nobody crashed, nobody was hurt.

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Massa arrived at the scene of his own accident, learning the painfully hard lesson that a Ferrari that connot heat its tyres and marbles in the Monaco tunnel just don't mix. How many times now has a Ferrari exited that tunnel with a wonky wheel on the front? :p

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Originally Posted by barryfullalove

Is there anything that's happened in F1 in recent years that has been blown out of proportion quite as much as this? Stupid driver makes stupid comment and all of a sudden the sport is falling apart.

What it has got me thinking though is why do we expect drivers to be so professional and always toe the line? Why do we expect drivers to be like Jenson and always speak the corperate speak, rather than Hamilton or Webber who speak out against their team etc. Put aside the issue of Lewis always blaming others (which is just a genuine dellusion on his part), what's so bad about speaking out about the stewards and his team? The rest of us know that the stewards make some weird choices (largely to do with lack of consistency) and that McLaren made a few mistakes during that race, and at a number of times over the years. Why is it reasonable to expect Lewis, or whoever the driver may be, to suck it up and lie about it all?

Incidentally, I'm as guilty as anyone in this. I've moaned about Alonso and Webber blaming their teams in the past, and I still think it's classless, but how many of us can say that we've never had a whinge about our employers at one time or another?

Edit: Oh and loving the 'visitors found this page by searching for..' bit for this thread :D

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I like it when drivers speak out. Beats the prim and proper corporate cr@p they spew out as well as the blank look and silent treatment the likes of Kimi used to dish out.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

I like it when drivers speak out.

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I like it when teams allow their drivers to speak out. Journalists deliberately seek out drivers immediately after the race when the adrenaline is still pumping but the physical excertion of driving has ceased, because they know feelings run high and the soundbites are so much better than a "no comment"

On a lighter note, who is off to the cinema this Friday?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

On a lighter note, who is off to the cinema this Friday?

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Elaborate...

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I think that the accusations made by Lewis are pretty appalling and deserve the reaction they got...

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It wasn't an accusation, that's the point, he made a silly little comment in jest because he feels a bit victimised. Many F1 fans feel that the stewards and FIA have been biased in the past, so it seems logical that drivers feel the same. What Lewis said wasn't an actual claim that the stewards are racist, it was a spur of the moment quip that came across wrong. I personally thought that this was clear, although I guess it was inevitable that people would take it the wrong way and make a fuss.

The real shame is that this has overshadowed a Monaco GP that actually had proper overtaking and was exciting to the end. What a sad case that one remark from a driver can take more attention than some top level racing.