Funny Quotes From BBCSport
"I’ve been laughing – I said ‘Dad, how do you crash a car at 30mph?’"
Lewis Hamilton after Dad Anthony stuck a borrowed Porsche in a hedge.
"It was unfortunate."
Hamilton not laughing four days later after crashing his car into the back of the unfortunate Kimi Raikkonen at the Canadian Grand Prix.
"I saw the red light and chose to stop. Unfortunately someone saw the red light and chose not to stop."
Raikkonen will be sending his rival a copy of the Highway Code.
From HomeOfSport
Lewis Hamilton has blasted his ten-position grid penalty for the forthcoming French grand prix as "harsh". In quotes published in the British press on Monday, the former championship leader also dismisses the current rule whereby traffic lights indicate whether the pitlane is open or closed as "silly".
"We are in a race. How can you see a red light at the end of the pit lane?
"But that’s the rule and I accept it," said the 23-year-old McLaren driver, who was penalised by stewards after smashing into the stationary Kimi Räikkönen after a pitstop in Montreal on Sunday.
The Guardian newspaper claims that Hamilton was told over the radio to "watch out" for the red light by his team prior to the smash. Even so, the Briton told The Mirror that he thinks the resultant Magny Cours penalty is "a bit harsh really".
"I didn’t aim to ruin anyone’s race."
But Hamilton’s reluctance to simply admit his mistake, apologise and move on is showing no signs of winning him new supporters.
A writer for The Daily Mail wrote: "Shame on you, Lewis, not for an exhibition of driving which would have cost you your no-claims bonus on the streets outside your Geneva home, but for a lack of contrition."
Even Sir Jackie Stewart, one of Hamilton’s staunchest supporters, is questioning his level of maturity in the wake of the Montreal howler.
"When he looks back in four or five years he will question himself about what sort of person and driver he was in 2007 and 2008," the Scot said.
Kimi’s column hasn’t been released yet, so here was something else to read and laugh about! But it’s actually not funny how Lewis has been almost refusing to take blame for the accident apart from just apologising that it had to happen. Nonetheless, the irony of the video below will be remembered for a while as well as the video of Kimi’s reaction!
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Download this Hamilton video Download this Kimi video
Canada GP 2008 Stats & Analysis
So,
looking back at the race, it looked positive from Kimi’s perspective
before the accident – he was fastest before the safety car period and
looked strong for a victory after struggling to match or beat teammate
Massa’s pace after the Spain GP. Here’s just a little of information
from the 2008 Canadian GP, courtesy of Autosport.com and Michele
Merlino (additional information in brackets added by myself).
Kimi,
despite his retirement,
claimed the fourth straight fastest lap – the third longest sequence of
fastest laps in history (note – Kimi has managed this feat before,
having taken four consecutive fastest laps in the 2005 season with the
MP4/20 McLaren, at the French, British, German, and Hungarian Grands
Prix.)
It’s the first time since the 2006 US Grand
Prix that a McLaren car was not classified in the points. At the time,
Juan Pablo Montoya rammed then-teammate Kimi Raikkonen at the first
turn and both McLarens were out on the first lap.
Let’s
hope Kimi can carry on his strong of fastest laps to Magny Cours and
Silverstone, where he won last year and took the fastest lap at the
British circuit. Moreover, he will be focused to win and give nothing
less as the championship has taken a wild turn.
FUCK ISRAEL 