dojj

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was he rude and abusive to someone at a press conference then?

on the news it said he was never ready to face the media just after he got out of a racing car

wtf is that all about?

orion_crazy_carl

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maybe they told him he is a tad over rated and cracks under even the smallest pressure resulting in a crash everytime?!

Harris.

dojj

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i can see someone leaking that story to ron who'll go after you for telling the truth

orion_crazy_carl

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has no 1 noticed that then??!??

bud-weis

how can he be over-rated? he finished 1 point off the title in his debut season, and has every chance of winning the title this season too.

surely someone who is over rated never actually performs?

RSCossieGaz

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sumed up perfectly bud!- cant believe the stick he gets sometimes

4x4

agreed, he's not really over rated but others are under rated, i.e. robert kubica! if he was in a ferrari or mclaren i think a different story would be unfolding in 2008 F1. Although he's smashing it now in the BMW....

he'll be next years big thing as the big teams, ferrari/mclaren are will be looking for him.

Hamiltons the man tho, along with kimi, lol

bud-weis

It amazes me!! we wait years for a proper driver to get the chance in a good car...then when he does people slate him and start supporting some boring cunt scandinavian with as much personality as lampshade!

I'd be shocked if he never became a double or triple world champ!

S1rst

Sorry, but how can anyone call him over-rated? Thats ridiculous. Helloooooo, finishing 2nd in the championship in his first season as a rookie?

bud-weis

i agree that there are other talented drivers who'd do well in a better car, but that's the case in any sport, especially F1...always has been.

Don't like Kimi one bit though, or Massa.....or any1 called Schumacher or Alonso.

I do like Kubica, Hamilton, Coulthard, Button ( how he is still in the sport i'll never know, only does about 6 laps a season ) and plenty of others.

S1rst

I know mate, it just sums up the british public perfectly. Same with Amir Khan. Seems as though khan and hamilton have more haters than supporters, if PF is anything to go by.

danneth

over-rated LOLOLOL

4x4

are you talking about button in the brackets? lol. if so then i have to agree with you again..... haha i always ask the same question, same with Sato but he's gone now.

4x4

indeed! why amir khan gets so much stick is beyond me too, cant really say if he's a twat in person but that seems to be the reason people hate him!

Big G

Coultard IMO is over rated, ok so he has gotta be good to still be doing the job, but he has had the top cars in his prime and didnt exactly shine.
At least Hamilton has won a couple of races, how long did it take Button to win an argument let alone a race

Hamilton needs an older head next to him, someone with abit more experiance to bring the car along, Alonso was ok for that last year but this year he's got a kid as a teammate.

benidormsteve

i live in spain and love lewis.hope he wins this year

Benni

Jealous ignorant stupid idiotic fools.

Benni.

billynocar

mabye it`s there colour that`s the issue !!!!!

after all button took 100 attempts to get a win, but he don`t get anywhere near as much stick

and he has been acting like a playboy poser

sbd16v

100% agreee


at the moment he is amking school boy errors and imo so are the team.

but when he is driving he is just awsome but free air in front of him and he regulary jumps form doing off laps to fastest laps

on topic thou

hamilton was basically dripping because when he got given his drive thou last week it wook 15 fuckin laps to decided to do it !!!!

this put him right on his pit for fuel band and also he had made up 4 places that droped him right to the back (bar one iirc)

how can it take nearly 20mins to say yes he needs to give the place back

if it had happend on that lap (like it normally does) then he would have given it back and then taken it back within a lap or 2 and i feel he would have been in the points.

RobL

how the fuck is he overrated?

most consecutive podiums from debut race
most consecutive podiums for a british driver
youngest driver to lead the world championship
most wins in a debut season
most poles in a debut season

all in his debut season,finishing ahead of the current champion in the same car
bar win the title he couldnt have done much more

AlexF

people saying he is overrated tend to be the jelous types...

