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