Lauda calls on FIA to act against Hamilton

[Formula None]

Of course I admit to that. What's wrong with liking more than one driver? I like Hamilton & most of the others, and have no opinion about the rest. Hamilton just has a terrible fan base that is ruining his potential for greater fame and respect.

[ringo]

Of course I admit to that. I like Hamilton, he just has a terrible fan base that is ruining his potential for greater fame and respect.

What does the fans have to do with it?

You can't have it your way.
His fans like certain attitude and you don't, just accept it.

Every driver can't be the little humble guy who's just like the average joe and keeps his mouth shut and downplays his ability and goals for the sake of looking cool.
It's simply boring now. All of them are the same in character, except Alonso and Hamilton.

Hamilton fans have something in common across many sporting lines. They look for a certain character in the sportsman or woman.
Hamilton has that character and it draws many fans.
You can't understand that, and can't appreciate it or see it, so it angers you.

Neither can you replicate it, try as you want with any other driver on the grid, because they simply don't have the charisma.

To me the "haters" of for want of a better word "detractors", which is more fair, simply feel a little left out because they're are out the loop.

Shumacher and Montoya were my drivers before 2007. Now we have something to replace those 2.

If you don't like it too bad.

Just sit back and watch the championship come back to Mclaren.

Which other driver can you put that kind of reckless belief into and still be realistic?

As for skitzi Lauda go get your brain scanned, as you forgot your own past.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcE7sHSfi4w[/youtube]

[Formula None]

I don't envy the faithful, Ringo. I simply enjoy the sport, regardless of who is dominating. Mostly, I'm in it for the cars.

Which other driver can you put that kind of reckless belief into and still be realistic?

None, including Hamilton, therein lies the problem with his fanbase. Rabid fans are annoying, but like I said it's always amusing to watch as they suffer the little defeats by proxy and go into full apologist mode every time any part of their god's mythology comes into question.

[PlatinumZealot]

Statistically Hamilton is THE SAFEST driver on the grid today. Even i Monaco, he did not put out Massa, and Pastor put out himself.

[GTSpeedster]

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Why it's so hard for some to simply accept that lately he's been driving terribly and even dangerously almost escapes me. And I'm forced to recognize Ciro Pabón's tale about the TAO as the perfect explanation for the evident obtuseness in here.

[CHT]

Hamilton is probably feeling more and more desperate for F1 success that is why he is becoming more aggressive on track.

When an animal is hungry, they are always aggressive.

[CHT]

Statistically Hamilton is THE SAFEST driver on the grid today. Even i Monaco, he did not put out Massa, and Pastor put out himself.

For the record, the AMG stun Lewis did at Melbourne last year was off the grid..

[ringo]

If it makes the claim any more legitimate, Lauda has a history of being racist against other people of the same race if it makes it more legitimate for you then.
The man is vocal racist, 3 time champ or not. It's not what he said now, but his behavior in the past.

[ringo]

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I stick by my Lauda accusation, as you demonstrated in a incy wincy way what i'm talking about.

Lauda has been very insensitive in the past to the polish. That kind of fellow shouldn't be taken seriously at this stage in his life. He wont be any more balance with Hamilton talking about getting people killed. Uncalled for.

[GTSpeedster]

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What I meant was that LH is no "JC" and his gang of golden teeth chaps (or whatever…) are nothing like any apostles to receive such an unconditional love and blind worship that I've so abundantly seem around the forum.

Also meant that: one must be particularly obtuse in order to ignore the type of driving that LH has lately been forcing upon his fellow drivers; and, apparently, to my dismay, we've got ourselves a bunch of those hanging around here!
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[ringo]

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I'm not trying to sully you, i'm just illustrating to you what perceptions people have without even thinking that maybe just maybe the world doesn't look the same from someone else's point of view.

God forbid Perez raced. He would have brought the whole of Mexico into the pits; as there are many mexicans in the US and Canada.
Then we will hear of the gold sombrero mariachis.

[andartop]

Niki Lauda had a go at Lewis.

Emerson Fitipaldi.

Martin Brundle and David Coulthard.

Current F1 drivers.

The FIA.

They're all wrong. They're racists. They want to ruin F1. They just don't like Lewis.

One does not need to be a psychiatrist to see what's happening.

Lewis has made a huge step forwards between Monaco and Canada:

Right after Monaco, it was Denial ("Massa and Maldonado turned into me") and then very quickly Anger ("it's a frigging joke!"; "these drivers are a joke!"; "is it cause I is black?"). After Canada, he went straight into Bargaining mode ("(Mark) left me enough room but I touched the inside kerb and understeered into him"; "it was tricky conditions"; "I was doing the best I could to keep the car on track;" - the last two quotes referring to the incident with Button).

I rest assured that very soon, over the next couple of races, we'll see Lewis being a bit Depressed (for Lewis, that may be to have a compromised race, or just crash out by himself while not even pushing hard) and then Acceptance will follow (he will be back to his good, "normal" self).

It's a perfectly natural human reaction to Grief (Vettel "running away with it!").

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model

His fans might need some extra time though, seeing that most of them are still in Denial...

[beelsebob]

Niki Lauda had a go at Lewis.

Emerson Fitipaldi.

Martin Brundle and David Coulthard.

Current F1 drivers.

The FIA.

Actually, MB and DC have said nothing about him being dangerous, nor have the FIA, and in fact, after Canada, they said the major crash was JB's fault, not LH's.

[CHT]

Niki Lauda had a go at Lewis.

Emerson Fitipaldi.

Martin Brundle and David Coulthard.

Current F1 drivers.

The FIA.

Actually, MB and DC have said nothing about him being dangerous, nor have the FIA, and in fact, after Canada, they said the major crash was JB's fault, not LH's.

I believe he meant since the start of the 2011 season.

[beelsebob]

Niki Lauda had a go at Lewis.

Emerson Fitipaldi.

Martin Brundle and David Coulthard.

Current F1 drivers.

The FIA.

Actually, MB and DC have said nothing about him being dangerous, nor have the FIA, and in fact, after Canada, they said the major crash was JB's fault, not LH's.

I believe he meant since the start of the 2011 season.

Even then, none of the 3 have called his driving dangerous.