posted Nov 10, 2008

oh,how can you possibly class motor racing as a "sport"?,F1 these days is more like a sunday spin for pensioners as they follow the leader round and round!.

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posted Nov 11, 2008

"Come on Lewis.Our very
own Barack Obama"

Please don;t bring "Race" into this discussion. hamilton is not a Black icon. he's an over-indulged little boy, who has done absolutely nothing for better race relations in Britain. in fact, he chooses not to live here - which should bar him from the SPOTY contest anyway. The channel which provides it is, after all, provided at taxpayers' expense. Whereas, Hamilton is a tax exile!

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posted Nov 11, 2008

fred
Hoy for Sports
Personality of the Year. You must be joking he
hasn't got one!!
Come on Lewis.Our very
own Barack Obama

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I presume you know Chris Hoy very well to be able to make the accusation that he has no personality ? Having met him on a number of occasions over many years, I can say that Chris is a really nice guy with a geat sense of humour. Just because he is a quiet, unassuming guy who prefers to let his talents doing the talking and doesn't have a massive ego doesn't mean he is short on personality.

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posted Nov 11, 2008

KP-COV i can fully back you up there!,8 years ago as a beginner to the boards at velodrome i was booked into beginners taster training sessions at the track which followed straight after the elite riders inc hoy,jason queally,jamie staff staff and craig msclean had done a training session but they did not shun us but hung around the riders warm up area advising on set-up of bikes positioning etc,generaly mixing with riders and having a laugh and calming anxious nerves at trying the boards for the first time!,i don't think you get this at F1 races do you?.
F1 drivers shun the fans unlike cyclists,rowers and athletes who really do meet the people!.

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posted Nov 11, 2008

I hope Hoy wins the sports personality. Cycling is much tougher than motor racing. Motor racing is tough for sure but you need to be far fitter to cycle.

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posted Nov 12, 2008

"... you need to be far fitter to cycle."

It's also much more dangerous. If you don't believe me, then check out the annual insurance premiums for each occupation.

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posted Nov 12, 2008

freddybee said:
i can fully back you up there!,8 years ago as a beginner to the boards at velodrome i was booked into beginners taster training sessions at the track which followed straight after the elite riders inc hoy,jason queally,jamie staff staff and craig msclean had done a training session but they did not shun us but hung around the riders warm up area advising on set-up of bikes positioning etc,generaly mixing with riders and having a laugh and calming anxious nerves at trying the boards for the first time!,i don't think you get this at F1 races do you?.
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The huge majority of cyclists even when they get to the top (like with many other sports) are still down-to-earth people, its always been like that and, fortunately, doesn't seem to be changing as a bit more fame and money arrive in the sport.




F1 drivers shun the fans unlike cyclists,rowers and athletes who really do meet the people!
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To be fair, I think a lot of F1 drivers are fine if you catch them at the right event, but the big corporate requirements of them at race weekends means they have very little time to themselves let alone able to speak to fans. I regularly attend the Goodwood Festival Of Speed which attracts a number of F1 drivers and they generally wander around with quite a few 'minders', mostly because they attract so many autograph-hunters etc that it becomes unmanageable. It was interesting to see this scenario a few years ago when JP Montoya was in F1. At one point he was around with several minders and surrounded by a massive crowd. I saw him later in the day without his minders and he was wandering around freely with just 1 or 2 people stopping him. Sometimes, the approach by the teams can make matters more difficult for driver and fans alike (and before anyone jumps in, I realise that the teams of just protecting their 'investment').

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posted Nov 13, 2008

comment by tootingmick (U13218250)
posted 3 Days Ago

fred
Hoy for Sports
Personality of the Year. You must be joking he
hasn't got one!!
Come on Lewis.Our very
own Barack Obama
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Hmilton is hardly the most charismatic sportsman of all time. The resemblance to Obama starts and stops with their skin colour - which should never be a reason to vote for or against ANYONE, so pipe down you nitwit. Hamilton polarises people, some love him because he's black, british and very talented, others hate him because he's rich, comes across as quite selfish and ruthless and has few friends within his sport. In my view Hoy is far easier to relate to as a human being, but then I'm a Scotsman, a cyclist and not much of a formula one fan. We all have our reasons for prefering the sports personalities who appeal most to us, but saying a formula one driver is "our own Barack Obama" seems a pretty daft one to me.

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posted Nov 13, 2008

I LIKE BYCICLES :D

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posted Nov 13, 2008

I don't like cars. I hate them - along with the mentality that believes that we can't, any of us, live without them!

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