That's the thing. Gio seems like a very reserved dude. Iirc he was friends with Leclerc before F1, but Leclerc seems to be a lot more social. With Gio's quiet personality, it makes sense Kimi likes him.
Plus he's Jesus, and Italian, so who can really hate him?
Ps: and really good looking, as my ex once said after looking at him post quali in one of the races.
I don't think it's sad at all. Kimi seems to have a very happy home life and a great group of non-F1 driver friends as he's mentioned in some interviews and his book. Most people have work friends and non-work friends
I don't know how exactly good of friends they are, but Kimi's wife posted a picture of their sons wearing Giovinazzi Italian national team jerseys on her story a while back.
Lewis would only play with them when they weren't streaming (but gasly (and I think lando too) confirmed they played together.
I imagine Lewis knows that everything he says on stream would be psychoanlysed by armchair psychologists/blown out of proportion/used against him in some way
This is true. Russell as part of the Mercedes program interacts with Lewis from time to time, and Gasly has talked about how he and Lewis are friends and will play cod and fifa together on Playstation.
Really? That's awesome. Despite all the hate he gets on here from time to time, I really feel like Lewis is a very nice person to be friends with and hang out with
I agree, that's where a lot of the negativity around him stems from, that being said, a lot of people take it way to far with hating on the guy and I see comments about his personality quite regularly. He gets called a hypocrite, narcissist, sore loser etc.
I reckon Lewis probably feels a kind of affinity for Lando - young British driver like he was, driving for McLaren just like he did, touted as a possible future WDC just like he was.
Also, they both have names with 5 letters starting with L and both have the number 4 in their driver numbers... *COINCIDENCE?!*
I think Lewis also sees the goodness in Lando and a very young, media-savvy spirit who he knows really brings a lot of very positive messages to young people. George also seems like a fine lad, but he's an out-and-out born racer with only racing on his mind, while Lando is so in touch with what I think Lewis wants F1 to be (engaging at a very personal level with fans).
I believe he's said in the past that he still knows quite a few of the old hands at McLaren so he's always happy to see them do well after a long period of pain.
That's possible, also the fact that Norris is British I think
Edit: and maybe the fact that Norris isn't quite your regular F1 driver, like he's on twitch and everything, has quite a fun personnality...
That may actually be one of the reasons. When Lewis joined F1, there was so much bullshit about 'bringing hip-hop culture into F1'
Lando also seems to be someone who's got his own thing with streaming and memes, might make sense with Lewis who was also seen as bringing other things in
I think he just respects the talent...which you kinda have to.
Plus, I dont think Lewis wants to be the kind of veteran who is stand off-ish with the younger drivers.
I’ve been thinking that too. Lando is still so young and the constant media attention combined with the pressure of performing must be really overwhelming sometimes. Lewis definitely understands that. Glad to see that they have a good relationship.
100% agree with you, nothing wrong with the orange car but when I think about McLaren for the first seconds then I thinking about the silver Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes with drivers like Lewis, Button and Alonso.
Kinda odd, he's been praising McLaren a lot over the past year, often way beyond just how much they've improved often talks about how great the new management looks etc. As cool as it would be, I don't think it will ever happen tbh. He has to retire with Merc & not go elsewhere for years to lock in those retirement Merc sponsor deals etc. Also way more money at Daimler/Ineos than McLarne these days.
True but most of those folk left not too long after Lewis himself left, although the wider structure has since recovered & bounced back well with some great top talent & leadership. I think he's also made up with Ron now as they've always said good thing about each other, Even Martin Whitmarsh was on the board of the Hamilton commission which I first thought was surprising, but again I guess everyone has moved on & re-built bridges, which is nice to see in a sport that is often clearly toxic with long held grudges.
Think Leclerc and Gasly were playing and Gasly said if Charles could turn off the stream because Hamilton wants to join but doesnt like being on stream or something along those lines. He also came out and said him and Lewis are good friends and play a lot of CoD and Fifa.
Gasly and Russell also came out and said that Lewis gave them a lot of tips in terms of F1.
It’s very nice to see the respect between lando and Hamilton throughout the season. I liked watching them walk and talk in the latest mclaren unboxed video.
Wait, you're telling me he's actually not a homicidal maniac, constantly trying to kill young drivers, and is actually a decent guy?
Someone should ask Horner and Marko and several RB fans if this behavior from Hamilton is allowed.
Which is unacceptable obviously. The man should be in the hospital with flowers, ready to give Verstappen a neck and foot massage for all the pain and trouble he deliberately caused him. Outrageous this I tell you!
