Hamilton: Maybe it's because I'm black

[Dave B]

Anyway, we're de-railing the thread with all this talk of MSC.

[BDunnell]

Just because you don't like him?!

ioan, I do not dislike any driver, as you well know. The slightest expression of criticism does not imply some visceral hatred.

Leaving aside anything he may have done on track, Schumacher to me is simply a dull individual, whether talking in his own language or English. If 'professional' equals 'never saying anything remotely interesting', then yes, he is professional. But so was Mario Andretti highly professional, yet he always managed to display a charisma and articulacy sadly lacking in the vast majority of today's drivers.

[ioan]

But hey, why are we talking (ok bashing) about MS in a Hamilton thread? Can't you guys see that this teenager will never grow up?

Who lied to the stewards to get Trulli's place in Australia 2009?
Who lied again about it in Malaysia 2009?
Who lied again and threw his sporting manager under the bus?!

Surely not MS.

If you want to come up with another liar worth it's money then check Singapore 2008.

[BDunnell]

And went on to say they punished him because of his race or nationality?!

One thing I would say for him is that he would have had the right to be offended by the xenophobic nature of the criticism meted out by certain sections of the British tabloid press, yet never let it show. That was professional.

[ioan]

ioan, I do not dislike any driver, as you well know. The slightest expression of criticism does not imply some visceral hatred.

i didn't say you dislike or hate him, just that you 'don't like him', those exacts words.

[Dave B]

But hey, why are we talking (ok bashing) about MS in a Hamilton thread? Can't you guys see that this teenager will never grow up?

Who lied to the stewards to get Trulli's place in Australia 2009?
Who lied again about it in Malaysia 2009?
Who lied again and threw his sporting manager under the bus?!

Surely not MS.

If you want to come up with another liar worth it's money then check Singapore 2008.

I genuinely can't understand your logic. You appear to be saying that Schumacher is perfect simply because others have also erred.

[BDunnell]

i didn't say you dislike or hate him, just that you 'don't like him', those exacts words.

'Dislike' means 'don't like', ioan. There is no difference between the two terms.

[ioan]

One thing I would say for him is that he would have had the right to be offended by the xenophobic nature of the criticism meted out by certain sections of the British tabloid press, yet never let it show. That was professional.

Just what I was talking about. he never complained about the huge amounts of undeserved criticism he's got and still getting from her Majesty's loyal servants.
Hamilton even complains about well deserved penalties and turns it into a racist affair.

Spot the difference.

The again, why are we talking about MS in this thread at all?!

[ioan]

'Dislike' means 'don't like', ioan. There is no difference between the two terms.

Some people are also neutre, at least in my world.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Was a joke? He laughed when he said it.