Hunter gatherers are now sponsored, so what!
I’ve just found this thread because for the first time in my life I have seen who Lewis Hamilton is. As in an interview as the Bahrain GP is on. when I say I have seen who he is I am astonished that someone I have been hearing so much about for years (my brother is a big GP fan), I have realised he is SO young! I was watching the interview and when they said Lewis I thought, this can’t be the legend I have been hearing about or for years.
It’s amazing someone so young has achieved so much for British sport so consistently for so many years. Watching him you could see how passionate he is about his driving technique and his enthusiasm and intelligence is inspiring.
I’m not into the politics of honours, but he is an intriguing individual. Seems he already has an honour an MBE in his twenties. It’s very impressive and a great star of British sport.
Annie I think its a British thing we are almost embarrassed by people who do really well… if Lewis were American or any other nationality he would be a hero in their eyes …but here we find ways to find fault I don’t know why we do that but we do.
Sometimes the hero’s are embarrassed, so much so, they hide themselves away in places like Monaco.:-)
Spitty 
We like to build people up and then take great delight in knocking them down again, a British trait
That’s very true Primus, there appears to be a lot of people who are very jealous of people who do well, for some reason.
Their generosity to charities is to be commended but it is not something they brag about.
Guilt complex Mags !!
They dont have to brag, someone does it for them !!
If they paid their due tax, there would be NO need for charity ?
Plus they claim any charity payments back from irs ??
Sometimes even get a rebate??
Donkeyman!
I thought someone posted that Hamilton pays his taxes and also donates to charity?
Anyone that “takes the knee” does not deserve my respect IMO of course.
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Do you think HM feels the same?
It’s official, it’s now sir lewis Hamilton, congrats lewis…
Strange times.
and from me
Congrats Lewis
Hi
I am a white male ex manager.
Discrimination was alien to me.
In 1989 I was seriously injured, on Crutches for years and then sticks.
I was subject to abuse and discrimination.
It was not pleasant.
Not only regularly abused as being a cripple, but given a few kickings and having my crutches taken and having to crawl just to amuse them.
I got better and without the crutches, the discrimination, taunts and abuse stopped.
If you are black you cannot change your colour.
I am not the nicest of people.
The local pillocks who had made my life hell did not enjoy life when I got better.
I do not do gestures like taking the knee.
I did however make sure they knew my views.
Just shows what rubbish the so called honours system is. I see nothing honourable in being associated with some of the dross that are on the list these days.
Congratulations Lewis…
Completely agree Tabs, mostly a travesty which has just been proven…
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One bloke, one team, one car, we will never know, not like Boxers.
Its hard to embrace a team player .