The two who win consistently? It's underdog with Button and Mansell, not quite getting the rub of the green. Arguably... Button needed more focus and he'd have won more titles too (although the only teammate of Hamilton to outscore him during his period with the team).
Hill was also underdog, exacerbated by him not being top draw of course, and added sympathy because of his Dad and Senna too. Plus, Schumacher was winning everything, and played close to the rules, so played into plucky Brit standing up for fair play.
(Mansell was a moaning overly precious git who played the victim btw
Hamilton has a few hurdles to overcome with sections of society, too. Again, he is putting his money where his mouth is to try and create opportunity, change perceptions, but that gets curiously underreported.
This is a somewhat bizarre post for me to write as I don't particularly care for him, but there's no denying he has some serious talent, and is sincere in what he believes. Someone I'd like to go for a pint with? Probably not, think he'd bore me rigid... but that'll be one of the reasons he's a multiple world champion and I'm not! Ultimately, if it was a likeability contest the majorly successful drivers are all out the running. Hamilton, Schumacher, Senna, Prost all with the same focus that set them apart, but not the best drinking companions.
The two who win consistently? It's underdog with Button and Mansell, not quite getting the rub of the green. Arguably... Button needed more focus and he'd have won more titles too (although the only teammate of Hamilton to outscore him during his period with the team).
Hill was also underdog, exacerbated by him not being top draw of course, and added sympathy because of his Dad and Senna too. Plus, Schumacher was winning everything, and played close to the rules, so played into plucky Brit standing up for fair play.
(Mansell was a moaning overly precious git who played the victim btw
Hamilton has a few hurdles to overcome with sections of society, too. Again, he is putting his money where his mouth is to try and create opportunity, change perceptions, but that gets curiously underreported.
This is a somewhat bizarre post for me to write as I don't particularly care for him, but there's no denying he has some serious talent, and is sincere in what he believes. Someone I'd like to go for a pint with? Probably not, think he'd bore me rigid... but that'll be one of the reasons he's a multiple world champion and I'm not! Ultimately, if it was a likeability contest the majorly successful drivers are all out the running. Hamilton, Schumacher, Senna, Prost all with the same focus that set them apart, but not the best drinking companions.
If Hungary booing was anything to go by he's getting fucking pelters in Spa Francorchamps. It'll be packed to the rafters with Max fans shitfaced on decent Belgian beers.Booing.
Liking drivers being booed.
I fucking love F1. But booing? Weird.
If Hungary booing was anything to go by he's getting fucking pelters in Spa Francorchamps. It'll be packed to the rafters with Max fans shitfaced on decent Belgian beers.
Forgot they were back there this season. A testing couple of weeks for Lewis. He should go well at Spa though hopefully.Not going to get any better after that either....they'll be off to Zandvoort!
Noticed in the paddock this weekend there is an age gap - these young drivers are quite different from the older ones. Spoke to a few and they are so assured, self-confident, obviously talented but hungry. Not so sure Ricciardo as is hungry as these younger drivers .Just realised this is another season where Ricciardo has left a team only for them to win a race the next year.
Wasn't too much of a surprise when he moved from Red Bull but got to be a kick in the teeth the season after he lands a couple of podiums for Renault then moves to McLaren because he has more faith in their project going forwards. More so given he's been nowhere in a car that's arguably the 3rd best on track. And who's to say what will happen when the new regs come in next year
As you say Britain seems to dislike it when their sports stars aren’t Underdogs. I feel the same in boxing - the likes of Frank Bruno are adored, don’t get it myself.The two who win consistently? It's underdog with Button and Mansell, not quite getting the rub of the green. Arguably... Button needed more focus and he'd have won more titles too (although the only teammate of Hamilton to outscore him during his period with the team).
Hill was also underdog, exacerbated by him not being top draw of course, and added sympathy because of his Dad and Senna too. Plus, Schumacher was winning everything, and played close to the rules, so played into plucky Brit standing up for fair play.
(Mansell was a moaning overly precious git who played the victim btw
Hamilton has a few hurdles to overcome with sections of society, too. Again, he is putting his money where his mouth is to try and create opportunity, change perceptions, but that gets curiously underreported.
This is a somewhat bizarre post for me to write as I don't particularly care for him, but there's no denying he has some serious talent, and is sincere in what he believes. Someone I'd like to go for a pint with? Probably not, think he'd bore me rigid... but that'll be one of the reasons he's a multiple world champion and I'm not! Ultimately, if it was a likeability contest the majorly successful drivers are all out the running. Hamilton, Schumacher, Senna, Prost all with the same focus that set them apart, but not the best drinking companions.
As you say Britain seems to dislike it when their sports stars aren’t Underdogs. I feel the same in boxing - the likes of Frank Bruno are adored, don’t get it myself.
love Hamilton and Murray -they’ve got the drive to win.
even in Cricket, Pietersen doesn’t get the love he deserves (he was the catalyst to England winning the cricket World Cup IMO)
I was at Silverstone and Hamilton was just brilliant, sporting great right in front of us and he isn’t appreciated
What Brits don't seem to like is people saying they're great - can think it but don't verbalize it. A culture where you're supposed to be "humble" and under-statedIf you want a society based on everyone thinking how great they are look at America. Or Victorian Britain.
Depends on what context though with Murray - in terms of grand slams he wasn’t quite as good as the greatest 3 players ever to play the game.What Brits don't seem to like is people saying they're great - can think it but don't verbalize it. A culture where you're supposed to be "humble" and under-stated
Also we set a very high bar for greatness eg Murray counts as very good but not great as just didn't win enough Grand Slams, didn't dominate for a period of time.
Didn't FIA say that it didn't matter whether there was a leak/failure as rules are have to produce x amount of fuel for the test/sample?Aston Martin withdraw their appeal against Vettel DSQ. Bit confused, if they were adamant they had new evidence of a fuel system failure, wouldn't they be determined to push ahead with it?
Schumacher documentary out on Netflix 15th September, can't wait!
So glad I watched this. Really good!
I really hope Russell gets the Merc seat next season. Love him
I really hope Russell gets the Merc seat next season. Love him
I really hope Russell gets the Merc seat next season. Love him
With all the speculation about Bottas, Perez hasn't really progressed through the season. Started OK, but hasn't got any closer to Verstappen and, if anything, seems to have gone backwards a bit. Was slightly surprised they renewed him tbh, guess the new regs went in his favour as he's pretty experienced so could be useful in developing a brand new car.That's Checo done for the day, didn't even get to the grid.
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