2016 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX: RACE ***SPOILERS***

Yes and yes.

 

Straight outta Compton cliche look......I guess. Very unimpressive LOL.

 

Don't you mean Straight outta Stevenage?

 

Isn't it amazing that MB did all those testing miles yet starting a gp is a mystery for their team?

 

I guess he wishes it was Compton LOL! He grew up solidly middle class and without fear of a drive-by lol!

 

In an era where drivers have to pay to be on teams, come with massive corporate backing, etc how did Hamilton get a drive? I figured he was another massively well off chap.

 

Not at all. In his early karting days his dad worked two jobs, blah, blah to keep him going. Not 'poor', but not at all well off either. Then Uncle Ron took him under his wing - the best kit & Vodafone sponsorship on his kart.

The rest is, as they say, 'history'.

He wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth though.

Cheers,
Ian

 

According to the Brit press - Father was at one point working 3 jobs and also 'owned' some type of 'computer' company. He kept LH busy and out of trouble. LH did not suffer abject poverty at all and had his first kart by age 6. His father worked hard to support LH but LH was not poor by any means nor did he suffer from any involvement with gangs etc. He was kept on a narrow, racing path. Good for him but he appears to want to have 'street' cred no matter. I find that laughable as his upbringing did not involve gangs or any such nonsense. Whatever sells to his 'audience' I guess. He attended Catholic school lol!

 

this

 

From ESPN F1:

so...Ferrari has only succeeded in forcing merc to turn up their engines...

 

Sure that's not a flavoured 'covering' and he just came out the closet? Hahaha

 

It is shame what Lewis has become. I supposed he's the poster child for 'you are as good as your company.' I attribute his lifestyle changes back to the time he started dating Scherzinger and mixing in her circles in the US. He was a very different guy off the track when he first came in. At least his racing hasn't really suffered; there aren't many drivers that could pull out two consecutive titles with the amount of distractions he seems to always have. It's pure talent, I really believe the innate ability is at the same level as Senna, Schumacher, etc, but we all know how they worked away from a race weekend.

 

Wow, I had no idea. Thanks Gents!

 

You forget he only had 1 competitor winning those two consecutive titles....

 

As is often the case in F1.

 

Hamilton probably comes close to being from the least well off backgrounds on the F1 grid. I remember meeting him when he was in GP2 - working as a driver at Palmersport in Bedford (owned by Jolyon Palmers dad). He was just an ordinary young guy and certainly didn't have a gilded lifestyle given to him by his parents. He was actually a really humble guy and was happily chatting away with the punters - he had real enthusiasm in those days. Now, F1 seems to be side show to him.

Unfortunately, whilst he has clear talent, and is obviously very quick in a sprint situation, this year's f1 rules have changed the game in Rosbergs favour by putting more technical and strategy decisions in the hands of the drivers. Rosberg has the intellect to handle this. Ham therefore needs to be putting in more effort to stay ahead - the precise opposite to what he seems to be dong. Sad.

 

Ferrari are not in position yet to win on pace. We will need help / breaks to take wins. Hopefully some good development will take place to allow Ferrari to fully challenge evenly.

Even with damage LH was able to move up to 3rd and was able to extract good pace out of a 'damaged' car.

 

I think his main two problems are 1) his start, and 2) he seems to have problems in traffic.

We saw that last season already on some occasions. Leading the pack for two years in a row probably means he's not as used to having cars around him anymore. He had two crashes in both races, and twice his fault.

 

You might want to be reminded of his pre-Mercedes years. When not in lead he usually tended to gravitate towards other cars.

 

+1. There is something off about him when he has other cars in front of him or next to him. Especially at the start.

 

+2

I don't know what it is, but 'something off' pretty much sums it up IMO too.

'Spatial awareness' maybe? Or the blinders they're all guilty of wearing on occasion?

Cheers,
Ian

 

Tunnel Vision. He gets focused on Nico and loses sight of everyone else. It happens

 

He's never been one to avoid collisions, at McLaren he was his own worst enemy, and it continues whenever he is behind at Mercedes. He is blessed to be in a car that allows him to bash it about and it generally holds together, pretty lucky as otherwise his points haul for the last few years would be quite a bit lower than it actually was

 

I don't think the damage cost him as much time as MB allege, but in any event the damage was partially his own fault-he's been horrendous at starts lately. The prospect of Vettel jumping Hammy at the start terrifies Hammy, and after that threat was removed he still started poorly. BTW I think that if the roles had been reversed Hammy wouldn't have gotten a drive thru like Bottas did.

 

Does he race with these off or on?
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