Comments on: Lewis Hamilton dominates F1 Racing Awards

By: erv

erv — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:57:13 +0000

I think that should be a trophy titled “Finish of The Year”..hmm..Lewis was really black and blue by that..

By: john heaton

john heaton — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:34:42 +0000

i think Lewis Hamilton is the best and will win it for years to comeand if he dose not come first then he will be in the top 3

By: Dre Chase

Dre Chase — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:17:30 +0000

Personally I won’t say Raikkonen’s Hungaroring Grand Prix start was the best for the year but Kimi DID have the best start for the year. I can’t quite finger it right now but I know that his start at the Brazillian GP where he took out Hamilton and almost took Massa too was pretty brilliant. There was also another start where he passed Hamilton again, but I think Massa won that race. Drive of the year I’d give to Kimi or Alonso, Honestly. Kimi came from 3rd to 1st in British GP n he did it on sheer speed and skill, first hunting down Hamilton and taking him out and then out pacing Alonso to take 1st on the 2nd round of pitstops, and I don’t think anyone can forget Alonso and Massa’s wet battle at Nurburgring, that was an amazing drive by Alonso to catch and overtake that Ferrari, that too could have served for drive of the year. As a season opener though I guess Hamilton’s brilliant start at Melbourne stuck in our heads the most but I really think Raikkonen had the best start for the year, just not the he won the award with.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:05:12 +0000

The other point to bear in mind was that voting opened in early August and closed in mid-October. This may also have had a bearing on the results.

I have to admit, though, that I found F1 Racing’s obsession on Lewis quite frustrating this month. Nobody else got six pages to celebrate winning. Muchael Schumacher got three awards twice before (in years where his team also won lots of awards, and only had a small section of one page to summarise his achievements each time…

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:56:48 +0000

Yes Robert, the F1 Racing Awards are voted for by the public.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:21:18 +0000

Robert: probably the Lewis Hamilton show on ITV is proportional to his acheivements, considering that Button, despite his poor results(a single race win and a few podiums when BAR was ‘best of the rest’), received, like you just said, a huge coverage, like Barrichello did in Brazil at the post-Senna era… every single podium down here was passionately celebrated when he drove Jordans and Stewarts…

The point is: nowadays, any TV channel, anywhere, would be annoyingly patriot with such a hot talent like Hamilton…

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:55:32 +0000

To be fair (or unfair), ITV’s sycophancy over Button pales into insignificance compared to that over Hamilton. ITV’s coverage pre-Hamilton was certainly Anglocentric and looked at/on Button in close detail, but it was nothing remotely like the Lewis Hamilton show it was in 2007.

Back on topic, were thes awards voted for by the public or an F1 Racing-assembled panel? (I stopped buying it months ago)

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:38:50 +0000

from bernie’s nemesis: “do you dislike Hamilton, or his coverage.” YES! BOTH! ALL THE ABOVE!
“Hamilton has entered the sport in an unprecedented manner”…….spot-on, fed by McLaren’s silver spoon since birth. What other rookies have received such a start? And then the ATTITUDE set in and now stories of his night life and salary demands…….he’s the genie out of the botttle and Ron will never get him under control again. I’m just anxious to get 2008 started, there are 21 others drivers of interest.

By: bernie's nemesis

bernie's nemesis — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:17:55 +0000

Hamilton has entered the sport in an unprecedented manner, so he has received the plaudits he deserves. As I stated before the season finale, Alonso would do everything he could do to make sure Lewis would not take the title if he could not, and Mclarens performance definately dropped after the witch hunt.
But all you Hamilton haters out there who now complain that Button has been dropped like a stone, I remember having to listen to his dim girlfriends dreadful song at the beginning of itvs show.
Sycophancy?
They were all over him, so you should just decide, do you dislike Hamilton, or his coverage.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:53:42 +0000

Regarding MichaelK’s comment, I know there have been a lot of reviews of Hamilton books lately (and I have acknowledged it before) but that is simply because a lot of them have been published. If there were a new book about another leading active driver out – Alonso or Raikkonen for example – I’d make it a priority to review it. It’s not my fault there aren’t any.

That said there are a lot more titles coming out now because of the time of year so there’ll be two reviews this weekend instead of one – and they won’t both be Hamilton books!