Surely it can't be as bad as Ardrossan?

 

You could be right there, but certainly before the season kicked off that was ALL they had to say about him. Turned me right off, and now the George Best and Beckham rolled into one type stuff is making me sick.

 

Murray Walker was interviewed last week

I think Hamilton and colour was about the third question

Can't for the life of me see why anyone thinks he will outperform Alonso over a season though

Unless Alonso suffers reliability problems

 

That has been the story around him for the last 6 years or so.


Fortunately it doesnt seem to worry or concern him , an honourary white guy .

 

I hope that's tongue in cheek.

I just couldn't care less what colour or age he is. If he's a good racer, that's all that counts. It'll take a lot of racing for me to forget all the media pish to date though.

 

It's the same British media fantasy that Henman will win wimbledon, England will win the world cup, and any number of British drivers will clinch the F1 title at Silverstone.

Maybe if they got off the guys backs long enough to let them do what they're supposed to, they might have a better chance at performing at the highest level of their chosen sport.

 

People can believe wtf they want, but I've won over

 

Yes but the hype to success ratio for Hamilton is a lot better already than it's been for Button over the years. I remember Button starting out for Williams and Murray constantly talking about how great he was, whereas in reality he was putting in reasonable at best performances in a good car.

So let's not dismiss Hamilton as all hype. In his two races he's done pretty good, and the start of the last race showed he's a real racer, and we need more of them.

 

I don't think anyone here is saying he's all hype. But I agree there was a nauseating media frenzy.

He's a good driver (at least) in a very good car.

If you put Button in that car, I think he would be performing at least as well.

However, I do think we should reserve judgement on Hamilton's ability, until we have seen a bit more of what he can do when fewer factors are in his favour.

Anyway, he doesn't look black to me - he looks half black. I've seen (endless) pics of his Dad, which makes a change from pics of Button's Dad but I haven't seen his Mum. Is she white?

 

Alonso may have to try a Hamilton on the first corner Hondas are rather tightly squeezed together.

Starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix

1. MASSA Ferrari
2. HAMILTON McLaren
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
4. ALONSO McLaren
5. HEIDFELD BMW
6. KUBICA BMW
7. FISICHELLA Renault
8. WEBBER Red Bull
9. TRULLI Toyota
10. ROSBERG Williams
11. WURZ Williams
12. KOVALAINEN Renault
13. DAVIDSON Super Aguri
14. SCHUMACHER Toyota
15. BARRICHELLO Honda
16. BUTTON Honda
17. SATO Super Aguri
18. LIUZZI Toro Rosso
19. SPEED Toro Rosso
20. SUTIL Spyker
21. COULTHARD Red Bull
22. ALBERS Spyker