Things are more hot and sweaty in this year’s Grand Prix competition than they have been in a while – not least due to the controversy that Hamilton is causing. Let’s put it in a little perspective though, he’s the new guy on the block and suddenly very few of the other riders are getting much attention.
In fact, there’s been talk that a lot of people are rather annoyed at the young driver. They say he’s getting caught up in a ton more incidents than anyone else. However, is anyone really counting how many incidents those at the bottom of the runnings are getting caught up in? Does anyone actually care? No. The only reason that it’s of interest is due to Lewis Hamilton being top of the grid.
Alonso has been noted as showing a complete lack of class, after saying he would do whatever he could to help Massa to beat Lewis Hamilton. He has since said:
“And first of all we need to have a competitive car here in Shanghai and in Brazil to be fighting with McLaren and Ferrari, and if we do that and Felipe Massa wins the race and I am second or third, I will be happy for Felipe to take as many points as possible and this is the only approach.”
Does this make up for it? No, not really. Massa was and is of a different standing, stating that “There is pressure all the time” – which is unsurprising given the fact that we’re talking about one of the most high profile, high speed careers that you can have, in the whole world. You’ve got to admire the fact that Massa is just getting on with it, regardless of his last performance (and incident with Hamilton).
Perhaps what’s really interesting about the Grand Prix season this year is the fact that drivers are showing that they have a little personality. It is starting to come out – when drivers are normally notoriously robot-like. Nonetheless, the treatment of Lewis Hamilton in the papers really, really annoys me. The fact remains that he’s number one (currently at least) in the world – and he’s got a good chance of taking the season. So, I’d prefer not to see “Hamilton needs to grow up” and all the rest of the crap that they write about Britain’s best racer…
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