Comments on: Soapbox: Why Lewis Hamilton should be champion

By: chunter

chunter — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:13:21 +0000

Verasaki- You can say that again.

William Wilgus, et al- Not to cop out, but the driver that deserves to win the championship will be the one with the most points at the end of the season. Debating is fun and all, but the official measurement is the only one that counts in the end.

In USA pointy NFL football, there are often debates about “Is this team as good as their win-loss record?” which are also fun debates, but are about as meaningful.

So what we’re really doing is asking for predictions. Hamilton has shown he has a pretty clear head most of the time, so he should be able to do what he needs to do to win his championship in Brazil, and I’d be happy for him.

By: verasaki

verasaki — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:47:53 +0000

wow, debating is more or less a lost art in the u.s. i see the earmarks of a liberal education here. reading all three of these at once makes me want to give up citizenship.

By: nick clews

nick clews — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:01:34 +0000

BECAUSE HAMILTON IS BY FAR THE BEST RACER AS WE AHVE SEEN ALL SEASON AND THAT IF HE CAN DO THIS ON HIS ROOKIE YEAR WAT CAN HE DO NEXT YEAR

By: John

John — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:18:09 +0000

why theres all this jealousy for hamilton il never know, face it hes come in and beaten a self obsessed double world champion who ant accept hes been beaten by the better man over the season. Hamilton has been superb this season his wins have been brilliant flawless drives and when he hasnt been able to win hes been 2nd or 3rd for the majority, much like alonso for the past 2 years. for the people who dont like hamilton get used to is hes going to get better!

i cant see how some people think if hamilton wins its unfair, as nellyweb said, the championship is decided on points not race wins, the current system rewards consistency and hamilton has just played the system an picked up as many points as possible at every grand prix. wheras alonso has panicked under pressure and had poor results in some races.

GO HAMILTON!!!!!

By: milos

milos — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:34:42 +0000

Hamilton – great rookie season and let’s admit it, not too many people’s bet at the beginning of the season. Having the best car – yes that plays a big part in it, but driving McLaren was not a way to title since the days of Mika Hakkinen.

Alonso – if he wins it then all respect. Winning the title despite being an self made outcast in the team for basically half of the season that would be some accomplishemnt.

Raikkonen – that would be some come back… he is my favourite because he has the biggest mountain to climb

On the note why Alonso hasn’t been fired yet by McLaren – Among other reasons don’t forget, Mosley warned McLaren strongly against taking any action against Alonso …

By: oliver

oliver — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:50:33 +0000

William:

Cutting a chicane to pass Kimi? What race was that? I sincerly hope u know and can identify the characters participating in the races and also, that you do watch the races thoroughly.

Now I am also surprised Kimi didnt get any penalty for cutting all corners in his effort to overtake Coulthard at the Fuji race. On how many occassions did he shorten the distance he had to travel, by simply running over the grass and also using sections of the tarmac that was grippier but not actually part of the circuit.

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:11:59 +0000

Nellyweb:
Let’s see . . . cutting a chicane to pass Kimi, “obviously erratic driving” behind the safety car, . . .
No, I don’t like Hamilton, but I like the points system even less.

By: Uk

Uk — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:54:02 +0000

Hi Nellyweb, agree with your point about Bernie, but you must admit he is more than the owner of F1 rigths.
About Alonso’s and De la Rosa’s mails, I just cant beleive how anybody can still believe Ron’s version, he just needed someone to point at when all the Stepneygate exploded, those were Alonso, De la Rosa and some few mechanics from the test team, how can you believe that no one (even Ron himself) did`nt knew about those 708 pages from Ferrari.
Is Mc Laren a company where his Boss and principals don’t know that they have such an important information from his rivals?.
Just think how much money you can get from any team if you offer them all that information from Ferrari, Â¿do you think Nigel is silly?, he knew those pages were gold and just sold it to the ones who he knew tehy would pay for them, its a too romantic view to think he did it because he was so unhappy in FerrariÂ´s new schedule.
I didn’t like how Ron pointed his two drivers as the betrayers of the team and sold this to the media.
As may drivers told this kind of mails with information about other teams are quite common, they also do it, no team is punished like Mc laren was because those mails, I’m sure there are many other reasons (we will never know) for this sentence against Mc Laren, and the main responsable for all those reasons is no other than Ron.

By: nellyweb

nellyweb — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:17:44 +0000

Uk – A couple of points:

Bernie Eccleston is the Commercial Rights holder of F1. All Bernie cares about is getting good payback for his investment. he can say what he likes, just as the head of Sky Sports could say that he hopes Australia win the world cup because it would be good for business…

Bernie is not the President of the FIA – that would be Max Mosley – a man who has stated on record that he would like to have seen Lewis and Fernando kicked out of the championship. The only reason that they were not is that the FIA offered the drivers immunity from penalty in return for evidence – evidence which proved that Alonso and de la Rosa had discussed information from Ferrari with Mike Couglan, but not Hamilton.

Bernie did not drive the McLaren to 4 wins (so far) this year – that was all Hamilton.

Of course McLaren want Lewis to win – Alonso has betrayed them and has been a spoilt petulant child for most of the season because he has not been the favoured driver. Frankly, I imagine the only reason they haven;t fired Alonso this season is because they are calling his bluff and waiting for him to ask to leave.

By: Uk

Uk — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:35:25 +0000

hey guys, remember F1 is a big bussines, and notthing better for it than a rookie, british and black guy winning the championship, thats a boom for media and Bernies pocket, and thats what he wants, so does Mc Laren. Alonso or Kimi winning is not any more a good bissines for none of them.
I only have one question, can any body imagine the president of the FIFA (I dont know his name) telling to the media, (at the same time they are playing the Football World Cup), that Austraila should be the winner and that would be great for football bussines, because seeing Germany or Brazil winning is no good for football, because they do nothing for it? and of course not punishing them as they do with other teams.
This year lots of drivers have been sanctionated, and some of them for very extrange reasons, even without having broken any written rule, and, has Lewis been sanctionated?, because I do think he has done several things to be, Â¿isn’t it strange?
F1 bussines needs Lewis, thats all