Your (runner-up for) Reject of the Race - Abu Dhabi

[Bobby Doorknobs]

I agree that Lewisteria deserves a mention here. Even Martin Brundle and David Croft were getting carried away with it at times, making out that Hamilton had the upper hand when he clearly didn't.

Every time Hamilton had a problem, it was a conspiracy within the team. And every time Rosberg did, it was just racing.

And Ben Edwards claimed that Hamilton dominated today, seemingly having completely forgotten about Massa.

[takagi_for_the_win]

Im picturing Freezy and Takagi having angry sex. What a world, eh?

Coops, given our respective ages I think that's something you should probably keep to yourself

[Nessafox]

Im picturing Freezy and Takagi having angry sex. What a world, eh?

Coops, given our respective ages I think that's something you should probably keep to yourself

True love is not about age. I think CoopsII will like the Belgian catholic relationship traditions just fine Also: you kids should be glad my fantasies aren't involved.
But eh, seriously, lately i've been noticing a significant rise in sexual frustration in this forum...

[dr-baker]

Im picturing Freezy and Takagi having angry sex. What a world, eh?

Coops, given our respective ages I think that's something you should probably keep to yourself

True love is not about age. I think CoopsII will like the Belgian catholic relationship traditions just fine Also: you kids should be glad my fantasies aren't involved.
But eh, seriously, lately i've been noticing a significant rise in sexual frustration in this forum...

Finally I'm a trend-setter! Although perhaps not in a way I intended?

[CoopsII]

Im picturing Freezy and Takagi having angry sex. What a world, eh?

Coops, given our respective ages I think that's something you should probably keep to yourself

In my head you did come off worse out of it.

[Nessafox]

Coops, given our respective ages I think that's something you should probably keep to yourself

True love is not about age. I think CoopsII will like the Belgian catholic relationship traditions just fine Also: you kids should be glad my fantasies aren't involved.
But eh, seriously, lately i've been noticing a significant rise in sexual frustration in this forum...

Finally I'm a trend-setter! Although perhaps not in a way I intended?

I hope that was about the frustration part and not the reference to what our priests do...

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Winner is easily double points for me, but Lotus deservers a dishonourable mention for GRSJN's penalty and Maldonado's engine going up in smoke

[watka]

Ferrari has to be the ROTR for me. Didn't put up any kind of a fight for 3rd in the WCC and Alonso wound up 6th in the championship with Kimi an abysmal 12th.

[SgtPepper]

The Sky piano/poetry mash up before the race.

I can't find a link yet for those who haven't seen it, but that was the worst thing I've ever seen.

[Captain Hammer]

You should see the dramatic and wildly over-produced segments the local broadcaster creates for the Bathurst 1000 ..m

[James1978]

The Sky piano/poetry mash up before the race.

I can't find a link yet for those who haven't seen it, but that was the worst thing I've ever seen.

I had to fast forward it......

[dr-baker]

True love is not about age. I think CoopsII will like the Belgian catholic relationship traditions just fine Also: you kids should be glad my fantasies aren't involved.
But eh, seriously, lately i've been noticing a significant rise in sexual frustration in this forum...

Finally I'm a trend-setter! Although perhaps not in a way I intended?

I hope that was about the frustration part and not the reference to what our priests do...

Definitely, without a doubt!

[DanielPT]

True love is not about age. I think CoopsII will like the Belgian catholic relationship traditions just fine Also: you kids should be glad my fantasies aren't involved.

No matter how weird you think your fantasies are, more often of than not they are not that uncommon.

[roblo97]

My ROTR is Lewisteria. As well as what has already been mentioned in this thread, the 10PM news last night on BBC had Hamilton's title win as the second most important news story. Not to mention the response from all of the papers this morning...

[Eifelland]

My ROTR is Lewisteria. As well as what has already been mentioned in this thread, the 10PM news last night on BBC had Hamilton's title win as the second most important news story. Not to mention the response from all of the papers this morning...

Was there a whole lot else to report though? An F1 title win is quite a big deal, and it's been a quiet week for news on the whole...

[CoopsII]

My ROTR is Lewisteria. As well as what has already been mentioned in this thread, the 10PM news last night on BBC had Hamilton's title win as the second most important news story. Not to mention the response from all of the papers this morning...

That's not "lewisteria" (and as an aside has this forum ever produced a wankier phrase?) that's news management. Germany winning the World Cup was headline news in the UK for example. Is sport more important than something like ebola or some poor unfortunate murdered by her husband? Or course it isnt but thats how it goes.

[pablo_h]

The only lewisteria that ever bothered me was back in the ITV/james allen days, because it was unwarranted.
But Lewis has just won a WDC after being the fastest driver most of the time with the most wins.

