Formula One: Lewis Hamilton slammed for spraying champagne into podium girl's face -

The PC police are on the loose. What BS.

 

Exactly. Lazy journalism on a slow news day…T

 

Aside from the article, if you watched the "ceremony", after he sprayed her and everyone else, he then dumped the remainder over her head as he walked away. I thought that would have been the flak, not the spraying.

 

Damn....how did that escape me...Hamilton is a real tool, the man can't even spray champagne in the right direction!!!
Ps...i guess the problem with the people who wrote or agreed with the article is precisely "lack of spray in theyr faces"

 

Somebody has to be offended about something every day, it seems. The worst are those who are offended on someone else's behalf.....

 

Well if he thought she was getting pissy about getting sprayed, it might be the first thing he has done that I liked.



You want to stay dry....fine

You want to maintain decorum......fine

Get off the Fing podium. People are celebrating there already.

 

The trouble with the world today is: They are eating too well. When the world was hungry little things wouldn't bother anybody.

 

That appears to be "the end" of the bottle, from the velocity.

Otherwise, I would say it's a little "close quarters" for his aim.

IMO, only, the targets in descending order would be:
The Other podium drivers
The crowd
Your Team crew if below you

..and, that's pretty much it.
They don't spray the Prince or family of Monaco, nor members of the FIA presenters.

Recall a lot of drivers, showing some class, attempt to drop the remaining chanpagne down to the crew.

Sometimes they catch it, sometimes it smashes on the ground....

There is a lot of cultural undercurrent to the image and the criticism here.
He should have been a little more mindful of that, I would think.

 

The fact is that spraying Champagne in celebration isn't part of Grand Prix tradition at all.
According to some, this was introduced by Dan Gurney in the 60s after a victory in a non-championship race.

Then is was coppied by other drivers, and Moet & Chandon saw an opportunity to advertise by spnsoring the event after each GP. They have stopped their support only a couple of years ago.

The tradition in GPs, going back to the original French GP in the early 1900s, was to offer a drink to the winner, to quench his thirst after the race. It was often a bottle of wine, that was poured in the cup by the winner, and shared with his crew and then passed round.

Gurney, if it was him, started a trend that has become a juvenile display at the end of GPs.
We could easily dispense with that childishness.

 

I think they should scrap the whole champagne thing anyway. It's very silly.

 

I think so as well.

F1 need some decorum, and no encourage bad behaviour.

Those who wish to promote anti-social attitude have football for that sort of thing.

 

If people are offended they shouldn't participate or watch. Most people avoid things that offend them rather than try to change other peoples' behavior. So....just avert your eyes from the grid girls, the Champagne celebration, etc.

 

No, it's far better confronting an issue than avoiding it; that's what like taught me.

Also, if some people didn't raise objections, other people would always believe they are right.

Looking the other way is not an option...

 

Folk hate winners.

 

Why are people so sensitive. The tweets at the bottom are reductions. People need to loosen up and have some fun! He's spraying himself in the face for Christ sake.

 

Lewis sprayed EVERYBODY on the stage. She stood there when the other girls walked behind the stage. Those ladies did not get sprayed. She stayed for the celebration so she got sprayed as did all of the men on the stage. This is not a case of arrogance or sexism. It is tradition of racing. He was respectful of the people who walked away

 

Yes and Podium Girls are standing around there to advance the feminist agenda. Get a grip.

 

Sounds like people are just looking for a reason to knock LH. I met him in Austin last year and he was very nice chap. Low key, soft spoken, not full of himself. I like the guy.

 

It looks more like someone (read: media) with an agenda found something to pounce on. I don't think most reasonable people are jumping onto the "story".

Even those who admit to not liking Hamilton find this a ridiculous story. The dissenters are primarily suggesting to get rid of the champaign celebration on its own merits, not going after Lewis.

The downside of fame is enormous....for everyone who sees a "hero", there are 2-3 others who's see "villain"

 

It's the most stupid thing I've read so far this week. Now they are going to come up with rules on where specifically to spray the champagne.

 

+1 and those saying there are no rules, there have been for sometime along with language as well. Well said Tex.

 

No more champagne on the podiums? That must be a clever tactic from Vettel...
Just as it seems that Kimi has found some motivation again these days, without the perpective of champagne on the podium, I guess that will disappear very soon...at least Kimi does not spray it, he drinks it.

Rgds

 

Cumshot in the ear is weird!

 

Right, spraying Champagne it is outmoded as a form of celebration.

There is no Champagne spraying in other sports, at the Olympics, or when you receive a prize.

F1 should get rid of it.

 

Webber got three in one go https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Otph8esKhiM