F1 Fanatic

The people who I dislike (in no order):
Flavio Briatore
Fernando Alonso
Lewis Hamilton
Eddie Jordan
Daddy Hamilton
I dislike Lewis and Fernando’s personalities (well, how they come across on television. I can’t comment truthfully unless I know them) but I know that they are both fantastic drivers with raw talent.

Well I was in the middle of writing a long winded comment and my PC crashed, so here’s dramatically shorter version of what I was going to say.

Used to hate Hamilton, not so much since end of ITV. Now more that I want him to lose rather than hating him personally. Still loathe Ron Dennis.

People are too harsh on Alonso. And his fans aren’t really militant, just a bit prickly since most UK media out to get him.

I think Piquet jnr is hard done by, but I can’t reduce my argument into a couple of lines so I won’t bother trying.

They’re all human so we shouldn’t really hate any of them on basis of limited media coverage.

Steve slater for calling alonso raikkonen, last year.

Although I don’t believe it’s really fair to judge people based on the way they are presented by the media – which is, at the end of the day, the only side of their characters that most of us see, aside from those lucky enough to have met them – I struggle to warm to Richard Branson. He decides on the eve of the ’09 season to come and stick his logos on the fastest car, get his face in all the photos, soak up all the glory… then when he tries to do the same with his own team and largely fails, we don’t see so much of him any more. Wirth gets a lot of stick for sticking with CFD, but few people mention that maybe this is ’cause Branson is unwilling to pour any more of his millions into the project to ensure a more competitive budget for the team…
On the other hand, credit to him for going ahead with the stewardess bet!

@Hatebreeder. Steve Slater had a lot of classics. This year he called one of the Sauber drivers Heidfeld.. for atleast a good two laps. He could never tell the difference between the Red Bull and Toro Rosso cars, and somehow he consistently guessed wrong, even though he had a 50% chance of being right.

I remember the Kimi-Fernando mixup. LOL

I don’t *hate* anyone in F1. Hate’s way to strong. This is a sport, it’s entertainment.

Things I hate, are racism, child abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, murder, rape. Things of that sort. I rarely hate the people, but I hate those actions, as they seriously damage people and society as a result.

I love some people in F1, I love F1, and I like some less, but in no way at all do I hate anyone, in any sport.

I think it’s a point worth making, as we can get things out of context. After the threads on Bahrain, I would hope we would be a little more careful with that word.

Just my opinion, mind.

People involved in Singapore 2008 Crashgate…