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F1: more show than sport Corporate barons are more interested in promoting Formula One than in making races more interesting or competitive. This has been the case for years. That’s why it’s surprising that Max Verstappen is the first driver to complain about the rank marketing of F1 at the expense of the sport itself. As Las Vegas… Read more.
Lewis Hamilton is racing from F1 champion to F1 distraction this season. He’s Black and proud. So he must find it humbling to make news only for his off-track dating and fashion choices. Lewis Hamilton should retire I am a big Hamilton fan. You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger one. I can even cite… Read more.
Episode 58: Like Whites Who Loved Willie Mays Until He Was About to Dethrone Babe Ruth, Whites Loved Lewis Hamilton Until He Was About to Dethrone Michael Schumacher… Related commentaries: Hamilton… Listen.
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And nobody should doubt he will be thusly crowned, especially given how credibly he asserts that he hasn’t even hit peak yet: Lewis Hamilton clinched a sixth Formula One world championship title at the US Grand Prix on Sunday. He moves to within one of racing great Michael Schumacher’s record seven world titles and officially… Read more.
Lewis Hamilton is not as popular in the United States as LeBron James, Tom Brady, Bryce Harper, or even Alexander Ovechkin … yet. But he is more popular in nearly every other country than all of them. Keep this perspective in mind whenever you hear his name. Meanwhile, thanks to Hamilton’s charismatic dominance, Formula One… Read more.
Lewis Hamilton passed title rival Sebastian Vettel to take a dominant victory in the United States Grand Prix but will have to wait at least one more race to win his fourth world championship. The Mercedes driver is 66 points clear of Vettel, who finished second, with only 75 still available in the remaining three… Read more.
None of my siblings or close friends enjoy car racing. Therefore, I had no one to celebrate with yesterday after Lewis Hamilton clinched his third Formula One (F1) championship, especially given that it played out against NFL Sunday. In fact, one of my NFL-loving brothers dismissed my jubilant attempts to convey the significance of Hamilton’s achievement… Read more.
Hamilton had two superb chances (two weeks ago in China and today in Brazil) to complete his historic season by becoming the first rookie, not to mention the first black, to win F1’s coveted world title. But he choked. In fact, despite starting in the No. 2 position in today’s final race, and needing only… Read more.
