I am not sure if it was the end of race frustration on Monaco stewards or he figured it was ok to joke about it because he is of african origin, but Lewis Hamilton thinks its funny to joke :
Maybe it’s because I’m black
Any respectful person will find these comments extremely tasteless and boorish and unexpected from a formula one race champion. We hope that he apologizes for the fans of the sport. The comments , even if said in jest are not appropriate.
It was a double whammy for Lewis Hamilton during today’s Monaco Grand Prix, who got a drive through penalty for an incident with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and later was slapped with another 20 seconds of penalty for an incident with Pastor Maldonado.
“Out of six races I’ve been to the stewards five times. It’s a joke. It’s an absolute … joke,” Lewis Hamilton said.
“You know, you can’t overtake here and very, very rarely do you ever get an opportunity. I was quite a lot quicker than Massa. I went up the inside and the guy turned so early and just, turned into me. And I tried to go over the kerb to avoid him and we’re stuck together, and so, I mean, it was just…
And of course I get the penalty, which is usual. He held me up in qualifying and I got the penalty. He turned into me and I got the penalty. And then I went up the inside of Maldonado, and you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him and crashed into me. I mean, it’s just ridiculous. These drivers are absolutely frickin’ ridiculous. It’s stupid.”
When prodded about why he received so many penalties, he jokingly replied :”
“Maybe it’s because I’m black. That’s what Ali G says”
He is said to have apologized to the stewards later, a good thing IMO. Just needs to apologize to the millions of fans he has hurt.
Bad move by Lewis, the guy is just so arrogant, he was a liability out there yesterday.
However.
I came across this site during doing some research for a book I’m writing, I think it’s safe to say that you are positively obsessed with Lewis Hamilton. Every second post is about him, and if it doesnt involve Hamilton, it usually involves McLaren.
Your opinions of course are your own and your entitled to them, but when I come across a website called F1Chronicles, I expect the latest news on Formula 1, along with your opinion if you insist.
Maybe a better url would be ihatelewis.com as the current url is very misleading
Chris Hemp
30 May 11 at 2:51 pm
Yes sir, we take criticism well, if you would check out our archives, we have been equally critical of Fernando Alonso in the past, at that time it seemed like Lewis Hamilton was a particularly nice guy. At that time you would have asked us to purchase, Ihatealonso.com
When his real colours were revealed in his various interactions, we started reporting on them. Its very simple, we wont flatter Lewis for everything wrong he does, but yes, since he is so arrogant, we do like to point out all his flaws.
Part of the reason for all this is also some very very famous F1 blogs which worship McLaren and Lewis Hamilton no matter what, we like to cater to the other side also
The only person we dont criticize is Michael Schumacher (mostly), well because most of us here adore him.
Formula One Addict
30 May 11 at 6:08 pm
ironic since he is only in F1 because of race.
irony
9 Jun 11 at 7:04 pm
Definitely a bad joke. But it seems he’s just being ironic, something that’s often in the world of racing. All ironies are signs to make changes, so that’s also maybe something F1 people should consider, too.
–Ri of Change Rules F1 website
Ri
2 Jul 11 at 5:34 am