Lewis Hamilton

[EMDEE]

I am posting this comment here, as I don't want to spoil the thread on Sport Chit Chat, and actually it's a rant.

At the risk of appearing to be negative about a British success, is it any wonder that there are boy racers on our streets when this outrageously dangerous alleged "sport" has such a high profile, and Hamilton is being idolised by the media, and held up as some sort of national hero by the general public?

[jdcarra]

C'mon EMDEE .

This sport has been in it long before the boy racers and back to Lewis Hamiton, well done to the young chap , it was a nailbiting finish which I watched along with many other grand prix fans.

[ionnsaigh]

EMDEE, Spot on.

[£3.73]

Would like to add my congrats to Lewis Hamilton ... an amazing achievment for one so young ... and he was unlucky last year (in his rookie season too)!!! Fantastic.

Boy racers are a deluded species (Homogofaster Lapicus) ... who optimistically fail to appreciate that a 1 litre Citroen Saxo is not a formula 1 racing car. The biggest drawback to this delusion being that formula 1 cars have totally awesome braking systems, and Citroen Saxo's don't.

You can't, by any stretch of the imagination, lay the blame for this at the door of motorsport (which over the last decade has introduced many design restrictions & retarders to make the cars slower and safer). That would be akin to blaming Scottish football clubs for the odd window I may have smashed (with a football ) as an enthusiastic (but delusional) youngster ....

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I hardly think that Formula One would spur on a boy racer to"pimp"his diesel Corsa and tear round the streets.Look instead at the high volume of modified street car clubs,organisations etc.instead.Therein you will find what started off in life as a standard road car,could end up highly tuned and modified.I would suggest that this is what your"boy-racer"aspires to.Congratulations Lewis on a victory for the British Isles.

[£3.73]

Totally agree LR !!!

The boy racer thing is about having a totally "pimped oot" motor ... and "cruising" to look cool and attract the ladies

Unfortunately, in smaller towns with only a few streets (and taking into account higher fuel prices) this gives rise to the Scalextric Phenomenon.

[£3.73]

Actually, while we're on the subject ....

.... is there anyone here who has been influenced by Formula One to dress up as a Nazi Concentration Camp Commendant, and indulge in kinky sex & spanking sessions with call girls dressed as holocaust victims ???

Be honest now !!!

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Actually, while we're on the subject ....

.... is there anyone here who has been influenced by Formula One to dress up as a Nazi Concentration Camp Commendant, and indulge in kinky sex & spanking sessions with call girls dressed as holocaust victims ???

Be honest now !!!

Uniform was too small.

[£3.73]

Actually, while we're on the subject ....

.... is there anyone here who has been influenced by Formula One to dress up as a Nazi Concentration Camp Commendant, and indulge in kinky sex & spanking sessions with call girls dressed as holocaust victims ???

Be honest now !!!

Uniform was too small.

What size are you ? I was going to put my own up for sale on ebay
(buy now and I'll throw in The "Dummies Guide to Speaking In an Allo Allo Dodgy German Accent For Beginners)

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Ja.is gud.
Can`t talk.Going off to invade Poland.

[£3.73]

Foorvek Zake,Gott in Himmel ... zer ar no Polz in Poland zeez daiz.

You vill be vezy lonely I am sinking.

And just when you thought this thread had veered totally off the rails ....

What about video games ? Can we blame them too ? There are 50 million titles on all platforms, that endorse adrenaline orgasm, pedal to the metal, pimped out supercar, testosterone fueled, crash and walk away totally unharmed driving fury !!!

Now, since I know several boy racers, I can reliably inform you that the cars they aspire to can all be found on a playstation !!!

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Foorvek Zake,Gott in Himmel ... zer ar no Polz in Poland zeez daiz.

You vill be vezy lonely I am sinking.

Poles apart then?

[ionnsaigh]

Lewis Hamilton , national hero (British Isles) If he happens to be English - then he is an English hero. Och well just goes to show you - how dire our circumstances are in hero less Scotland. Who does Lewis work for ? Shell Esso BP one of the big polluters.? So they are making the cars go slower and safer - how utterly ridiculous.

[£3.73]

Ionns,

Not sure what point your trying to make ?

Lewis Hamilton could be from Taiwan for all I care.
The fact is, he lost out on the world title on the final day last year (in his debut season), and won it on the final day this year !

Now that IS some achievement ! Kudos to him.

Formula One is a sport ! If people build cars, sooner or later they will race them. People race lawnmowers ffs ... or cockroaches ,,, or horses ... or bikes ... humans like races ... or is that news to you ?

As for pollution ... a package tour flight to Ibiza does more damage to the enviroment.

When electric cars (like the totally awesome Tesla roadster) become more mainstream ... people will be racing them too !

[gizmo]

Ionns,

Not sure what point your trying to make ?


No-one is ever sure on any point he tries to make