Aussie TV lays out the the hype just as much. Old Greg Rust doing the show with Australia's Alan Jones co-commentator; commenting on Australia's Mark Webber, Australia's Daniel Ricciardo and really rubbing it in, and they've never won a WDC...
So I can take a bit of giving credit where credit is due in the case of Hamilton.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

The only lewisteria that ever bothered me was back in the ITV/james allen days, because it was unwarranted.

Your mentioning of James Allen just reminded me of his commentary in FP3 in Singapore, where he was being hysterical (sorry, Lewisterical) when Hamilton was on the flying lap that would turn out to be the fastest time of the session. He was treating practice as if Hamilton had just repeated that move on Glock.

[LukeB]

That's not "lewisteria" (and as an aside has this forum ever produced a wankier phrase?)

Well there was that short lived attempt at coining the phrase Whinelton.

[tommykl]

That's not "lewisteria" (and as an aside has this forum ever produced a wankier phrase?)

Well there was that short lived attempt at coining the phrase Whinelton.

Let's get a couple things straight here.

1) Lewisteria was coined before this forum appeared.
2) "Whinelton" was a thing in DonTirri's mind and DonTirri's mind only.

That being said, carry on, nothing to see here

[LukeB]

1) Lewisteria was coined before this forum appeared.

The use of it pre-forum was limited to certain aspects of the media and the breathless coverage of a man with lots of potential that was as yet unfulfilled.
Now it's a general shorthand for "I'm sick of hearing about Hamilton" which is fair enough but not quite the same thing.

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At least that's how I remember it being used
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In any case it can never be worse the Buttonmania, tiresome though the coverage Hamilton gets can be he's at least usually relevant, have we forgotten (or in some places were fortunate enough not to get the ITV coverage) the way F1 was reduced to a background event to watch an at-the-time solid midfield driver battle for minor points? When ITV cut to commercial missing the last 3 laps at Imola one year with Schumacher crawling all over the back of Alonso for the lead because they'd missed their earlier commercial break when Button was leading due to not having stopped yet and they couldn't cut to adverts then?

[mario]

The only lewisteria that ever bothered me was back in the ITV/james allen days, because it was unwarranted.
But Lewis has just won a WDC after being the fastest driver most of the time with the most wins.

Aussie TV lays out the the hype just as much. Old Greg Rust doing the show with Australia's Alan Jones co-commentator; commenting on Australia's Mark Webber, Australia's Daniel Ricciardo and really rubbing it in, and they've never won a WDC...
So I can take a bit of giving credit where credit is due in the case of Hamilton.

To be honest, quite a few drivers have a fan base that can be rather obnoxious and toxic at times - on some other forums there were some fans of Rosberg who were gloating over Hamilton's mechanical problems earlier in the season and were just as unpleasant as the worst of Hamilton's fans have been.

We've seen how Vettel has been a very divisive figure, with some bitterly opposed to him and others who adore him, and similarly I have seen a rather heady outpouring of both emotions for Alonso, with some who praise him to the heavens and others who have a bitter hatred of him - over the years, there have been a fair few drivers who have attracted their share of less than agreeable fans.

All in all, I think that any driver who becomes sufficiently high profile would have the issue of attracting the worst kind of fans who fawn over their idols and spew out abuse towards others - it's just the case that Hamilton's recent success has awakened some of those passions, but it will pass.

[watka]

In any case it can never be worse the Buttonmania, tiresome though the coverage Hamilton gets can be he's at least usually relevant, have we forgotten (or in some places were fortunate enough not to get the ITV coverage) the way F1 was reduced to a background event to watch an at-the-time solid midfield driver battle for minor points? When ITV cut to commercial missing the last 3 laps at Imola one year with Schumacher crawling all over the back of Alonso for the lead because they'd missed their earlier commercial break when Button was leading due to not having stopped yet and they couldn't cut to adverts then?

I recall "Buttonmania" being referred to as the cringeworthy term "Jensationalism" on this forum.

[Rob Dylan]

Jensationalism, I'm remembering that one for the future

[LukeB]

Jensationalism, I'm remembering that one for the future

You're a bad person and you should feel bad :p

[Rob Dylan]

Jensationalism, I'm remembering that one for the future

You're a bad person and you should feel bad :p

Sounds like I have the psychological edge over you at the moment

[CoopsII]

I recall "Buttonmania" being referred to as the cringeworthy term "Jensationalism" on this forum.

I'm hoping for McLaren to experience some Alonsification while Ferrari will be hoping for some serious Vettelistical improvement.

[DOSBoot]

1. Sauber: Failed to beat Marussia in the constructors championship.

2. Ferrari: Low expectation end to their lackluster season.