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Seriously?! I didn't know Lewis was a 15-year old girl.
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This is the reaction from said driver.
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https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/st...73985493073920
Seriously?! I didn't know Lewis was a 15-year old girl.
https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/st...74318478888960
This is the reaction from said driver.
What a tool. It's because he's black, innit?
LOL what a moron.
great driver, judgement and temperamant of a colossal ass hat, I really wonder what goes on in his head sometime, its like he's deliberatley trying to alienate people
lewis almost sounds like a twitter troll
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The Briton left Suzuka accusing his Sauber rival, who spun out, of 'crazy' driving in trying to overtake him around the outside at the hairpin in Sunday's race
what a @#R$^TY&U*I( @@#$%^&
I wonder how Mercedes feel about this kind of publicity... I wonder how long they will tolerate this kind of crap.
I wonder what kind of drugs Ms Scherzinger is giving Lewis.
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.
But; if there is one team you can point to for keeping its drivers in line, that would be McLaren!Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
That's really embarrassing. Still, doesn't bother me really, it's his driving that does the talking. I don't really care about what he says on twitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
This does suggest to me that there is tension in McLaren over his move and things aren't as lovely dovey between him and Button as it may seem on the outside.
I don't think it's so much him and Button, but it's been obvious Lewis hasn't been happy at McLaren for a little while, and so those tensions are bound to spill over since Button it staying put.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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.
Good advice on internet forums as well I think :)Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garry Walker
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!!
The breakdown in the quality of spelling and grammar isn't down to 'social media'. Its like telegram English in that it comes from words having to be shortened to cut the number of letters used in a text message as traditionally people had been billed per text sent. This is something that happened 150 years ago and its happening again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
As for sites like Facebook and Twitter I think you need to use them to comment on them. They differ from each other tremendously but as both you and Lewis have found out you need to be very careful as news spreads very widely very quickly and if the information is inaccurate or misleading this can be a problem.
And with Nico, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
At the moment, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
To put things into perspective, I'm 38 years old, I have a degree in IT, I work at a university and, yes, I own a mobile phone. I do use SMS but I use full punctuation and grammar when I do so because I don't feel that butchering the English language for the sake of expediency is warranted. I'm a fairly private person and have no interest in my life being on display on the internet and therefore have little use for social media.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I will admit that social media isn't all bad and can be of benefit but I worry that it's become so important in so many people's lives that they can't do without it. My cousin announced his divorce on Facebook for god's sake! His own father found out about it on the internet rather than being told in person. That's just wrong.
To get things back on topic, Hamilton seems to value his social standing too much in my opinion. Should he care whether one of his competitors 'follows' his Twitter feed? Absolutely not. It's irrelevant to his performance and if I was his employer I'd be concerned that his attention isn't in the right place.
Good luck to Haug, Brawn & co
€15m on this nonsense.
GloomyDay stop using the Motorsport Forum you fool!
Every post I see from you on here are just trying to wind people up!
If you cant write anything useful then dont post at all.
Views that I can relate to. I really have far too many things in my life to do rather than waste time on facebook or twitter (twitter being the more dumber of those two)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
Actually, the more I think about this, the more pathetic this seems from Lewis. I mean really, making a fuss about someone unfollowing you on twitter. Just no words for how pathetic that is.
Well, in this case we are dealing with an adult male. He should be ridiculed for this stupidity.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Lewis is the nicest guy around he will do anything and everything for his fans. I remember watching his brothers first racing weekend at Brands Lewis was bombarded with questions about F1 and he said this is not my weekend its my brothers. He wouldnt answer anything unless it was about his brother.
Every year at Goodwood he will sign so many autographs it will get to a point that the organisers will tell him he has to hurry up and move on but he wont till every last autograph is signed!
I will always support and respect Lewis in every desicion he will make. It makes me so angry when you see fellow British people ripping it into him we should support our top talent and be 100% proud!
LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coulthard Fan
its very funny how Lewis just said that one word and he is like a Devil.. that is what we were talking about. when Lewis does something everyone goes haywire.. he is a human just like anyone els there are some people here who can be even worse.. live with it and let him do mistakes as anyone else and that doesn't have to do anything with his permanence and Mercedes want to win and he is an answer to that.. just live with it and stop hating..
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.
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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.