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Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 14 Oct 21 7.28pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Originally posted by braunstoneagle

yep…most successful racing driver ever to live…will probably have every record going before he retires.

The thing is braunston, he's breaking records because the number of GPs in a season is much more than it was in, say the 60s, and today's cars are so much safer. Drivers today don't face the risks of yesteryear and they don't drive the variety of races.

I remember seeing Jim Clark racing a Lotus Cortina at the Crystal Palace circuit the same year as he won the F1 World Championship. Hamilton drives the best car in F1 and nothing else.

 


Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 14 Oct 21 8.04pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Then why can't anyone else?

Because you have to make a massive commitment via karting and somewhere at the start you need some money to go karting.

 


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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 14 Oct 21 8.14pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

It is unlikely that Lewis Hamilton's achievements will ever be repeated, all the years of practically faultless performances driving at 200+ mph.

We should celebrate, not denigrate, when he is gone we will not be able to see another grand prix victory as routine.

I have never seen him let anyone down, not in the slightest, always giving his utmost, complaints forgotten and we go again.

A fantastic racing driver and British too.


 

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Teddy Eagle Flag 14 Oct 21 8.27pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

It is unlikely that Lewis Hamilton's achievements will ever be repeated, all the years of practically faultless performances driving at 200+ mph.

We should celebrate, not denigrate, when he is gone we will not be able to see another grand prix victory as routine.

I have never seen him let anyone down, not in the slightest, always giving his utmost, complaints forgotten and we go again.

A fantastic racing driver and British too.


He’s been under-appreciated to the tune of an M. B. E., a knighthood and around £250,000,000. He must be gutted.

 

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Goal Machine Flag The Cronx 14 Oct 21 8.35pm Send a Private Message to Goal Machine Add Goal Machine as a friend

He is a classless, arrogant, hypocrite. Should take a leaf out of Roger Federer or Anthony Joshuas book.

Luckily, I dislike the F1 car procession, so I don’t have to see his smug face too often. Can’t stand the bloke.

Good driver but that doesn’t sway me from my overall opinion that he is a total helmet, who wears a helmet.

Edited by Goal Machine (14 Oct 2021 8.35pm)

 

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Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Oct 21 8.35pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Because you have to make a massive commitment via karting and somewhere at the start you need some money to go karting.

Exactly. Dad spots his kid is good at football takes him to a local club who agree pretty soon playing at a decent level and spotted by scouts etc.

Dad takes his kid karting one day kid looks good but Dad doesn't push it as he can't afford to buy a kart and maintain a kart.

It is the cost of the sport that is the barrier not the colour of the skin.

 


One more point

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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 14 Oct 21 8.37pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

He’s been under-appreciated to the tune of an M. B. E., a knighthood and around £250,000,000. He must be gutted.

Gifted, not gutted.

 

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cryrst Flag The garden of England 14 Oct 21 8.45pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

They can but he is simply the best in the world, it will have to be when he is gone, imo, F1 drivers can come from any background.

Lewis was discovered in Karting, as was Vettel.

And Schumacher

 

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Swindy Flag Bromley 14 Oct 21 9.07pm Send a Private Message to Swindy Add Swindy as a friend

A very talented driver, which he should probably stick to.
However, whilst being a prominent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, makes himself look a tad hypocritical - he doesn't refuse to race in countries with decidedly iffy human rights histories or turn down the truckloads of cash from 2 of his sponsors who made cars and uniforms for the Nazis.

 

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PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 14 Oct 21 11.01pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend


Like Bono : rich , famous, successful..............

........................but cursed with a gobby mouth that keeps p1ssing people off. And refusing to learn from the error of his ways.

 


Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 14 Oct 21 11.37pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

And Schumacher

And Senna. Add all of them. It’s where they learn to really race, on the same karts, apart from maybe some that have newer tyres if they can afford them.

 


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PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 14 Oct 21 11.46pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

And Senna. Add all of them. It’s where they learn to really race, on the same karts, apart from maybe some that have newer tyres if they can afford them.

and gone are the days of all the boys racing the shopping trolleys on the top floor of the parking lot of the Whitgift.

2 stroke engines ? luxury.

 


Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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