When he was SuperRat's teammate, Clay Reggazoni was known as "the driver of the world's widest Ferrari.
Hambone, never one to pass on an opportunity to bite the hand that feeds him, made this cryptic radio transmission during the race:
Cryptic Hamilton radio message raises questions over Mercedes future
https://speedcafe.com/cryptic-hamilton-radio-message-raises-questions-over-mercedes-future/
“That was a disaster of a weekend, guys. That’s the worst the car’s ever been. Thank you for continuing to try. Great job from the guys at the pitstop. If this is the last time that I get to perform, it’s a shame it wasn’t great, but grateful for you.”
What an absolute snivelling, snot-nosed, diaper-wetting child. As if he was unaware the whole world was listening.
Then speaking to the press after:
“If they give me a car that doesn’t bounce off the track in the next few races, then hopefully we can get a better result. But yeah, looking forward to Christmas.
By virtue of F1’s 2014 format and rules change, he was gifted six WDCs because one thing that was certain for all those years was that the winner was going to have a 3-pointed star on his car.
Like Ann Richards said of Dubya, “He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.”
Mercedes baffled by Lewis Hamilton’s cryptic radio message – but have Ferrari signed a busted flush?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/11/04/mercedes-lewis-hamilton-radio-cryptic-ferrari/
“...It would be premature, though, to suggest that Ferrari have splashed out upwards of £50 million a year on a busted flush. It was not so long ago Hamilton won a brilliant, emotionally-charged race at Silverstone in front of his home fans, his first grand prix victory for 945 days....”
“...his first grand prix victory for 945 days...”
Show me the driver who was uncompetitive for three years, then miraculously returned to form at age 40.
Go ahead, I dare ya.