And many developed a dislike for Schumacher as well although he managed to remain a bit more grounded and normal, doing things like playing charity football matches and the like while Hamilton hangs out at Tommy Hilfiger runway shows with Drake.
You may not agree, clearly, but the amount of noise around Hamilton tells it’s own story. He may be the nicest guy ever but that’s not what people think hence why he need an image PR push.
I don’t think it’s PR I think it’s the press and the whole industry. It’s the middle aged white establishment, it’s us lot and I genuinely believe whether it’s conscious or not the **** he gets is racist and it’s not warranted.
The thing is that the press makes out he’s unpopular, people here say he’s unpopular and don’t like him but go find an 18 year old and they all think he’s amazing, he’s not unpopular but the press pick on him, we pick on him, the sport picks on him. Search for articles about him being 7 time world champion and almost all of them are about why he’s not that good.
He is one of only 3 world champions who have genuinely bypassed the usual level of partisanship that exists among fans but again the press doesn’t reflect that.
I think he dresses like a tit but then I think most people under 40 dress like tits. But Schumacher wore some terrible clothes and the media didn’t comment on it.
I didn’t believe this until this year but since he started talking about racism it’s actually become obvious he’s right. The TV and press was full of F1 establishment saying he shouldn’t be saying it. Either he was wrong and there was no racism (they’re all white) or that F1 wasn’t the place for it (many of them campaigned for issues during their time as drivers).
The big thing I think we all should take from the Black Lives Matter movement is that instead of immediately denying that something has a racist element we should actually think about it first.
Watch the Willy T Ribbs documentary. It was 1991 when he became the first black guy to compete in the Indy 500. We’re not talking about 1950s or 1960s America. As Fifty said it’s an amazing story that brings all manner of emotions and makes you think.