Comments on: Does Lewis Hamilton have any friends on F1 grid ?

By: Nicolas Kind

Nicolas Kind — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:30:25 +0000

I think probably the main reason Hamilton is SO dislikeable is that he’s an uncle Tom and a very smug and self satisfied one at that. This makes him so indifferent to others in really unpleasant way, I think this probably also makes him very unsporting at the same time. When you combine this with his appalling arrogance you have certainly the most dislikable F1 champion we have seen so far!

By: ajax jones

ajax jones — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:18:05 +0000

haha, that is because he is the WORLD CHAMPION and they are NOT, put it down to being jealous because they are not as good as he is.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:20:14 +0000

Actually, at first there were several drivers who wondered why Hamilton got a penalty at Spa.It was only later when the stewards revised the rule of “after cutting a chicane you need to give your place back” to “after cutting a chicane you cannot attack at the next corner” that drivers started complaining that Lewis had gotten close to Raikkonen only because he cut the chicane.

The stupid thin is, these drivers were talking about the normal where getting so close to another car before La Source was impossible. In this instance, Hamilton was so much faster than Raikkonen that he could perfectly wel get so close to raikkonen.

By: F1Wolf

F1Wolf — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:36:30 +0000

… he allows Heikki to come to his house and play his drums

By: Haas

Haas — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:24:00 +0000

I think its ridiculous to consider that the other drivers are jealous of Lewis' success and have resorted to verbal bashing. There is a possibility that Lewis' decision to stay away from GPDA could be a catalyst, but then again Kimi and Massa also are not members. I think its got to do partially with Lewis' lack of interaction with other drivers. He has always been a loner when it came to socializing with other driver, how often do you read about them being at parties together? Lewis even skipped David Coulthard's farewell party! So now we have a situation where other drivers have no idea of the attitude of Lewis coz all they see of him is in driver briefings and race interviews, so when an incident happens they assume the guy is hot headed and capable of anything to get ahead. I know all this is speculative, there is a huge possibility that Lewis indeed deserves all the criticism from his fellow racers. They know best a racing move is dangerous or not. Haass last blog post..2008 Singapore Grand Prix - Alonso Shines Under The Lights…

By: the limit

the limit — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:15:59 +0000

I think alot of this ill feeling is because Hamilton landed such a good race seat so early in his career, in a team that has galvanised itself around him, whose team principal treats him like a son. Some of these other drivers, the likes of Webber, Fisichella, Truilli, Button, Coulthard, have been competing for years and yet never had the opportunity to succeed as Hamilton has now.
They may have driven great cars in their careers, but non of those drivers I have mentioned had the full support of their teams when they were in a position to win. Then there is Hamilton’s young age, poster boy good looks, press exposure, of all which has dented some serious egos in the paddock.
Michael Schumacher’s six year dominant spell coming to an end may have heralded a false dawn to some of these drivers, a chance to succeed whilst the master enjoys his retirement. They never bargained on this young kid coming along, with his father in tow, and fighting for the championship whilst they fought for eighth place. Coulthard openly suggested back in March 2007 that McLaren had made a mistake by signing Lewis so soon to a race drive as Montoya’s replacement. Coulthard stated that they should make Hamilton a test driver for a year or two, to gain experience. Just shows how much D.C knows doesn’t it!
As for Alonso, I will always believe he was shafted at McLaren, and by Ron Dennis especially. Ron must have offered up one hell of a big carrot to get Fernando to turn his back on Renault, so soon after his first championship. That carrot, despite money ofcourse, could only have been number one status within the team. I don’t believe Ron anticipated Lewis achieving so much success so soon, especially with Alonso in the sister car, and it was this that proved the downfall in the relationship.
Alonso’s friendship with Robert Kubica goes back years, to their days racing together in Italy, and is nothing new. For anybody who is leading a championship, fighting for a title, to have friends among his rivals is crass.
They all want to beat him, to achieve rather than watch him achieve. When the visors come down and the lights go out, there are no friends on any race track. Just enemies! Its the old Western mentality but with automobiles, ‘there is no second place in a gunfight, only first!’

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By: F1Wolf

F1Wolf — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:51:20 +0000

“he is an ant surrounded by cicadas” that is a good one

By: F1Wolf

F1Wolf — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:49:26 +0000

well, I think that all that talk from Massa, Hamilton and Kubica may be just the mind games and noting else, who knows … if the purpose of Kubica’s words ahead of Fuji race was to provoke Hamilton into some stupid action he definitely succeded

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