Hamilton's Driving

[ArrowsFA1]

Lewis's choice of wording is not proof for it being a tyre 'blow out' in the sense you are suggesting. He says in the article he doesn't know what caused it. A rim failure can cause a tyre blow out, and the evidence from onboards and pictures of the tyre after the incident suggest the problem came from the rim area. The tyre is intact and not blown apart, so the weakness did not come from the tyre itself IMO.

I thought I saw something breakaway from the tyre rim area a split second before the failure. I haven't seen the footage since, but "something broke" was my first reaction, not tyre failure.

When I was at Spa in 2008 there was a significant minority of the crowd who made racist chants and even made monkey noises when Hamilton came past. I don't know what nationality they were, but it was extremely sad.

1994 at Silverstone we were pelted with bottles as we left because we worked on a Germans car.

[SGWilko]

1994 at Silverstone we were pelted with bottles as we left because we worked on a Germans car.

Bottles and cans were thrown at the 6 cars running at Indy in '05....

[ShiftingGears]

Let's not try to outdo each other - morons are a universal breed, and the ones who go and yell discriminatory chants or throw projectiles at professional sports personnel like infantile retards do respresent the minority of those who attend sports events.

There's no way of preventing it, unfortunately, and sports venues - and indeed people who attend these sport venues - should not be judged by the idiocy of a small minority of attendees.

[SGWilko]

There's no way of preventing it, unfortunately,

Shoot 'em, or castrate 'em!

[markabilly]

Shoot 'em, or castrate 'em!

the latter only raises the pitch of their chanting

[pino]

Back to Hamilton's driving thank you !

[Retro Formula 1]

When I was at Spa in 2008 there was a significant minority of the crowd who made racist chants and even made monkey noises when Hamilton came past. I don't know what nationality they were, but it was extremely sad.

Unfortunately, there are real bigoted w*nkers everywhere from the top of society down and Motor Sport isn't immune but that's not to condemn any mainstream group of fans, or even country, as fundamentally racist.

I think that the style and manner of Hamiltons driving will always attract strong, polarised views.

All I know is that it's bloody exciting and no idiots making monkey noises can stop it.

[race_director]

the authorities there should have thrown out and punished the racist. the world has not place for racist.

Regards to the cheering when he crashed that is a normal thing every f1 fan does when the driver he does not like crashes or retires. I have done it many time in the past . even i did it on sunday .


I am not a racist . i have cheered when Mika crashed on last lap. when JV hit the champions wall. when Hamilton got stuck in gravel. when he pressed the restart button in brazil. and times for many drivers i dont remember. when ever my fav drivers competitor retires from the race.

[Garry Walker]

1994 at Silverstone we were pelted with bottles as we left because we worked on a Germans car.

Funnily enough, the tifosi did the same to Häkkinen at monza and Schumacher fans did the same to him at hockhenheim. There are idiots amongst all groups of people.