Ray S

I could certainly be wrong, but I doubt Rosberg will be able to outdrive Hamilton.

multi21

Good analogy. The other option other than fly or crash and burn is "cast adrift in mediocrity" between 4th and 12th place race after race with a car that is not a front runner.

multi21

I wonder if Senna, who Hamilton always compares himself to, ever gave a $hit what Prost thought of him. This is all you need to know about Hamilton and his level of maturity.

Hamilton hits out at Button on Twitter

8 October 2012

Lewis Hamilton has been forced to apologise to outgoing McLaren team-mate Jenson Button after accusing him of being disrespectful. The outburst came on Twitter following Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Hamilton and Twitter have accompanied each other in several news stories already this year, not least after the 2008 World Champion was posting profanities and then tweeted telemetry information after qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

'I thought we respected one another but clearly he doesn’t' - Lewis Hamilton

On Sunday, he believed Button had stopped following him on the social networking site.

‘Just noticed @jensonbutton unfollowed, that’s a shame,’ Hamilton typed. ‘After three years as team-mates, I thought we respected one another but clearly he doesn’t. Funny thing is, we are STILL team-mates! All good tho, I plan on giving this team & fans all I got til I cross the finish line in Brazil!!!’

Approximately one hour later, Hamilton posted the following when it came to his attention that Button had in fact never followed him:

‘My bad, just found out Jenson never followed me. Don’t blame him! Need to be on Twitter more!’

Button was yet to post anything on Twitter until Monday morning, choosing to ignore the Hamilton comments and instead congratulate Kamui Kobayashi on what was the Sauber driver’s maiden Formula 1 podium finish in his home race.

‘Congratulations @Kamui_Kobayashi on your first F1 podium..extra special in front of your home crowd. #almostgotya!’ said Button.

9.5 Degrees

hahahahahahaha @norberthaug and @mercedesamg this guy is your headache now. good luck.. @unclerondennis...

My993C2

There used to be a time (and it wasn't all that long ago) when if people had a disagreement with each other that they would talk to each other face to face. But now people feel the need to slam each other on Twitter. If Twitter was supposed to make the world a better place, it is having the exact opposite effect.

Flying Finn

+1

This tweet generation is just bunch of friggin' pussies as Lewis so nicely points out. Crying about someone not being your "tweet friend", for heavens sake!!

Kudos to Button for ignoring it.

multi21

Of course he ignored it, Button never knew he wrote it because he doesnt follow him on twitter

I must be getting old. I thought teammates were supposed to work together, share data, work on set ups. Etc. if you have an issue with someone, especially your teammate do you air dirty laundry for a global audience? Hamilton has gone Hollywood IMHO. All publicity is good publicity in Hollywood

Ritter v4.0

Button = the high road
Lewis = Sesame Street

Astroman

I've tried hard to hang in there with LH because I respect his driving. But this is just sooo childish. He clearly needs to shut down his Twitter account (and grow up).

George from MD

BINGO. I think he felt owned. And he was. He has millions and he can do whatever he wants- they probably lowballed and he said FU. That took courage IMO.

And anybody who compares his whining to Villenueve doesn't remember much about Villeneuve. Read what NASCAR fans are saying about him now. That guy can't even pass Danica Patrick. And then he whines about that. No one in F1, let alone Hamilton, has ascended to that level of whining.

BC

I tweeted back at Hamilton that he should get his head IN the car and out of useless crap like twitter. The irony is not lost on me.

Phokaioglaukos

Whatever you think of Lewis Hamilton, his move from McLaren to Mercedes worked out very well for him.

My993C2

That it did. Obviously when Mercedes GP went knocking on Lewis's door looking to recruit him, they knew something that few others knew. I am sure they told him, forget about the 2013 season, we have special in the works starting from 2014 and beyond. If not for some rare reliability issues the Mercs had in Canada and Austria along with the collision Rosberg and Hamilton had with each other at Spa, the Mercs could have, should have won every race in 2014. It was not even close. Unless the other teams can seriously close the gap next year, look for Hamilton to repeat again as WDC in 2015. Rosberg proved to be every good as Hamilton in single lap qualifying pace, but Hamilton is clearly the better racer on Sunday when it counts.

redleg321

Wow. Great thread to revive given this season's results!

Stellar performance from the merc boys this year. Well done indeed.

Larry Herman

For some reason, I think that this thread "Vettel joins Ferrari" will not have the same happy ending. We'll see in a few years.