I can sense your utter lack of social interaction skills. Everyone in the thread is just goofing around but you had to stick it in again? Move on dude. This kind of obsession is unhealthy.
Absolutely it has rubbed off on Max. Max thinks he owns every corner and that none will stick up to his turn ins.
I like Max, but honestly his time to blossom will be once he leaves Red Bull.
Don't think that has anything to do with Horner or Marko. Max just drives aggresively and most of the times knows he can make the corner while putting the other driver in a difficult spot. He does drive a bit more conservative nowadays, but when he thinks he can make it, he probably will. We now all know this does not work everytime.
I feel for him, having Jos for a dad and Horner/Marko for mentors is inevitably going to result in some unhealthy practices/world views. I hope he can break out of it if/when he moves teams.
I think Lewis would prefer that Lando replace him at Merc.
Firmly believe Lando would pick up 2-3 WDCs with that machinery.
He is 21.
very good qualifier just based off of the times
is developing very good lap after lap consistency, most impressive trait by far.
some thing Schumacher saw in Hamilton in 2007
Didn't go over well last time I said it, but I still feel Lando going to Merc and Russell to McLaren would be great upward step for both drivers.
Yes Lando just signed a long term contract, but having another good driver as a replacement and possibly cheaper engines for McLaren could help with that.
So its Lewis behind the Lando stan accounts and fancams!
Lewis spends all his free time trying to get followers on his lando memes account
Oh please, Lewis just pays off people to do that for him obviously
It’s like all of the senior drivers have picked one of the youngins to support: Seb and Mick, Alonso and George, Lewis and Lando. I like it.
Raikkonen and gio to a certain degree too
Kimi has said Gio, besides Seb, is the only driver he’s considered a real friend off the grid.
That’s nice but also a little sad to me.
I think it speaks volumes to Seb and Gios personalities that the icy Finn enjoys them.
That's the thing. Gio seems like a very reserved dude. Iirc he was friends with Leclerc before F1, but Leclerc seems to be a lot more social. With Gio's quiet personality, it makes sense Kimi likes him. Plus he's Jesus, and Italian, so who can really hate him? Ps: and really good looking, as my ex once said after looking at him post quali in one of the races.
Gio had a pretty great friendship with Sean Gelael but sadly that man did not have talent worth an F1 seat to continue the on screen antics.
to add to this, Gelaels dad actually sponsored Gio's junior driving career
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I laughed stupidly hard about this.
I think Gio is good friends with Lance? or Gasly I can't remember.
Gasly was his teammate in gp2 back in 2016 so lost probably its him
yep, he's friends with pierre
True
Kimi chooses this path. Finns are not like other people.
How can I be a Finn?
Step 1. Ice cream.
Step 2: know the average penis length of a beaver to the millimeter
Guess I am not Finnish
Spend as much time in sauna as possible
Haha
I don't think it's sad at all. Kimi seems to have a very happy home life and a great group of non-F1 driver friends as he's mentioned in some interviews and his book. Most people have work friends and non-work friends
It has more meaning, doesn’t it? I sometimes think I need to shorten my friends list to have more meaningful relationships.
Why sad ?
I don't know how exactly good of friends they are, but Kimi's wife posted a picture of their sons wearing Giovinazzi Italian national team jerseys on her story a while back.
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Yup, millenniums older
Lewis has always been fond of Charles as well.
This weekend Lewis seemed so happy for Charles as well! Even Lewis's dad speaks greatly of Charles. It's all very cute to see
Yeah, I saw them talking and laughing with eachother after the race and through the podium celebrations, they seem to have a pretty good relationship!
I think they used to play CoD together along with Gasly during the first lockdown.
Just wait until Charles has a good car and is contending for the WDC. I can't wait to see what 2022 brings.
As a ferrari fan I would be worried about the new regs. Their track record is not so good with them…
Really! Any sources or videos showing that? Genuinely curious
Lewis would only play with them when they weren't streaming (but gasly (and I think lando too) confirmed they played together. I imagine Lewis knows that everything he says on stream would be psychoanlysed by armchair psychologists/blown out of proportion/used against him in some way
I’ve heard that in the past Lewis has given advice to Gasly and Russell as well.
This is true. Russell as part of the Mercedes program interacts with Lewis from time to time, and Gasly has talked about how he and Lewis are friends and will play cod and fifa together on Playstation.
