It's easy to understand why Lewis would be wary of the media after last season and for this reason I don't think his behaviour in front of the camera can be taken as indicative of his state of mind. However, the photos of him meeting disadvantaged kids in the Philippines last week paint a picture of a very different man, genuinely smiling and looking at ease. Of course, this happened a thousand miles away from the F1 circus. Personally, I think all this speculation about Lewis leaving McLaren is being hyped up out of nothing, just like Jenson moving last season.
I'd prefer that they did too but I expect it's just the usual game that both sides play to get the best deal, although I don't have much faith in his management team to understand what is best, unfortunately.
This is the one year you cannot win the WDC just by having the best car, just like 2010 you need to get a firm grip of the situation and not rock the boat. Vettel was an example of that issue of rocking boats, he was performing far better when he knuckled down and stopped playing games in the final quarter of 2010 and he scraped it. Lewis needs to keep that boat steady all season and have the cleanest year of his life to win this WDC because this one won't be easy for anybody.
Completely agree, that's the first time in a long wile I've seen him with what I considered to be a genuine smile on his face, not just one for the cameras or putting a brave face on it. Even if it's the whole media side of the job that he's disliking at the moment and still enjoying the racing, it was exactly the same with Raikkonen a couple of years back, although his departure from the sport was hastened by losing his seat but still getting paid a massive retainer by Ferrari.
The problem is journalism, it used to be that reporters reported things, now they just try and make a story by provocation, I find them constantly trying to force a wedge between Jenson and Lewis, questions that blatantly worded to elicit a hostlie attitude toward the other, it really ****ing annoys me.
It's a deplorable consequence of 'our' need for sensationalist titillation that the fires need to be constantly prodded and stoked and it's ultimately futile because any perceived enmity is usually resolved within a race or two. Hamilton and Button are usually quite good at managing all this - congratulating each other on wins, telling the media how positive it is to have a competitive team mate pushing them and the team forward, brushing over moments like the collision in Canada or the fuel-saving in Turkey (remember Hamilton's "no, no, no," as in "not in front of the cameras"?) and Button is especially good at not venting his frustrations on camera, although I'd expect his in camera discussions to be equally equanimous. Some of them just handle the situation better. As you said in chrispa's love-in, he's one of those who are just happy to be there whether that's at McLaren or Ferrari, who apparently offered him a contract back in October.
There's very rarely something thats a fact any more, theres just interpretations of those facts. Journalists, and especially editors are just very good at skewing information and pressing their own opinion like its whats actually going on. Then theres the issue of balancing an argument, it seems like all arguments have to be balanced these days, regardless of whats actually happened. We need some people to blame x and some others to blame y, even if 99% of people blame x. I'm rambling off course but there we go
Its got to be the unions......no wait the toff Prime Minister........or is it Ed Millipede's fault? ........The Mayor of London is probably involved.
he made £1.4m on a couple of speeches. Oh by the way he also ****ed our economy ( and didn't save the World) by handing out rather a lot of money on anything that would secure votes. He even misjudged that. Will be remembered if at all as the worst PM we ever had.
But back on topic, I always wanted Jenson in Ferrari with Alonso. Now that would of almost handed them 1st place with the WCC on a plate just by name alone.
