Comments on: The Lewis and Anthony Hamilton show

By: alan harvey

alan harvey — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:00:10 +0000

about the time that lewis hamilton published
his first book there was a book by anthony
his father can anybody help me find a copy
please? its background was i believe was his
commitment to helping lewis realize his
ambition to be a formula 1 driver and what
anthony gave up to help him.

By: matthew

matthew — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:08:23 +0000

“What I always find interesting is the way Anthony Hamilton always says “we” when he’s talking about Lewis Hamilton. Do two people drive the car??”

Plenty of sport supporters (noticebly imo football) say ‘WE’ when theyve had no involvement.

Seems to me Hamilton’s Dad has every right to say ‘we’.

By: Ralph Duffy

Ralph Duffy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:50:39 +0000

I think that both Lewis and Anthony are extraordinary people. From everything that I have seen, they both love each other very much and the Hamiltons are a wonderful family.

For me, their story is very inspiring

I wish them the best; both of them have done a tremendous job.

By: Vertigo

Vertigo — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:04:29 +0000

If the only thing Lewis can do to make his dad happy is win races then that’s a real shame and shows that his dad is a bit shallow and should be proud of his son no matter what.

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:10:15 +0000

Just to clear up one slight thing. Although Anthony took on several jobs to fund Lewis through the early stages of Lewis’ career, while unusual in the general pubic is not that rare among the current crop of F1 drivers. Certainly Kimi’s dad did the same (working 3 jobs at the same time for many years) and I believe that Alonso’s dad did something similar. Alonso’s father is also at all of the races, even though the only time the British press talk about it is to let you know that Alonso’s father was seen in this or that rival team’s motorhome. Kimi’s father is off racing elsewhere during most races so usually doesn’t attend.

By: A.J. Foyt

A.J. Foyt — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:22:48 +0000

I have no way of confirming this, but a very good friend of mine who lives in the U.K. has mentioned to me on several occasions that Anthony has a close/personal relationship with Ron Dennis’ sister Jan -

By: alan

alan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:44:33 +0000

If youre dad has been backing you to get on in any sport/career – it’s obvious if you can you would try your best for him – but as nellyweb said Ron has known Lewis for a long time and having his father there probably comes now as just part of the package – and mistakes were made – but possibly due too the well discussed pressures from both inside the team and externally – maybe Ron wasn’t just as sharp as he needed to be during that time and well everyone is human.

By: Architrion

Architrion — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:24:21 +0000

Oooops, seems he really found his limits….

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:11:54 +0000

First, I’d like to encore the question: Isn’t Lewis managed by Anthony?

Besides that, I think the fact that Antonhy’s so close to Lewis is more closely watched because he wasn’t part of Formula 1 before his son arrived.

I’ll explain myself: here in Brazil we’re watching how closely Nelson Piquet has been taking care of his son’s career since its beginning…

I don’t know if Piquet will be at every Grand Prix next year, but it won’t surprise me if he does…

On merit, I don’t think Lewis made all those well-known mistakes trying to impress his father (Anthony certainly would prefer him taking care and deciding the championship safely), but mostly to test his own limits…

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:35:56 +0000

They’ve mentioned quite a few times they are a team, and that’s what it probably is – I think Anthony has said something along the lines, in ITV coverage, “I tell Lewis, I’ll do my part and you do your part”? I personally wouldn’t have looked too much into it, but it raises a good point.

From my perspective, that is to say if I were Lewis, then knowing my dad had to go through a lot in the early stages (although this is knowledge only from ITV coverage, someone can perhaps point out more?) to put me through what I wanted to do, I definately would feel in part obligated it’s not just for myself to achieve success, it’s also the person that helped me get to where I am.

At most, just how I see it from the limited knowledge I have, Anthony has reminded Lewis, or not let it be forgot, that he has helped him get to where he is now. In stages where Lewis might have felt down, or showed any sign of packing it in, perhaps this is the kinda boot he needed?

But would it be fair to say that if Anthony wasn’t around as much, or anymore (in terms of GPs) that we’d see an entirely different Lewis?