Jay,

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i think hamilton had his damon hill moment last year i.e top car top team with limited exsperience in f1 .not saying he wont be a champ but it seems he needs to mature a bit first

steviecossie

what a lot of gob shite,

just have a look at what he's done in his first season.

it's just total jealousy when people start to slate him

dojj

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the media hype around lewis is that we all "expect" big resluts

so he tries extra hard to give us these resluts

and by trying extra hard, he fucks shit up sometimes

which leads to him being a bit of a twit in the car

and so his driving doesn't necessarily suffer, but his position in the grid does

overall i do agree that the pressure has got to him to some extent, last year no one exepecte him to do well so it was a surprise, this eyar everyone is looking for him to be totally dominant and he's not, he's made some truely spectaular schoolboy errors (trying too hard in the last race and not giving the place back is something he should have done regardless of his team not telling him, and obviuosly kimi the race before that) so he needs to clear his head and think about driving against everyone else, at the moment he's only pushing himself beyond his limits which is why, i think, he's not done as well as he potentially could

he's got, arguably, the best car on the grid but his team don't really work that well, and for all their money and experience, i'm fairly shocked that they have handled themselves, as a team, in such a piss poor manner not only this season, but last as well

Nath

As a British driver you would of thought the media would be behind him, supporting him, not ready to throw him on a crucifix whenever they can. No wonder people that are good in their game fuck off abroad!

homer j

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mate it's the same with anything that the press get involved with. look at the last rugby world cup. when we were winning the press loved it. when we lost they wanted someone lynched. it's the same thing in football so why should it be any different with Lewis in F1? personally i think he's got the potential to be one of the greatest F1 drivers there has ever been. maybe even better than the late great Juan Manuel Fangio. he just needs time to mature and gain more experience.

Spammage

i think he has amazing talent other wise he wouldn't have been groomed by mcclaren for years while he was karting and so on but he gets silly when pressure is put on him he pushes to hard when he doesn't need to and makes mistakes he just needs to calm down and think more when hes in trouble!

fuzzy

like david coultard?

Spammage

Colemans mustard is a fuckin penis he should retire!

Nath

In all fairness I think Coulthard is a good driver, not exceptional nor a consistent podium stander but he has more experience than most of the other drivers on the grid. He just doesn't have the same talent or a front runner car to make him look better than what he is like some others

I don't think any driver on the grid would be there if they weren't up to the job

fuzzy

david coultard is like the hearts of the scottish premier league or the tottenhams,evertons and all the other also rans there just making up the numbers. talking a good job but failing to live up to the talk.

Spammage

yeh coulthard's tim is up he really needs to get out of the circuit as fuzzy says he just there to make up the numbers

Bullett

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dont think its a colour issue mate.tbh i dont like amir,but i like hamilton.



i think hamilton has alot of talent and will be very succesful but needs to chill a bit,needs a bit more maturity and experience.but thats what comes from doing it for a few years.everyone makes bad decisions,statements,moves and you learn form them.

as for him being shit?no chance. and im a ferrari fan,but recognise a good driver.if anyone deserves slating it is alonso for his attitude and the way he has conducted himself.

Spammage

Rich_w

Yup.

To answer Dojjs original question. (in 1 sentance ) Poor little Lewis didnt like the media saying he was a dipshit for crashing into Kimi. Compounded by the face he said "It happened but its not my fault!" Also said something similar last year after HE overcooked the pitlane on knackered tyres *

TBH, hes done what Jenson (whatever happened to him after he left F1) did. got caught up in the Pharrel Williams, bird from Pussycat dolls, bling bling bullshit. I dont buy into the fact he destroyed Alonso last year. Ron saying "they" were racing Alonso is kind of telling! But ITV and others seem to believe LH shit dont stink. And it does. He could of been fine if hed just let Vettel back in France but figured why should he.

Im told that even various McLaren employees (non senior) have told him to wind his neck in, and to stop walking round like he owns the place! Heard a reasonably likely story that on the various events the drivers attend, Heikki is by far the more liked whilst a large percentage of employees actually avoid Hamilton.

* MotoGP followers will of heard Valentino Rossi APOLOGISE yesterday for knocking someone else off. So if 7 time World Champions arent afraid of a little Humilty...

RickyLee53

He's good, and i like him, last year he had the best car and the best possible chance of the championship.

I don't think he'l get that chance again soon, so we'll probably see him go down hill.