|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
5 Dec 2007, 16:32 (Ref:2082212) | #26 | ||
The Honourable Mallett
20KPINAL
Join Date: Feb 1999
Posts: 37,300
|
Overshare?
|
||
__________________
I've decided to stop reaching out to people. I'm just going to contact them instead. |
10 Dec 2007, 12:52 (Ref:2085495) | #27 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 978
|
I'm pleased they were televised, Lewis was always going to win a handful so that garunteed the awards on ITV.
The only problem was that the awards ceremony itself wasn't geared for TV. Things like the Oscars, Baftas etc... are designed around TV, this was done the other way round having the awards first then editing it for TV afterwards. It all seemed a bit dis-jointed. Overall it was good and I was pleased to see Lewis and Patrick win. |
||
|
10 Dec 2007, 13:50 (Ref:2085538) | #28 | |
20KPINAL
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 29,853
|
It was repeated on ITV4 yesterday for those who missed it first time around.
Am I late with this news? |
|
|
11 Dec 2007, 01:06 (Ref:2086133) | #29 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,208
|
Quote:
Unless it is accepted fact that racing an F1 car is more difficult than a world touring car, or a world rally car, or... |
|||
__________________
Phil Mills: 30, 6-Left-Plus Over-Crest-Long, Opens-Over-Crest 100, COW-COW, 100, 6-Left-Minus Extra-Long Fabrizio Giovanardi: I have like a banana - is the yellow car in front - that make me, you know, running like the monkey, running for the banana. When I see yellow in front, I just pushing harder and harder. I want that banana. |
11 Dec 2007, 10:03 (Ref:2086342) | #30 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,493
|
Quote:
|
||
|
11 Dec 2007, 10:17 (Ref:2086353) | #31 | ||
14th
1% Club
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 42,589
|
Maybe, maybe not (I'm pondering it now and am unsure). However certainly not "hands down".
|
||
__________________
Seriously not taking motorsport too seriously. |
11 Dec 2007, 23:20 (Ref:2086875) | #32 | |
Veteran
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 5,702
|
If the MP4-22 was the best car of the year and Lewis did not win the championship, how could be possibly announced international driver of the year?
Seems to me that the guy who won more races and won the title in an "inferior" car would have had a better claim in that category... |
|
|
12 Dec 2007, 00:50 (Ref:2086938) | #33 | ||
Retired
20KPINAL
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,897
|
Quote:
|
||
|
12 Dec 2007, 09:13 (Ref:2087076) | #34 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,132
|
What a boring program. Half the choices for the recipients of the awards made no sense to me at all and again it should have been named the Lewis Hamilton Show. Same with the BBC awards, sorry the BBC Hamilton Appreciation Program. At least Hamilton didn't win that and an actual champion won it. As for Hamiltons second place when we have a double World Superbike Champion or a four time World Touring Car Champion in our country and thats forgetting the athletes. Well just about sums up the British public and how they follow the media hype like sheep. I for one hope he has a bad year next year which would have two effects. Firstly it would bring him back to planet earth and secondly, it would get the media hype off his back.
|
||
__________________
"Racing is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting" |
12 Dec 2007, 10:05 (Ref:2087102) | #35 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 5,361
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence which can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense." -- Elizabeth Bennet, 'Pride & Prejudice' |
12 Dec 2007, 10:26 (Ref:2087108) | #36 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,493
|
Quote:
|
||
|
12 Dec 2007, 10:29 (Ref:2087110) | #37 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,132
|
He is still not a F1 champion and my point is that we have other multiple world champions who deserved his award more than he did.
|
||
__________________
"Racing is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting" |
12 Dec 2007, 10:37 (Ref:2087115) | #38 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,493
|
Quote:
|
||
|
12 Dec 2007, 10:51 (Ref:2087119) | #39 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,132
|
Well to be consistent, i must say that there were probably more deserving recipients in those years as well.
|
||
__________________
"Racing is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting" |
12 Dec 2007, 11:20 (Ref:2087142) | #40 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 5,917
|
Such awards are always going to be 'debatable', and that's why the results of a championship isn't dependent on them
I think lewis has done well, and i'd think he deserves his rookie title. I think this award will have accounted for the argument 'considering he is a rookie, he did well'. As for international driver, some may however feel that it should be awarded to the best performing drivers and there are a couple of them who may deserve it more? But it's really all secondary. Doubt Kimi or anyone is too bothered with a F1 racing award or an autosports award after taking the crown (and the prize money) |
||
__________________
Alonso: "McLaren and Williams are also great racing teams, but Ferrari is the biggest one that you can go to." |
12 Dec 2007, 11:41 (Ref:2087153) | #41 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,493
|
Quote:
It's much more civilised to decide it in a courtroom |
||
|
12 Dec 2007, 13:54 (Ref:2087225) | #42 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,132
|
In the paper today, a correspondent points out that he thought that it was strange that considering the hype around Lewis this season, that he didn't win the top BBC award. He speculates that a proportion of the voting public may have turned against him due to his decision to leave the country to go to Switzerland for tax reasons.
|
||
__________________
"Racing is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting" |
7 Dec 2014, 23:02 (Ref:3482962) | #43 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,549
|
I see where Lewis Hamilton is adding to his silverware at the Autosport Awards tonight.
However I was delighted to see Gordon Murray get the John Bolster award. He has been responsable for so many innovative cars through the years. The list is too long to even start mentioning them all. However the list includes Brabhams, McLarens road and race cars not to mention his current low cost road car projects. |
|
|
8 Dec 2014, 11:21 (Ref:3483084) | #44 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,320
|
I spent a minute there before the penny dropped shaking my head thinkin' Mclaren's old dog one "car of the year" this year.
I said 'what on earth are those Autosport people on'! |
||
__________________
If I had asked my customer what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse. -Henry Ford |
8 Dec 2014, 18:53 (Ref:3483180) | #45 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 9,744
|
i much prefer the Autosport awards to the official FIA awards ceremony.
|
||
__________________
Home, is where I want to be but I guess I'm already there I come home, she lifted up her wings guess that this must be the place |
8 Dec 2014, 20:06 (Ref:3483193) | #46 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,320
|
The FIA award winners are all known. Autosport awards has a certain amount of suspense and can even be pivotal for some young drivers.
|
||
__________________
If I had asked my customer what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse. -Henry Ford |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Daily Sportscar Awards 2006 - The Winners | Bentley03 | Sportscar & GT Racing | 18 | 5 Mar 2007 21:26 |
Autosport Awards | Lisa Davidson | National & Club Racing | 16 | 2 Nov 2001 19:16 |