Comments on: Why Hamilton's fallen out of love with F1

By: The Limit

The Limit — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:39:03 +0000

The reason for all of this hatred is because Hamilton came from nowhere, and challenged the likes of Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso in 2007 when he had no right too.
I remember the same with Jacques Villeneuve in 1996, and that infamous pass around Michael Schumacher. How often do we see a young driver, who few have heard of, take on the big boys and come up trumps? Not often is the answer!
Yes he is egotistical. Yes he got the thick end of the stick at McLaren over Alonso and Kovalainen! Yes, not many like him! But he is one of the most exciting drivers to watch that this sport has witnessed in many years.
We must remember, that Alain Prost was never liked by his rivals and had many enemies. He was also very political and, just as with rival Senna, was not adverse to sending another driver on a off circuit excursion. But he won four world titles, the third biggest haul in F1 history.
Lewis is still a boy, with a awfull lot to learn in an unforgiving spotlight.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:51:32 +0000

Yeah Lewis 7th in the points. That’s pretty great. I revise my comments about a steady decline. He’s awesome and a great team player. I guess if it’s a negative opinion about Lewis it’s “rubbish”

Alonso is tied for 7th in a potentially even worse car so who’s doing better?

By: G Reynolds

G Reynolds — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:02:35 +0000

Totally agree. I doubt Hamilton would trust anyone else – look at the way the lovely British public treat him. And I can just see the next comment bleating about how you must dare not mention the “r” word.

If you sit in the F1 stands, and that is in the UK as well as Spain, you will hear racist slurs aimed at Lewis. So why shouldn’t racism be mentioned? If racism is aimed at Lewis, why shouldn’t it be mentioned as a reason for all this hatred towards him?

By: G Reynolds

G Reynolds — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:58:33 +0000

Yes, I remember that – it was on Planet-F1. The hatred of Lewis is so disgusting and unjustified, and he is judged very differently from other drivers, I put it down to racism. (Yes, the squeaks of denial will be heard from here to Timbuktoo.)

No other driver’s every word is ripped apart and analysed and repeated and condemned like Lewis’. Other drivers’ family members are either not commented on or warmly mentioned. Anthony happens to be the only black one, and he is relatively low key, especially this year, and yet the comments about him amount to that people loathe looking at him. What a disgrace and this is basically people just hating to see a black man in an F1 garage. They can squawk and put it down to all the other reasons, but that is basically it.

By: G Reynolds

G Reynolds — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:50:57 +0000

If Lewis’ father behaved in the revolting way Button’s dad did, sticking 4 fingers up and [moderated] the internet would be in meltdown. I wonder how Button’s dad gets away with it, and Hamilton’s dad, who is dignified, quietly spoken and decent, gets flak time and time again.

Oh, we all know why don’t we?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:34:57 +0000

Good guys and the bad guys….what does that mean? Are the good guys the butt kissers and the bad guys the real journalists?

By: Breza

Breza — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:32:35 +0000

This season clearly shows that anybody can win with the right car in the right team. All that Lewis-hype is well out of proportion, I think it’s pretty clear he’s not the next Senna, Schumi or even Damon Hill… He’s not doing himself any favors, doesn’t he? How do you Brits say it…”There’s no “I” in the word TEAM”. That’s the first lesson he has to learn. That team gave him everything: two chances for world titles, they sacked Alonso, but remember, LH is not an expert for set-up like Fernando…
Kimi, Alonso, Kubica, Massa…all 4 favorites for the title on the beggining of the season are realistic and working hard for every point, but you can only hear LH complaining about something…[moderated]. It’s hard to be corporative puppet with no character. Suck on that and start driving Lewis…

By: rpaco

rpaco — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:24:57 +0000

2007 Wasn’t that the year that his team mate sabotaged his chances, blackmailed the team and got them thrown out of the championship?

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:43:33 +0000

Let’s just forget how great Lewis is doing in a bad car then. Steady decline? what a load of rubbish.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:36:49 +0000

Osama, we give plenty of coverage to many drivers here, but Hamilton is the world champion and he’s going through a personal crisis and many people are interested in that, hence the 100+ comments on this story