Re: Taking the Knee on F1
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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I'm just wondering if Hamilton may have shot himself in the foot......
I always record the F1 highlights in case I miss it, and also so I can wind through the endless adverts that always seem to accompany the race....And I've just watched a rerun of the race. Hamilton was given a penalty for an incident during qualifying which placed him in fifth place on the grid....He was later given a five second penalty for another incident on the last few laps of the race, that seemed to surprise the pundits who like me thought it was just a racing incident. That sent him back to fourth at the end of the race as Lando Norris [who was in fourth] had now been elevated to third and a place on the podium for Maclaren.
It was suggested by the race pundits that Mercedes could have let him pass Bottas to allow him scoot away and regain the five seconds and thereby producing a one two for Mercedes.....But they didn't....Is it possible that Hamiltons season is going to full of such mishaps? Has he embarrassed some powerful people who control F1? Just a thought.....
I think you maybe right. When Hamilton first went public with his support of BLM and spoke to the press about there being problems within the sport of F1, he embarrassed the sport, those who own it, those that run it and all the teams that participate in it.
Then in his second public speech to the press where he complained of the sports silence on BLM and also the drivers silence as well and that being silent is proof of the problem. This would have angered everyone in the sport because he is basically saying 'do as i do, if you don't then you are part of the problem'.
I do not think he will be champion this year BUT his team have to be careful because if he has a bad time then he will just say that his support of BLM is the reason why he is not champion but then Hamilton has to be careful because if he accuses his team of causing mishaps to make him finish lower in the field then he could be sued for defamation of character.