i agree. with you mate.. its all just hate. anything lewis does becomes extra bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan
Printable View
i agree. with you mate.. its all just hate. anything lewis does becomes extra bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan
Don't call me a fool. I just posted what Lewis Hamilton stated in his Twitter. If you want to blindly support an ignoramous, then that's your call, but I'm not going to support someone who seemingly enjoys shooting himself in the foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan
Dude, just calling it how I see it. Lewis is acting like a prima-donna and it's a really tiresome to continue to defend someone who's in the wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by andyone
Well, first of all I know you're off your marbles because you're an actual Coulthard fan. :p Secondly, you have blind faith in a guy who hasn't delivered in 4+ years and keeps getting into hot water over inane scandals. How can you be proud of Lewis Hamilton? He's making a mockery of his fans!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan
I love when Lewis Hamilton is blitzing the field. It's an awesome sight! That spark, I think, has eroded with time and I believe his off-track shenanigans have placed Lewis in a bad frame of mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I'm of the same opinion, he was a breath of fresh air in 2007 and I liked his raw frankness off the track and his driving on track. but even towards the end of that year I saw red mist errors in his driving and questionable off track statements. Over the years I have celebrated his championship win and many race wins and I still maintain he is at the very top of the pile of the current drivers (albeit probably equal to Alonso, but his decision makingboth in and out of the car remains questionable, and some of the things he has said and done and his general attitude and demeanour have turned me off him. I still root for him and would love to see him string together another championship or 2, but he has been comprehensivley schooled on how I think a driver should behave out of the car by Button the last couple of years, and has IMO failed to blow him into the weeds on the track either. He needs a change of scenery, which he will partly get from the change of teams, but I think the entourage/lifestyle he has acquired and the new management team continue to fill his head with unecessary clutter and isolate him further from the racing fraternity.
The latest twitter gaffe was the icing on the cake. There is clearly a great deal of respect between Lewis and Jenson on track, and off track they clearly "get on" but I think its safe to say they are not buddies, spend little or no time together other than at team/sponsor events. Why Lewis would a). care whether Jenson followed him on twitter or not and b). take to twiter to complain that this showed a lack of respect shows remarkable immaturity from Lewis. They clearly have separate lives, interests and friends so what would be the issue in using Twitter in a different way from each other.
I hope he continues to grow from all of this, he is still a young sportsman who has been in the public eye for as lomg as he can remember, and sometimes he doesn't cope too well, if and when he does get his head together on and off track he is a force to be reckoned with.
as an aside, I recently did a track day at Palmersport in Bedford, and Nic Hamilton is one of the instructors there - my wife managed to swing it for me to have him as my instructor for the BMW M3's, and a nicer, more enthusiastic and helpful person you could not meet. I would like to think in that sort of atmosphere Lewis is probably very similar, but the pressures of his job, commitments and general surroundings cause him to come accross differently. I would like to see him enjoying himself just becasue he's a racing driver again, not arsing about moaning on twitter etc.
Hasn't delivered in 4 years!?!? In 2007 he was 1 point of the championship like many I think he was cheated out of that championship!
2008 he won the title in the car that was considerably slower then the Ferrari FACT
2009 the Mclaren was so far off the pace it was unbelievable!
2010 he outclasssed his teammate throughout the year and had some bad luck like singapore for an example taken clean out by Webber and mark was given no penalty if it was Lewis who took Mark out it would have been a certain penalty!
2011 there were some awful descisions made against him in Monaco he tried overtaking but when fellow drivers just cut the front of your nose off and give you knowhere to go, you can't do much! Don't forget he was taken out by his teammate in Canada! The Red Bull was unbeatable that year nobody stood a chance!
2012 he has yet again outclassed Jenson!
Didn't you meet Lewis at a BTCC meet? Thought you were there one weekend with me when I spoke with him during the Renault days. He had just smoked the field and was awash with pure emotion and happiness. He lived for the racing and although a very driven young man, I never thought of him then or since as arrogant or as some on here choose to consider him. Focused, yes. I don't claim to know him in any way apart from a few brief meetings but he has always struck me as quite a nice guy as does Nic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
As for this Twitter nonsense, I've said it was stupid but then again, he's a young man in a very high pressured situation and unlike us, doesn't have the luxuary of making mistakes that go unnoticed. I can go out wth my mates in uncoordinated clothing, get pi$$ed up, spill my drink, fall out with a buddy over something silly, make a tit of myself, have a pee over next doors hedge and fall into bed fully clothed before waking up to a horrendous headache and a even worse domestic. In fact, I do on a regular basis :)
However, if Lewis does any of these, it's front page news (or par for the course if you're Kimi) and Forums like this act as judge and jury of his behaviour, personal development and even his sanity!
Hard on the poor lad and all the drivers really
im trying to imagine The mistakes Grosjean has done this year. if it was Lewis Hamilton.. the whole world would have hated him... hmmmmm coz he is just better that many.. and it doesnt make some people happy. .lool.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
as evident by the 3 pages for this non story
It is indicitive of todays media culture that we seem to judge our celebrities, politicians, sportspeople etc by their private lives more than their professional achievements.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
In F1, a driver that is stupid enough to get manipulated by some wannabe F1 Journalist, a tweet he later retracts BTW, is fair game to be vilified it seems.
:(
I like his driving style but I think he's physically not strong enough to ever win a championship again.