HAM in hot water?

[anfield5]

HAM in hot water?
Diniz In the Oven!

That is my all time fav F1 headline of all time! Put it with the photo of him bailing out of his aflame Ligier... pure editorial gold.

[kfzmeister]

The girl who got sprayed said 'it's been blown out of all proportion, and the foreign media are too sensitive'. I agree with her. Tabloid intrusion into a sport they don't understand sadly. Let's hope Lewis is spraying more people this weekend.

Yeah, i just read the same thing. She actually wishes this whole thing were to just go away. It's not a big deal to her and she even said it was over within a couple of seconds anyway(that's what SHE said...).

Typical media overblowing this again!

[Mia 01]

Over the years I have not seeing Kimi soaking the podium Girls with bubblewater. And it is, get that MacLarens out of the way, not monkeys.

[The Black Knight]

Yeah, i just read the same thing. She actually wishes this whole thing were to just go away. It's not a big deal to her and she even said it was over within a couple of seconds anyway(that's what SHE said...).

Typical media overblowing this again!

Yup, and, as usual, there are always sheep that follow!

[Big Ben]

I agree it´s blown out of proportion. Were they really expecting him to behave as a gentleman or what? This is who he is and this is how he behaves. Just watch, judge and dislike him, like I do. I don´t get all this fuss.

[Jag_Warrior]

Over the years I have not seeing Kimi soaking the podium Girls with bubblewater.

What, Kimi waste good booze???!!!

[Mia 01]

What, Kimi waste good booze???!!!

No no. Did you observed that yesterday Kimi had a close Watch on Lewis bottle and on the man himself.

[airshifter]

What, Kimi waste good booze???!!!

Kimi does seem to always at least get a taste before he sprays anyone down.

[Triumph]

This criticism of Lewis Hamilton is an absolute load of nonsense. Podium girls have been getting comprehensively squirted on a regular basis in all forms of motorsport for as long as I can remember. Lewis did nothing to warrant being singled out for criticism, apart perhaps for committing the crime of being Lewis Hamilton, which I understand is a problem for some people.

I think the uninitiated critics ought to watch some bike racing podium celebrations to help establish some context. Bike racers on the whole take themselves far less seriously than car racers. I remember one girl being pursued around the podium with a jet of champagne aimed deliberately up her bum. Imagine the outrage if Lewis attempted anything like that. Once the half-wit readers had been instructed by the Daily Mail on what they should suddenly become outraged over, Lewis would be finished!

[Hawkmoon]

This criticism of Lewis Hamilton is an absolute load of nonsense. Podium girls have been getting comprehensively squirted on a regular basis in all forms of motorsport for as long as I can remember. Lewis did nothing to warrant being singled out for criticism, apart perhaps for committing the crime of being Lewis Hamilton, which I understand is a problem for some people.

I think the uninitiated critics ought to watch some bike racing podium celebrations to help establish some context. Bike racers on the whole take themselves far less seriously than car racers. I remember one girl being pursued around the podium with a jet of champagne aimed deliberately up her bum. Imagine the outrage if Lewis attempted anything like that. Once the half-wit readers had been instructed by the Daily Mail on what they should suddenly become outraged over, Lewis would be finished!

While I don't agree with the 'outrage' and believe Hamilton's actions to be completely inoffensive I think you're missing the point. It's not enough to defend an action by saying that other people do it too. That doesn't defend your actions but merely says that you shouldn't be singled out.

Again, I don't agree with the outrage but the question isn't one of whether women should be sprayed with champagne but rather should women be used as nothing more than decorations? Personally I don't have a problem with the concept of grid girls but I'm male and don't mind looking at a pretty face (don't tell my wife, not that her face isn't pretty). To a degree, I can see why people of certain persuasions get upset over this type of thing. Sometimes it's misplaced (as is the case here) other times it's a genuine issue and shouldn't be dismissed as the rant of an out-of-control PC fanatic.