F1 2012

[RichC]

Button did follow him at one point, I remember noticing it

[Daniel 7]

I thought that - they would tweet each other wouldn't they? Though I don't suppose you need to follow each other to do that.

I'd just like to say that I follow Alex and Shaggy on Twitter because I respect them.

rcasemore, I don't follow you.

[Alex]

[RichC]

mutha fuka

[RichC]

Going to be a big weekend for the title IMO - Alonso needs to take some points off Vettel here otherwise I can see it being 3 in a row for the German.

[Daniel 7]

It would devalue winning 3 championships if Vettel got it.

I know he's done really well at times, but he is nowhere near Alonso's standard. His championships are 70% car. If Alonso wins it this year, its in spite of the car under him.

[Buzzo]

Lewis Hamilton to re-think his use of Twitter

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has said he will have to re-think how he uses the social networking site Twitter after a series of controversies this year.
He wrongly accused team-mate Jenson Button of 'unfollowing' him and a lack of respect, before admitting his error.
"Obviously it was not the best of experiences (nor) the best thing to do. I put my hands up and apologised to Jenson," Hamilton said.
"Maybe Twitter is not the one for me, but I'll try and improve from it."
Button added: "You have to be careful what you put on Twitter. We've got over a million followers. It is what it is, and Lewis apologised to me."
Hamilton wrote on Monday: "Just noticed @jensonbutton unfollowed, that's a shame...I thought we respected one another but clearly he doesn't."
Button had never followed Hamilton on Twitter.
When he realised his error, Hamilton posted another tweet, saying: "My bad [mistake] just found out Jenson never followed me. Don't blame him!"
It was not the first time this season that Hamilton's use of Twitter has caused problems.
On the morning of the Belgian Grand Prix, he angered McLaren and Button by posting a photograph of a confidential team telemetry sheet, showing information about his and Button's qualifying laps and other car information.
Hamilton said ahead of the Korean Grand Prix on Thursday in reference to the latest controversy: "In my life, I think I'm going to make lots of mistakes and that was one of them but you learn from them.
"I try to stay away from all the stories. Sure there's been a lot of heat this week. That's the price you pay for being in this sport.
"It was an experience which I'll hopefully learn from.
"Maybe Twitter and me don't go too well at the moment. I need to step back and think about how I try and improve that."
Hamilton heads into the Korean race 42 points behind championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, who is four ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the winner of the last race in Japan, where Hamilton finished fifth.
Although there is a maximum of only 125 points available, both Alonso and Vettel said they felt Hamilton was very much in with a chance of winning the title.
Vettel said: "They are still fighting for the championship. I think that is their target, or has to be their target.
"I think if you look at the races we had after the summer break, so far on average, McLaren was the most competitive car.
"They are the ones which will be very competitive, no matter where we go, at least that's what the last couple of races showed. They still have a very good chance."
Alonso added: "It's more difficult (for him) because now there's not only one driver ahead that you need to take some points off.
"We are now two with more or less the same points ahead and he's behind, so for sure the chances for him are a little bit lower.
"If we see the form of McLaren and Lewis before Suzuka, there's still plenty of time and plenty of points to do it. I think he still has the possibility."

[Shaggy]

Embarrassing

[Daniel 7]

He's very immature. He's the nearest thing in F1 to the bling bling Premier League footballer, which isn't a compliment.

[the rev leeroy brown]

total bell end of a guy. the F1 worlds Amir Khan - cock!

money grabbing with his move to mercedes, shows he's a bit of a blin bling guy as daniel says above with hiring an entertainment management team rather than a sports one, arrogance off the track too - basically he's a ****

[Buzzo]

I'm not sure what any sports person really has to gain out of Tweeting.

At best there is no real interest in what they have to say, at worst they just make monumental cunts out of themselves.

[Shaggy]

Well it gives them control doesn't it - so much **** is written about them they can immediately quash any BS and put an end to rumours etc. But yeah it can be a dangerous thing in the hands of thick people, and many top sportsmen are thick.

[Buzzo]

Well it gives them control doesn't it - so much **** is written about them they can immediately quash any BS and put an end to rumours etc. But yeah it can be a dangerous thing in the hands of thick people, and many top sportsmen are thick.

Good point...

Whats that old saying 'Tweet in haste, repent at leisure'.

[G]

I ****ing hate early morning Grands Prix.Turn them all into night races for us Europeans to watch at our leisure on a sunday afternoon.

[Daniel 7]

I'll set the alarm and do it via Sky Plus. My Sky Plus box is in my bedroom and they are noisy *******s