The papers are full of the ‘rift’ between Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team over the Melbourne ‘lie-gate’ scandal. They talk of the relationship being ‘on a knife-edge’.
So will it happen? Will Lewis leave the team that has nurtured him since he left primary school? And if that were to happen, which team would [...]
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Could Hamilton leave McLaren?
Posted in Discussion, Hamilton, McLaren, tagged Could he leave, Hamilton, McLaren on April 7, 2009 | 137 Comments »
Hamilton makes sure the world knows he’s sorry
Posted in F1 News, Hamilton, Malaysia, McLaren, tagged apology, F1, Hamilton on April 3, 2009 | 124 Comments »
Things are moving so fast here in Sepang it makes your head spin. Lewis Hamilton has just made an appearance in the media centre and given what has to be the most frank and open admission of guilt and sincere apology we have seen in this sport.
He sat alone on the stage and spoke for [...]
Whitmarsh admits team told Lewis to lie
Posted in Hamilton, Malaysia, McLaren, Race Weekend, tagged Hamilton, lies, McLaren, Whitmarsh on April 3, 2009 | 37 Comments »
A sensational press conference has just concluded here in Sepang, where new McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted that his sporting director Davey Ryan deliberately set out to lie to the stewards in Melbourne and that he told Lewis to follow his lead.
Whitmarsh suspended Ryan this morning and the New Zealander is on his way [...]
Making sense of McLaren’s behaviour
Posted in Discussion, Hamilton, McLaren, tagged F1, Hamilton, McLaren on April 2, 2009 | 84 Comments »
I posted last night that Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team faced a tough day in front of the stewards and it has proved to be worse than we ever imagined.
When I left the track this evening, in the dark, sitting outside the McLaren team office was a thoroughly dejected looking team principal, Martin Whitmarsh [...]
Hamilton could be in trouble in Malaysia
Posted in Discussion, F1 News, Hamilton, McLaren, tagged F1, Hamilton on April 1, 2009 | 89 Comments »
A story has just appeared on the Auto Motor und Sport website in Germany, which could have explosive consequences for Lewis Hamilton and McLaren this weekend.
It is written by Michael Schmidt, who is one of the most respected journalists in F1.
The gist of the article is that Lewis Hamilton may have some explaining to [...]
Hamilton says ‘Never give up’
Posted in Hamilton, tagged F1, Hamilton on March 31, 2009 | 27 Comments »
Anyone who has read the recent biography I wrote on Michael Schumacher will know that one of his greatest qualities was that he never gave up.
It’s a vitally important quality in a sportsman; the game isn’t over until the final whistle, the chequered flag. It’s something I try to communicate to my own son, look [...]
Lewis Hamilton at a snail’s pace
Posted in Discussion, Drivers, Hamilton, tagged Hamilton on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There are some great characters among the journalists in the press office. Frank Schneider of Bild newspaper, the German equivalent of the Sun, is one of them. He’s got spiky hair and wacky glasses, is pure tabloid and always in trouble with one of the teams.
Today the paper is likely to be in [...]
Lewis drives his F1 car – remote control!
Posted in Hamilton, McLaren, Media, tagged F1, Lewis Hamilton on March 10, 2009 | 14 Comments »
If you liked that James Bond sequence where he drove the BMW Q had given him using by remote control using his phone, you’ll enjoy this wacky bit of video.
I remember a few years ago F1 engineers were talking about how it was possible for an F1 car to drive itself. Well take a look [...]
Lewis Hamilton gets the tone right
Posted in Discussion, Hamilton, tagged Hamilton on February 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Just listened to the Chris Moyles show on Radio 1 and they had Lewis Hamilton on, talking about the new season, doing a human beatbox impression which was actually pretty impressive and pledging £10k if the rotund Moyles can climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, a task he has set himself to raise money [...]
Hamilton and Alonso bury the hatchet
Posted in Alonso, Drivers, Hamilton, tagged Alonso, Hamilton on November 9, 2008 | 20 Comments »
I note that at the recent Mercedes Stars and Cars bash in Stuttgart Lewis Hamilton alluded to a visit he received from his former team mate Fernando Alonso shortly after the race in Sao Paulo last week. The Spaniard came to offer him his congratulations on winning the world title and Hamilton says that Alonso [...]
