posted Sep 16, 2008

i dont care what charity work sch did

i thought he was a brilliant driver anyway

it has no real bearing to my entertainment!

its nice to give to charity an all

but realistically all of us would do our bit in the same finacial position

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posted Sep 16, 2008

to be fair the charity would have had an effect on schuys assets- and pocket

as although its a tax write off against profits, he still losses 60% of the money given.

but like i said i agree with you in your assesment!

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posted Sep 16, 2008

The point I was making with Schumacher's donation was that despite the reputation some people give him he did a lot outside the sport. Regardless of how much money he had - there are a very few wealthy sports people that donate money to charitable causes.

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posted Sep 16, 2008

i think pretty much all of them do, not to the same degree or let it be known

but come on how many people do you know that have never given a bean to charity

a red nose

a sponsored run etc.

i think your gonna be hard pushed

my point is i dont care about there private lifes

i liked schuy and no surprise i like hamilton

i admit i would rather hamilton win than another because he is british , but thats natural- i wouldnt slate any other because what they do of the track , but then i also dont like any of them becuse of what they do of the track!

they get paid to race

and that is why i watch them!

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posted Sep 16, 2008

Hamilton will win the championship. Massa is a third-rate driver who wouldn't win Top Gear's star in a reasonably priced car!

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posted Sep 16, 2008

why is it that the British have to hate their own succeses. if someone is any good they are usually cocky, but I look around and I think that people like lewis Hamilton are probably less cocky then other drivers on the course. leave the brits alone and start supporting your own nation, mabye then we would finally win something

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posted Sep 17, 2008

I was watching the Liverpool game last night, thinking about what was said here earlier about 'classy footballers' and noticing a few 'dives' during the game. I wondered how an F1 driver might attempt the same thing after being overtaken. He could weave his car into the overtaking car to make it look like a collision and then spin off dramatically into the gravel, throw out the steering wheel, jump out onto the gravel and roll around in 'agony' whilst keeping one hand up in the air and looking around for a TV camera to make sure the stewards are watching. "did you see that?!,did you see that?!, he pushed me off!" Of course, if it were possible, he'd then jump back into the car and start racing again.

It's strange that drivers don't seem to get aggressive after collisions anymore. I can only think of James Hunt (who might be a driver you could say had class) who was likely to hit any driver who took him out of a race. Of course if that were to happen now it would earn a season's ban

So all in all, we have a fairly well balanced group of people in F1 who all show a lot of respect for each other, and are bound to the politics of the game. You could even say F1 has become predictable, which was certainly true until last year. Now we have more aggression on the track and some actual overtaking on the track again. It's even become something to talk and argue about over breakfast, speaking of which....

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posted Sep 17, 2008

he should b for all the things he done....
how he remain always under the champion everytime.... go massa... watch out for the iceman

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posted Sep 17, 2008

Hamilton’s attitude towards other F1 drivers is the bases for the sense of detestation felt a long the pit-lane. I personally blame the media for building Hamilton up into believing he already deserves a marble plinth with bronze statue. Hamilton is just one of many very talented drivers to join the F1 circus over the last few decades.
Car width! So what? Driving line, braking zone, and weather conditions that really count.

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posted Sep 17, 2008

If Hamilton does go on to win the title, I can just see him coming out with Richard Hammond's "I am a driving God!" line, in response to allegations about his arrogance / lack of respect.

I'd find it funny anyway, if he did.


Back on subject: Vettel for drive of the day, despite the fact he didn't have to do much actual racing. His inexperience, the fact he was driving a Toro Rosso and the fact he managed to somehow put it on pole position just shade it for me.

Lewis Hamilton certainly provided most of the entertainment during the race, doing more overtaking than anyone else and so comes a close second.

As far as his personality and driving style go, I don't think there's too much wrong. On the track, I don't think he's done anything worse than Michael Schumacher ever did. Perhaps he could learn to be a little more self-effacing when speaking to the media, but I also agree that, given the degree to which he's hyped and almost hero-worshipped by most pundits and interviewers, I suppose its difficult for him to stay grounded.

Cockiness and self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, are attributes many champions are said to have. The likes of Hakkinen and Raikonnen show they aren't prerequisites, but then, all people aren't alike.

Provided LH doesn't disappear completely up his own backside, we should just get on with supporting him and be thankful that he's restored a lot of the excitement in F1 that went missing during Ferrari's years of dominance.

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