He does appear to have a rather substantial chip on his shoulder for some reason or another. but fair play to him and what he has accomplished. I do always find it interesting to hear stories from people that knew him/had or have dealings with him now. There’s certainly more negative that positive on him but I guess he has his life plan. I wouldn’t mind being a £1 behind him these days. Wouldn’t have minded a go on Shirtswinger either tbf
A lot of the ire seems to be directed at him due to his (to use the pejorative term) “woke” beliefs and public comments, most of which could be summed up as calling for people to be nicer to each other and the planet. His style and dress sense, even the way he speaks, also suggest that, to coin a cliche, he is in touch with his feminine side. Seems pretty “sweet” to me.
Perhaps you are right my dude. I remember when the fia would ban you for bringing politics in to sport. Those were the days ! thing is, f1 is a sport that is dying. It doesn’t need anymore help in this. Bringing politics in to sport, I don’t even like it being brought in to my home to be honest let alone seeing people bleat on about it on a sport that people watch for enjoyment..
Hamilton is the GOAT. I like him. Bad dress sense and dodgy music taste aside (and frankly who didnt when they were young) I am glad he is speaking up. Black people need a voice to speak up for them at times. No one is complaining about Marcus Rashford. I like him too and I'm an LFC fan ffs. No one complained about Ali's political stance apart from racist Americans. Sometimes you've got to take a stand for what you believe in. Asking for people to be kind to each other and the planet is not a bad thing. Sitting there keeping quiet when you are in a position to be able to make change happen is.
Couldn’t agree more & said so earlier. There are often issues around anyone in the public eye that speaks out, either their own skeletons in the closet or as in Hamilton’s case, the perceived hypocrisy’s of (previously) owning a private jet, (previously) wearing Boss on his overalls & (previously) eating red meat. All of these things he’s acted contrary upon in the past & has now changed them. He’ll still be at the Bahrain GP this week which will no doubt anger some, although what choice does he have really, & he still lives in Monaco which will anger others, although so would I if I had the money. If you don’t like him or his dress sense or his earrings or his politics, that’s up to you, fair enough, but dismissing or belittling his achievements by saying it’s all about the car & he’s just been in the right place at the right time all his life, when he’s consistently beaten every team mate he’s ever had (yeah apart from that one year Nico Rosberg lucked into it) as some do, is the real hypocrisy. Rosberg knew he couldn’t compete, who quits the sport at that level of achievement & that young after just one win if you think you can continue to compete? Alonso-Double World Champ & Hamilton destroyed him Kovalainen-Highly rated rookie but again Hamilton destroyed him Button-(closer than you’d think actually) Rosberg-Bested him once but always second best & gave up after his one successful year Bottas-Highly rated but so far behind LH, it’s embarrassing Get Max in the Merc & we can maybe talk again but in this era Hamilton is supreme.
Shite. You’ve totally politicised it. He behaves like a twat and he doesn’t endear himself to the public. Taking the knee right, left and centre just increases his twatism. Some people love all that Marxist driven BLM shit but most people (including me) in this country hate it.
I do feel queasy when people call him the goat. like they don’t know who Jim Clark, Senna, Lauda, Fangio etc were. It’s pretty insulting in my book. The cars of today are piss easy to drive in comparison and your chances of living at the end of the race are much greater. best of the generation maybe. It’s like comparing Ali to Tyson. You just can’t really
Wont be the first person to do a twatty front cover like that. But outside of LA, you do just look like a bell. I guess I like to think of motorsport as a gentleman’s sport with a side helping of debauchery and buggery haha.. it’s not really like that anymore. It’s unbearable political correctness and runty blokes that wouldn’t get laid if they weren’t racing drivers and didn’t have fat chequebooks.
I agree. Half a dozen deaths per year were not unheard of and if you told your team boss that you’d really like your roll bar made a couple of inches higher because otherwise you’ll be scalped if you end up upside down, they’d enquire in response whether you’d prefer if they’d replace you with a shorter driver. Given the views expressed in this thread, might I suggest “TWAT” (Top Winner of All Time)?
True. F1 used to be very hairy requiring huge kahoona’s. It’s super safe nowadays. And super boring too unfortunately.
