Comments on: The return of Hamilton's impatience

By: Juan H

Juan H — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:44:40 +0000

No, I don’t think he has matured. He made unbeliveable mistakes (also amazing driving), and I am afraid some more are coming. So I hope some people around him provide good advice; with such a great car and awesome driving it will be a pitty if the WC is gone again.

Stopping on talking of the balls of the others and of “I know anything possible” will also help in his PR.

The FIA and all that: Fernando told it some years ago, “F1 is no longer a sport”.

By: F1Wolf

F1Wolf — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:51:41 +0000

I have the courage to think that Hamilton perhaps deserved the drive through in Spa (ooops ). Perhaps he deserved one or two in Monza too but I can’t imagine what would follow if that happened .

Well, Hamilton’s on track actions and his off the track speaches are not winning him too many new friends among other F1 drivers.

He should watch out for Webber and Glock in the remaining 4 races … They did not take the Monza stunts too well …

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:43:46 +0000

Keith, I don’t think the incidents involving Alonso and Raikkonen are in the same league as what Hamilton did in Monza alone. In both cases I think Alonso and Raikkonen were both taking the normal racing line (even though that meant nudging someone off the track). In Monza, Hamilton made two sudden swipes across the track, which is completely different in my view. And for another thing, neither Alonso nor Raikkonen are serial offenders.

By: Ponzonha

Ponzonha — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:50:24 +0000

As for the stewards, I consider that they did not punish HAM trying to compensate the Belgium affair. He did not deserve a Drive Through in Belgium, but he did in Monza.
The championship is in HAM’s hands, if he wins, it would be his succes, but if he loses, it would be his failure. He has experience in losing champs, the point is. Has he learned from his mistakes a year before?
I am unsure…

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:44:39 +0000

I criticised Michael Schumacher for this sort of thing, and I will criticise Lewis Hamilton for it.

I understand completely where you’re coming from with this one, but if the governing body isn’t going to punish drivers for doing something we can’t expect them not to do it. As Hamilton himself said recently:

I have been a racing driver since I was eight years old and I know pretty much every single manoeuvre in the book.

But if this tough streak in Hamilton’s character may prevent people from supporting him, surely the same must also apply to Fernando Alonso (who pushed Hamilton off the track at Spa last year) and Kimi Raikkonen (who pushed Hamilton off the track at Spa this year) – and neither of those drivers seem short of fans. Or championships…