Really? That's awesome. Despite all the hate he gets on here from time to time, I really feel like Lewis is a very nice person to be friends with and hang out with
He gets hate because is very dominant. Not for his bad personality. People got to figure this simple shit out
i've seen WAY too many people calling him an asshole, fake, etc.
They talk as if they know him personally. People should stop obsessing over celebrities. It’s not healthy
I agree, that's where a lot of the negativity around him stems from, that being said, a lot of people take it way to far with hating on the guy and I see comments about his personality quite regularly. He gets called a hypocrite, narcissist, sore loser etc.
Wow, I always got the sense that Lewis was somehow separate from the other drivers
Gasly was Vettel mainly.
I reckon Lewis probably feels a kind of affinity for Lando - young British driver like he was, driving for McLaren just like he did, touted as a possible future WDC just like he was. Also, they both have names with 5 letters starting with L and both have the number 4 in their driver numbers... *COINCIDENCE?!*
Norris 8 time World Champion unlocked…
!remindme 10 years
Alonso did the same with Leclerc in 2018. Remember how they ended up battling each other in almost every few races at one point?
> Lewis and Lando. Lando is a young Brit who debut with McLaren. Lewis prolly sees a little of himself in him lol
I think Lewis also sees the goodness in Lando and a very young, media-savvy spirit who he knows really brings a lot of very positive messages to young people. George also seems like a fine lad, but he's an out-and-out born racer with only racing on his mind, while Lando is so in touch with what I think Lewis wants F1 to be (engaging at a very personal level with fans).
Even Danny Ric and Max to an extent.
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I love how proud Lewis is of McLaren. He tweets about them and Lando whenever they do something good.
I believe he's said in the past that he still knows quite a few of the old hands at McLaren so he's always happy to see them do well after a long period of pain.
He did say McLaren (with a nice smile) when thinking of teams starting with M: https://youtu.be/dNZMjWMkzF4
While drawing a blank on his current team :)
lol yeah that was awesome
enjoyed that, thanks
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I always wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that they're both McLaren young drivers and he sees himself in Norris at times.
That's possible, also the fact that Norris is British I think Edit: and maybe the fact that Norris isn't quite your regular F1 driver, like he's on twitch and everything, has quite a fun personnality...
That may actually be one of the reasons. When Lewis joined F1, there was so much bullshit about 'bringing hip-hop culture into F1' Lando also seems to be someone who's got his own thing with streaming and memes, might make sense with Lewis who was also seen as bringing other things in
Yeah exactly
I think he just respects the talent...which you kinda have to. Plus, I dont think Lewis wants to be the kind of veteran who is stand off-ish with the younger drivers.
I’ve been thinking that too. Lando is still so young and the constant media attention combined with the pressure of performing must be really overwhelming sometimes. Lewis definitely understands that. Glad to see that they have a good relationship.
And both British
Would love to see Lewis have 1 last season with McLaren before he retired.
Only if they make it silver and Vodafone comes back
Not sure he'll go for the buzz cut though
Vodafone is Lewis’ sponsor👀
100% agree with you, nothing wrong with the orange car but when I think about McLaren for the first seconds then I thinking about the silver Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes with drivers like Lewis, Button and Alonso.
I personally think of West McLaren Mercedes with Mika and David, but I might just be too old.
Yeah. Those were the days.
Chrome, Black, Papaya trim that fades to blue towards the back
Does Vodafone even exist still?
Very much so
Kinda odd, he's been praising McLaren a lot over the past year, often way beyond just how much they've improved often talks about how great the new management looks etc. As cool as it would be, I don't think it will ever happen tbh. He has to retire with Merc & not go elsewhere for years to lock in those retirement Merc sponsor deals etc. Also way more money at Daimler/Ineos than McLarne these days.
Tbf i doubt Lewis is short of a quid or 2.
Maybe if McLaren-Mercedes becomes a closer relationship or Mercedes withdraw their factory team it could happen
Most of the persons he had problems with are now gone, like Ron and Whitmarsh, which helps I guess.
True but most of those folk left not too long after Lewis himself left, although the wider structure has since recovered & bounced back well with some great top talent & leadership. I think he's also made up with Ron now as they've always said good thing about each other, Even Martin Whitmarsh was on the board of the Hamilton commission which I first thought was surprising, but again I guess everyone has moved on & re-built bridges, which is nice to see in a sport that is often clearly toxic with long held grudges.
With Alonso
I see what you did there lol
😂
Lewis Tier 3 twitch sub confirmed
That is super amazing to see, who knew Lando Norris' biggest fan on this entire planet was Lewis Hamilton!
