F1 - Spoilers ...

[sunny-dave]

... go on back of the cars ...

[sunny-dave]

Mercedes should sack Hamilton - what a pillock he is - you could forgive his race tactics (possibly), but his post race demeanour was pathetic ...

... #gracelesstwat ... #spoiltkid ...

Why not give JB a drive for 2017 :)

[ducksie]

Did Lewis Hamilton not say he was retiring after the racing season this year

[sunny-dave]

Unfortunately not - but JB (Jenson Button) has probably retired - which is a great shame.

[ToraToraTora]

on what do you base this cobblers? Have you watched all the races? Any further analysis on which to base your "view" beyond and incorrect and ill informed rant?

[ducksie]

No, he's not retiring as fast as I thought, apparently he has another 7 years to do

[sunny-dave]

I've watched every race, TTT - I admire Hamilton greatly as a driver and was happy to see him win the F1 Championship in previous years ...

... but his post race demeanour today was as complete a SGB performance as you could ever hope to see (to use your own acronymics). Very unedifying and totally graceless and unnecessary.

[ToraToraTora]

so he's sad at missing out the world title and you want him hung drawn and quartered! right oh!

[sunny-dave]

Compare and contrast the demeanour of JB this last two years - one of the two or three best drivers in the field, but saddled with a hopeless engine in an uncompetitive chassis ... yet still smiling, even when his swansong was ruined today.

[snags]

Not the behaviour of a three time Champion but sack him?!


''one of the two or three best drivers in the field''

Very generous. Possibly fifth, after Hamilton, Alonso, Ricciardo and although a rookie, Vestappen. On a par with Vettel and Rosberg imo.

[snags]

^ And I'm a big JB fan.

[sunny-dave]

I'll give you your assessment in the dry, snags - but when it rains (which it does a few races a year) JB is way ahead of everyone except, just possibly, Max V.

[Bertrum]

"I am losing the world championship so right now I don't really care whether I win or lose this race". Spoken like a true champion I totally agree with sunny-dave

[tonyav]

F1: Mercedes consider suspending Lewis Hamilton after he flouted team instructions

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/formula1/f1-mercedes-consider-suspending-lewis-hamilton-after-he-flouted-team-instructions/ar-AAkP8UN?li=BBoPWjP

[New Judge]

Yes Dave, you have to think it through. He’s spent eight months trailing round the world trying to win the F1 championship. He tried today to give his rival’s other rivals in the race the chance to get between them. It was the only chance he had of winning the championship. It took superb skill and concentration (to win the race as slowly as possible) and it didn’t come off. So he wasn’t over the moon and who can blame him.

I didn’t find his attitude post-race particularly offhand. He was obviously disappointed but conducted himself well enough. It’s a tough sport and failure takes a bit of getting over. Contrast his demeanour with some of the ridiculous behaviour by participants in other sports and he was positively cherubic. I have to say I was disappointed at Toto Wolfe and Paddy Lowe suggesting they will have to “have a chat” with their errant driver. They were concerned that Vettel would overtake both of them and cost the team victory. There was never any chance of that and they knew it. In any case the constructors’ championship had long since been sewn up and at least Lewis’s efforts livened up the final laps of what was a decidedly uninspiring race. The fans certainly appreciated that and so should the team because F1 needs it.

BTW I have watched every one of this season’s races as I nearly always do. I have attended two this year (Belgium and Spain) and the last race I missed was Japan in 2013.

[Zacs-Master]

Nice summary NJ. At the end of the day it's drivers who win, not their engineers and sponsors. I love the slightly, measured, rebelliousness of Hamilton. He's one of the only ones left to display such characteristics. Long may it continue. Off to the British GP next year!

[sunny-dave]

You do have a point about other sports NJ - compared to the overpaid, diving, whining, hairdressers of Premiership Football, Hamilton was positively saintly - but still a bit short of the mark even allowing for his disappointment.

[Bazile]

Wolff said the team had asked Hamilton to speed up because their computer models showed the race win was under threat from Vettel, who was on much fresher tyres and going more than a second faster, even if Hamilton increased his speed.

Well , he had to say something like that .

However , what he really meant was that Rosberg was in danger of being caught and passed by Vettel and possibly Verstappen ; thus denying the German team, a German champion .

Hopefully , Mercedes will not use this as an excuse to push out Hamilton , when his contract is up .

Incidentally , is this refusal to follow team orders unique amongst the drivers ?
Of course not -all the top drivers have done it in the past

[weecalf]

Time this pathetic sport was stopped .Over paid ,arrogant ,knowalls and that,s just the track officials .Drivers ,pundits stations that show it I'll leave it to others to comment

[ummmm]

Weecalf....I think you should chuck your TV out the window!

[Ninefingers]

Hamilton is a racer who wants to win every time he puts a car on the track he lost his championship yesterday what should he have done? Thrown a few caps at Nico - was that acceptable last year? Or maybe he should have let Nico past at the first corner then driven into him?

Nico took the title because he was consistent Hamilton lost, despite the couple of bad starts, because his car consistently failed more than Nico's did.

Typically British, we are we are looking for Sportsmanship in a "sport" where the millions of dollars involved, stop it from being a sport. Roll on 2017