F1 2012 thread

UWS said:
All the team fk ups, steward enquries, introduction of Pirellis tires, and the general negative attitude towards Lewis from fans and all those actively envolved in F1 wreak of racism. The racism in this sport is so blatant. I'm not alone in thinking this.



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Lewis Hamilton must speak out against this racism and stop being quiet and taking it. Once he puts the spot light on this racist conspiracy, the racists won't have a mask to hide behind and the racism will end. He must stop being afraid of a "backlash" from whitey just talking about racism and it's not just him that have this "I'm scared they'll backlash against me if I talk about racism" mentality, this society instills all people of colour with this passive docile, acceptance attitude towards the status quo of white domination and racism.

I can imagine that this guy feels very lonely and isolated in a world dominated by white people.
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@Rose:

Here is the case laid out. When one driver in a team has 90% of the team fk ups and that driver is black in a sport and team dominated by white men, racism is bound to be in the picture.

When Lewis Hamilton became the Formula 1 Champion he may have been a role model for young disaffected youth in this country. Followers of Formula 1 and fans of Hamilton will no doubt have observed the continued complaints from other drivers and the sustained attack from stewards during most of the races leading up to Hamilton winning the championship and following that first win. It is apparent that the drivers and the stewards were ensuring that Hamilton would never achieve a ‘back to back’ win.

Like Tiger Woods in golf, Hamilton owes a great deal to the encouragement and support of his father. Like Tiger Woods, Hamilton is the first (I don’t know how he describes his ethnicity) to win Formula 1. When Hamilton appeared on the scene it said something positive about racing in Britain. But the backlash from Hamilton’s driving competitors and from the stewards speaks volumes for their attitude to this driver.

If we look at the teams that prepare the cars for the races, for Lotus, Red Bull, McLaren, Virgin, etc. what is their makeup? It is pointless showing us a team from Force India – India to my knowledge will play host for the first time this year. I’m looking at Europe.

Do we have mechanics – or anyone in these teams – who are Indian, African, African-Caribbean? Is there a mechanic? An electrical engineer? Someone washing the cars? Pumping air into the tyres?

In South Africa under 50 years of apartheid – they had a name for it. They called it ‘Job Reservation’. There were jobs reserved for different races (not motor racing, but human races.) African girls went to school and on their desks were placed tin baths in which they practiced washing laundry, preparing for a life of being housemaids who would wash clothes. There were jobs non-whites could not aspire to. The highly-respected universities in South Africa accepted ten non-whites into their medical faculties. Non-whites could not become mechanics, nor electrical engineers.

Here we have buses driven by African-Caribbean men. Nurses tend to be from the Caribbean. Corner shops are run by Asians. This appears to be a kind of job reservation, here except that it is not enshrined in law. South Africa practised racism and was protected by the law. Here non-whites are protected from racism by the law, but racism can be practised covertly expecially in the field of employment.

What racism does when it is subtle, is to erode self-confidence. This is what I have observed has been done to Lewis Hamilton.

While we may have observed some drivers obstructing Hamilton in order for the driver of their choice to make progress, I have not observed a single driver working with Hamilton, not even in his own team.

I would encourage students of media studies who are also followers of Formula 1 and fans of Hamilton to review the footage of past races and see if you too observe the change in Hamilton since he arrived on the scene in Formula 1.
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Where you fail:

We don't see black and white, we see black, white and coloured. If anything hamilton is coloured to SA's not black.

Besides that you are like the anc who look at colour, lewis is human like you and me and i think all of us consider him british and not black. Take your racist tendencies and go jol with malema.
 
UWS said:
@Rose:

Here is the case laid out. When one driver in a team has 90% of the team fk ups and that driver is black in a sport and team dominated by white men, racism is bound to be in the picture.
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Sorry but driving into the back of people in the pit lane and on the track has nothing to do with racism. An error in judgement is an error in judgement much as responding to your ill-contrived posts is an error in judgement on my behalf..

Prudent not to feed trolls, unless that troll is killadoob, always worthwhile feeding that troll :p

EDIT: For the record, I too am a fan of Hamilton but only because killadoob isn't :p I agree there is an irrational dislike of the man within the racing community but that's more on account of his perceived arrogance rather than the colour of his skin.
 
Sorry for talking about racial injustice and whtie supremacy, I know it annoys you whites.
 
UWS said:
@Rose:

Here is the case laid out. When one driver in a team has 90% of the team fk ups and that driver is black in a sport and team dominated by white men, racism is bound to be in the picture.
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I read that blog. And still cant find anything other than pointless blabbering and complaining. 90% of the fk ups? Really? Are you basing this on the last race?

Anyway, what about the 2007/2008 championship years. Are you saying the team favoured Alonso/Heikki back then over Lewis because he was black? I doubt it if you actually watched those seasons.

Most of the problems Lewis has had last year has been down to his own fault.. crashing out, not finishing races.. i'll even admit that as a fan. He was frustrated and admitted he wasn't in the best place. That seems to have changed this year though with 2 pole positions.. and some unfortunate events which caused him to lose out.. which happens to everybody in the sport now and again.

I'm still waiting for you to point out some examples of this racism you talk about.
 
Can you say race card card?

@Rose:

I told you why F1 wreaks of racism. Do you want me to come up with "Mr X called Lewis a N...."? We're dealing with subtle racism or racism 2.0. It's veiled racism that is difficult to pinpoint but the hole Lewis situation wreaks of racism, as I and the blog suggest.
 
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UWS said:
Can you say race card card?

@Rose:

I told you why F1 wreaks of racism. Do you want me to come up with "Mr X called Lewis a N...."? We're dealing with subtle racism or racism 2.0. It's veiled racism that is difficult to pinpoint but the hole Lewis situation wreaks of racism, as I and the blog suggest.
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Nah, you just cant come up with anything to back yourself or the blog's pointless drivel.. so you call it 'subtle racism' when all it is is Lewis not driving at his full potential.

In that case, everyone in F1 is racist towards Massa then, we hate people of Latino ethnicity and that's why he sucks. Racism.
 
sand_man said:
No, but I can say race hard which is all Hamilton needs to do to regain respect from within the racing community...
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Rosaudio said:
Nah, you just cant come up with anything to back yourself or the blog's pointless drivel.. so you call it 'subtle racism' when all it is is Lewis not driving at his full potential.

In that case, everyone in F1 is racist towards Massa then, we hate people of Latino ethnicity and that's why he sucks. Racism.
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Guys, guys.... Let me settle this.... I don't like Lewis therefore I must be the racist UWS refers to. It's just now I know the reason I don't like him is coz he's black and not coz I just don't like him :whistle:

killadoob said:
LOL ya i am more black than coloured though, i only know this due to my third leg.
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That really made me lol.
 
killadoob said:
Where you fail:

We don't see black and white, we see black, white and coloured. If anything hamilton is coloured to SA's not black.
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Tjoon, I think you're right bru, I can't quite put my finger on it, but he has that coloured look about him.

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