Hamilton's whining on the radio...

Between this and the "Felipe baby", the radio transmissions are becoming some of the most interesting bits in F1. Anyone find that when JB talks over the radio it sounds like a madman wearing a gagball and screaming?

 

I agree and will point out that "Tire Management" is not a stand alone entity. Going easy on the tires puts less stress on the entire machine. If a driver is gentle with his tires his gearbox is less apt to fail as well. Etc. etc.
It also speaks to the driver's mind-set. Like a good chess player such a driver is looking further ahead and is less likely to make a costly error by trying to force a situation before its time has come. Like crashing on the pit entry ferinstance

 

This thread is an excuse for your childish whining about zip nada nichts nothing zero.

Mike brought some facts and sense into it, you would do well to take it in if thats possible.

 

British Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton has been officially notified of the charge he is facing after he allegedly performed a burnout in a Melbourne street during the Australian Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver's car was impounded for 48 hours after police alleged he did a burnout in front of fans at St Kilda, just hours after he posted the fastest time in practice sessions for the March race.

A police spokesman says Hamilton's lawyers have been sent a summons advising them he will face a charge of intentional loss of control of a motor vehicle.

The lawyers will decide whether to contest the charge or deal with it outside the court system.

Tags: sport, motor-sports, formula-1, australia, vic, melbourne-3000

First posted May 23, 2010 08:28:00



http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/23/2906824.htm
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Very well said. Thats why he's still my favourite driver out there.

 

Hammy should drop his current gf she seems to be bad luck for him,
lol ..

 

+1

 

LOL! I am not surprised that they are doing this. Keeps Australia in the news for a little longer and the police that charged him his 5 minutes in the lime light. Like the ex world champs really bothered one little bit, why would he be botherd with a place he only visits once a year. IMO this adds to his remarkable story, and i hope there are many through out his career. We need more of track antics from F1 drivers i think.
I wonder how can they prove that the ex WC lost control? Or maybe he is already guilty before he has even been to court. This is a nothing story/event IMO.

 

All this harping about "tyre management". I am assuming most of the F-Chat guys who love conservative driving absolutely despised Gilles Villeneuve. If so, then clearly it's a style thing. Either you like the aggressive style that always "pushes the limits" or you like the save-your-way-to-prosperity approach. While I like both, I've always seen the aggressive guys as pure "racers" and the others as "race managers". Racers make many mistakes because they're always on the limit. Race Managers rarely make mistakes because they simply aim to keep everything under control and get max points. Racers will try to beat a faster car, while race managers will settle for taking points at their natural grid position.

 

Gilles would probably love the speed of the modern F1 car, but he'd hate all the technology and would absolutely despise the need for tyre management.

However, the world of F1 has evolved along way since his day and tyre management, like it or not, is a major skill required today if you want to be successful and win races. Some drivers can adapt to it better than others, just look at Button compared to Hamilton (and Alonso is surprisingly good considering how fast he drives!), it's just the way F1 is and always has been.

 

I would bet Hami was in control.
Peeling out just proves one thing: Hami is hard on tyres (I'm misspelling tires for Brit Hami fans!)

 

Doesn't seem misspelt to me!

 

Hamilton has always said that everything he does on the track is coming from passion, I don't think he's whining I just he want's to get everything out of the car possible. With passion like that maybe he's driving for the wrong team.... .

 

I rest my case!

 

I suspect Hamilton is a bit bothered really, as this is not good for his clean cut image.

As for proving that he'd lost control of the vehcle, the police will state that as his wheels were spinning and he had lost traction, he was no longer in full, 100% control of the vehicle.

"Ah!, but he's an ex F1 WC!" you'll be saying, "and therefore has greater car control than the average motorist!".

"Ah!", will say the police and the courts, "then he should set a better example and show that that sort of driving should be practiced on race tracks instead of on public roads, away from average motorists who may panic at seeing a car that looks to be out of control!".

Hamilton knows the deal and has already admitted that what he did was wrong. I suspect he won't bother refuting the chargeand he'll accept his punishment, apologise and make a pro road safety statement to help repair the situation.

Arguing against the charge and dragging the situation on even further will do his image no good whatsoever. He'll want to bury it ASAP.

 

It is misspelt, if you look at how it's spelt in the brackets, he's spelt it with an i instead of a y!.

 

I've noticed, all I'm saying is that England is the original country of English therefore "tyres" is not misspelt.

 

Firestone invented vulcanized rubber and he called it tires. Cannot understand why Brits insist on misspelling his invention.

 

ding ding !!

we have a winner .... beat the courts and law of the land ? .... good luck !

 

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/pneumatictire.htm

I see this syte was wrytten by a Yank

 

Thank you for proving my point.

 

Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was the founder of goodyear tires and the first to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. Although Goodyear is often credited with its invention, modern evidence has proven that the Mesoamericans used stabilized rubber for balls and other objects as early as 1600 BC.[1]

Goodyear discovered the vulcanization process accidentally after five years of searching for a more stable rubber.


Tyres /tires
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from "attire",[1] while other sources suggest a connection with the verb "to tie".[2] From the 15th to the 17th centuries the spellings tire and tyre were used without distinction;[1] but by 1700 tyre had become obsolete and tire remained as the settled spelling.[1] In the UK, the spelling tyre was revived in the 19th century for pneumatic tires, though many continued to use tire for the iron variety. The Times newspaper in Britain was still using tire as late as 1905.[3] The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica states that "[t]he spelling 'tyre' is not now accepted by the best English authorities, and is unrecognized in the US",[2], while Fowler's Modern English Usage of 1926 says that "there is nothing to be said for 'tyre', which is etymologically wrong, as well as needlessly divergent from our own [sc. British] older & the present American usage".[1]

 

Ok so now we got three manufacturers claiming they invented the "tire". And that "tyre" was made obsolete after 1700...... Can we not just agree to disagree?

 

Thank you for correcting me. I could not remember whether it was Googyear or Fyrestone. To err is human, to forgyve devyne.
PhylNotHyll

 

Thank you Phyl