Lewis Hamilton - Do you Love or Loathe?

Love or Loathe?

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It's not tax avoidance, it is reducing nurses, operations, teachers, police.

He could fund BLM out of his tax saved.

As an individual he means zero .
 
Personally, I think he is terrific, the best ever driver for me.

Zorro’s comment was a little over egging the pudding imho. Ron Dennis played a significant part in setting him on the way. We all have someone to thank along the way for who we are today, whether it be parents, teachers, coaches, businessmen, Adama Traore is arguably where he is now, thanks to one of the worst managers we had, Tony Pulis. Everyone at the top of any sport is where they are because of someone elses interventions at some point.

Hamilton rekindled my interest in F1. The tax thing is something he is perfectly allowed to do. He represents Britain. He will pay a very expensive accountant to look after his tax matters. I am sure if any of us happened to be as talented as Lewis and were fortunate to have his wealth, we would all employ the best accountant to protect our wealth as best we could. I doubt any of us would pop to our local family firm of accountants.

Jackie Stewart (Switzerland), Nigel Mansell (Isle of Man), Damon Hill (Dublin) or Jenson Button (Channel Islands & Monaco) did not seem to get any stick. Prost and Schumacher both tread the same path as Hamilton, it is a well worn path used by many others before Hamilton. I am sure drivers are well looked after and advised by their teams on how best to plan for life during and after F1. Good luck to him, he flies the flag for the UK and he deserves his success.
 
Love him, absolutely the GOAT. Superb driver. I actually find it funny that his celebrity lifestyle winds so many people up. Are we that shallow that we can ignore the god given talent, the wealth of championships and awards because someone wears clothes we don't like?

Everyone seems to have a bash at him for flying around in a private jet, which he no longer does, or for driving a hybrid racing car. I find it odd really. I can see how he winds people up, because a lot of people are stuck in there ways and can't stand someone having a lifestyle different to theirs. It amuses me though. The fact that not liking the guy makes you seem to forget all the victories, or try and ascribe them to other things "oh it's the car" goes the typical cry of anyone who's ever tried to bash an F1 driver without sufficient evidence to do so.
 
Malaguena said:
A walking ego with a massively overinflated view of his own self importance
Hypocrite
Tax Avoider
Decent driver in the best car - put him in a Williams and he'd be just another driver in the pack

Not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as Senna, Schumacher etc
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Basically this

my issue with Lewis is yes he’s good but he’s also been incredibly lucky as well.

look at interlsgos massa had the world title in his pocket then Timo glock had the issue on the last lap to gift Lewis the win.

Yes he’s good but not in the same league as the others.

I’d love to see him join Ferrari to try and turn them around as he’s always been right place right time.
 
zorro_mfc said:
Basically this

my issue with Lewis is yes he’s good but he’s also been incredibly lucky as well.

look at interlsgos massa had the world title in his pocket then Timo glock had the issue on the last lap to gift Lewis the win.

Yes he’s good but not in the same league as the others.

I’d love to see him join Ferrari to try and turn them around as he’s always been right place right time.
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it's funnier how the better you are at a sport the luckier you seem to be. Why is he not in the same league as the others?
 
I always find it funny how Seb is so demonised among many British fans yet it’s well known how likeable he is among the paddock and how normal down to earth he is ( look at his wedding).

yet Lewis isn’t that popular among other drivers an example was how he treated young albon. I admire his talent but I’m not a fan.
 
Notv
SmallTown said:
it's funnier how the better you are at a sport the luckier you seem to be. Why is he not in the same league as the others?
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Not really as Mercedes took off just as mclaren went down hill. That’s opportunistic if nothing else. So you don’t deny he would have won what he did has he stayed at mclaren ?
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Shame about the tax avoidance - whilst football players were taking pay cuts and donating money during the crisis what did Lewis Hamilton do in the tax haven of Monaco?
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so you're assuming he did nothing, or does nothing for charitable causes, due to lack of knowledge or investigation?
 
Why is he not in the same league as the others?

to be honest mate I don’t think any modern F1 driver is...as you can’t compare with tool like ers drs and mapping ( now gone thankfully) even eddie Irvine saud what he’d have given for a little wee button to help you overtake.
 
zorro_mfc said:
Notv

Not really as Mercedes took off just as mclaren went down hill. That’s opportunistic if nothing else. So you don’t deny he would have won what he did has he stayed at mclaren ?
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I think there was quite a bit of disbelief when he decided to leave McLaren for Mercedes but he can't be described as opportunistic because Merc weren't pulling up any trees at the time and didn't look capable in the future.
 
zorro_mfc said:
Basically this

my issue with Lewis is yes he’s good but he’s also been incredibly lucky as well.

look at interlsgos massa had the world title in his pocket then Timo glock had the issue on the last lap to gift Lewis the win.

Yes he’s good but not in the same league as the others.

I’d love to see him join Ferrari to try and turn them around as he’s always been right place right time.
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Lucky? :LOL::LOL:

Your clear hatred of Hamilton is shown and it's clear in your judgement.

He's had some rotten luck too.....yet he's still by far and away the best driver at the moment and has been for the best part of a decade.

Continue trying to play down his achievements though.
 
zorro_mfc said:
Notv

Not really as Mercedes took off just as mclaren went down hill. That’s opportunistic if nothing else. So you don’t deny he would have won what he did has he stayed at mclaren ?
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Funny, I remember the state Mercedes were in when he took the risk and joined them. I believe they had a guy called Schumacher driving for them too just before that? So Schumacher, who is in the a different league to Hamilton according to you, struggled in the car, whereas Hamilton turned it around and now the dominate?

Not bad for someone not in the same league! Why do you think he isn't in the same league as Schuey?
 
Ego - when you are the best at what you do - and still compete - you need an Ego to stay at the top
Hypocrite - who isn't - but examples, please
Tax Avoider - sadly the name of the game in his sport - but do you think he researched all the tax benefits or - as most sportspeople do - leave it to his accountants and agency
Decent Driver - yeah, he must be, all that success, recognition from peers etc - must just be ok

some of these comments - especially the fund BLM ? - sound like some have issues with him for more reasons that they are willing to openly share. BTW you do realize he's not supporting a BLM brand or Company don't you? Back lives matter is a sentence!
 
Marvanelli said:
Lucky? :LOL::LOL:


Continue trying to play down his achievements though.
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That's the bit that always saddens me. You can dislike someone, but to try and knock down their achievements, especially when they are so great seems really sad to me.

I said it before but I really took a dislike to Christiano Ronaldo, was not a fan at all. I can't, with any conscious, use that to criticise his frankly phenomenal achievements on the football pitch. BTW, since he left Sporting he has always found himself in the "right team" too.
 
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