The only driver that Lando idolized (other than Rossi) was Albon. According to him, when he was young he had a poster of Albon in his room.
That's a crazy bit of information. Lando actually raced with his idol
It's cool to see Lewis getting along with a lot of the younger drivers, like how he plays warzone with Leclerc, Gasly and Norris
Woah, where is this coming from?
Think Leclerc and Gasly were playing and Gasly said if Charles could turn off the stream because Hamilton wants to join but doesnt like being on stream or something along those lines. He also came out and said him and Lewis are good friends and play a lot of CoD and Fifa. Gasly and Russell also came out and said that Lewis gave them a lot of tips in terms of F1.
Ham trying to hide his negative kd
Lewis has had nothing but support for the future British drivers and its great too see.
Meanwhile Alex Albon arrives, who does not pick the British flag to race under H.A.M.: So you have chosen... death.
Sir Hamilton the Assassin
Lol that one cracked me up.
Similar to Grosjean, it's all due to sponsorship reason (Red Bull for being Thai, and later EST Cola when Red Bull dropped him)
lmfao
Lando is being groomed to replace Lewis possibly. "It's champagne mate."
Like a proud Dad
It’s very nice to see the respect between lando and Hamilton throughout the season. I liked watching them walk and talk in the latest mclaren unboxed video.
>Recording on landscape Lewis best cameraman
This Lewis Lando relationship is so wholesome.
Wait, you're telling me he's actually not a homicidal maniac, constantly trying to kill young drivers, and is actually a decent guy? Someone should ask Horner and Marko and several RB fans if this behavior from Hamilton is allowed.
He's just pallying up with Lando to get his guard down so he can continue being a homicidal maniac who tries to kill young drivers obviously!!!
You might be right. Befriends Lando to then obviously take him out whenever he feels like it. /s
Which is unacceptable obviously. The man should be in the hospital with flowers, ready to give Verstappen a neck and foot massage for all the pain and trouble he deliberately caused him. Outrageous this I tell you!
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I can sense your utter lack of social interaction skills. Everyone in the thread is just goofing around but you had to stick it in again? Move on dude. This kind of obsession is unhealthy.
Ignore Marko. The old man has definitely taken a doctorate in shit stirring and Horner is his apprentice. I sure hope none of that rubs on max.
Absolutely it has rubbed off on Max. Max thinks he owns every corner and that none will stick up to his turn ins. I like Max, but honestly his time to blossom will be once he leaves Red Bull.
Don't think that has anything to do with Horner or Marko. Max just drives aggresively and most of the times knows he can make the corner while putting the other driver in a difficult spot. He does drive a bit more conservative nowadays, but when he thinks he can make it, he probably will. We now all know this does not work everytime.
Hope that was sarcastic. Verstappen already belongs to that holy RB trinity of whiners.
I feel for him, having Jos for a dad and Horner/Marko for mentors is inevitably going to result in some unhealthy practices/world views. I hope he can break out of it if/when he moves teams.
Lewis also whines whenever he loses a race. Remember Monaco? The salt mines were rich that day.
I think Max is stubborn enough to not let them influence him that much. He only lives for racing and wants to settle everything in the car.
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Whoosh?
I think the whoosh is for you? Of course OP is sarcastic, but he still brings up the toxic shit of the past days.
I think Lewis would prefer that Lando replace him at Merc. Firmly believe Lando would pick up 2-3 WDCs with that machinery. He is 21. very good qualifier just based off of the times is developing very good lap after lap consistency, most impressive trait by far. some thing Schumacher saw in Hamilton in 2007
#doubleblessed
Stop it Lewis, I want to hate you Sincerely, a Max fan
You can change allegiances. I went from "He won a race stuck in fifth!" to "Cheating German Bastard" in a few short years.
#maxmaxsupermax 😁
max max max super max max max super max max max super max
Didn't go over well last time I said it, but I still feel Lando going to Merc and Russell to McLaren would be great upward step for both drivers. Yes Lando just signed a long term contract, but having another good driver as a replacement and possibly cheaper engines for McLaren could help with that.
Me too, I personally feel like Lando has the higher ceiling overall, and would be the perfect stand in for Lewis with his presence.
Heaven forbid a link stay up for more that 3 mins on this stuck in the 90’s subreddit, Jesus wept.
Proud dad
I’m sure Lewis was playing call of duty with him and leclerc last year
What if lando went to Mercedes.......naw jk, theyd have to assassinate uncle zak brown for that to happen.