Swango1980
Well-known member
When top sports people are competing at the top of their game, they do not often show a huge Riccardo like grin when things do not go their way. If I remember back to the season Rosberg won, I remember a lot of good fortune went his way / bad fortune Lewis's way. It is understandable he wasn't a happy go lucky guy a lot of the time.I wonder if there is a Dutch equivalent forum somewhere out there that has the polar opposite reaction
It seems to me to be a season that actually has two drivers that can win the title and want to win the title badly - Hamilton over the years has cruised to title wins without much opposition , the one year he was challenged was Rosberg who beat him and Hamilton cried throughout the season. Drivers that want to win when in a battle will take risks - Senna used , didnt James Hunt ? Schumacher etc
Is this right now not how it should be - drivers going at it to try and win at all costs - Hamilton just doesn’t seem to like it right now because there is a chance that he might actually lose to another driver.
Yesterdays GP was the first one I watched from start to finish for years - it had it all , it maybe not the purists dream but it certainly had the excitement which is what sport is supposed to be
Hamilton's "moaning" this season is largely due to the way Max drives. The fact he will happily drive anyone off the track. We see drivers overtake other drivers all the time, and more often than not the driver being overtaken simply has to accept he has been done by the quicker guy / car. Max never has that attitude. It is fine if he were to compete right on the limit. But, he will simply drive himself off the track and force the other guy to get out of the way, or crash. Or, if on the outside, he'll simply turn into the guy on the inside as if he suddenly shouldn't exist. You may think it is racing, but to me it is not.
However, the irony is, there is probably something to be said that such madness in a driver is entertaining in itself. It creates controversy and talking points. It doesn't justify what he does in terms of racing, but it probably provides entertainment to many. It has generated a lot of discussion on here. Had the red flag never happened, and Hamilton and Bottas just sailed to a one - two, there would probably be little to speak about.