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Sextent
12-09-2007, 06:26 PM
Dario Franchetti won Indy Series, winning the Indy 500 on the way.

Lewis Hamilton was 2nd in the F1 Championship.

How in the name of fuck could Hamilton be awarded the British Competition Driver of the Year and the International Racing Driver of the year.

No offence to his achievements like, fan-tastic but how does that work.
chalice
12-09-2007, 06:30 PM
Wheels within wheels, mate.
Jiggles
12-09-2007, 06:31 PM
its obvious, hes very young, very british, and in his first championship came second, oh and he easily could have won it, he beat alonso and that other guy many times, so he's one of the best in the world, and his age, his age i tell you!
Sextent
12-09-2007, 06:38 PM
Wheels within wheels, mate.

Indeed and an apt use of wordery.
Sextent
12-09-2007, 06:40 PM
oh and he easily could have won it,

He didn't tho' that's the point. He should have won it with two or three races to go, but threw it away.

When the metaphorical chips were down Franchetti held his nerve and won the thing.
Jiggles
12-09-2007, 06:46 PM
well, thats why he won what he won, he beat the best and at his age, thats the answer to your question my Irish consigliere.
Something Else
12-09-2007, 06:49 PM
As this other chap actually won something he shirley deserves it. All our other entrants were runners up. But it's based on popularity and viewing figures isn't it?
Sextent
12-09-2007, 07:16 PM
well, thats why he won what he won, he beat the best and at his age, thats the answer to your question my Irish consigliere.


He didn't win, he was second.

He should have won, but blew it in the last couple of races.

Kimi Räikkönen won it, strictly speaking Hamilton was equal third, as he had the same points as Alonso.

Oh and the team Hamilton was driving for were fined $100,000,000 and docked all of their points for cheating.
Jiggles
12-09-2007, 07:41 PM
your right, but he got that award for a reason, my guess is that he was a very strong competitor at the F1 championship on his debut, and he's British, these days if your British and lose at a world champ event, your the hero nevertheless.
Sextent
12-09-2007, 07:46 PM
Franchetti is British and he won the series he was in.
Jiggles
12-09-2007, 07:48 PM
he sounds like a pasta.
Rat Faced
12-09-2007, 08:09 PM
Purchance this guy can explain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuA5sNHnI3I
Sextent
12-09-2007, 08:12 PM
He won the Indy mate, not Nascar.

He's moved to Nascar for this year. To try something else.
Rat Faced
12-09-2007, 08:26 PM
I dont know much about it but I'm sure you cant compare Indy and F1.

Isn't Indy going round and round an oval track but F1 has corners or something?

I would have thought, if that was the case, that coming 2nd in the F1 would probably be harder than 1st in Indy.. due purely to the tactics needed (Not to mention using those F1 steering wheels).

However, if the guy won then i would agree he should have been recognised at the awards... its no mean feat. (And almost unheard of for a Brit to win anything these days :P )
Sextent
12-09-2007, 08:31 PM
They race on ovals, however they also race on tracks with bendy bits.

http://media.channelblade.com/boat_graphics/templatesites/dts/dealerlibraries/21576/DGP_Map_small.gif
Rat Faced
12-09-2007, 08:35 PM
When did American Car Makers discover corners?

They're famous for going like rockets and turning like bricks. :lol:
Sextent
12-09-2007, 08:37 PM
This is what he was driving mate.

http://www.franchitti.com/gallery/NSH_Action.jpg
Rat Faced
12-09-2007, 08:40 PM
I bow to your superior knowledge of the subject matter.

It looks like a racing car.

A F1 looks like a racing car.

Ergo, he won his... he should get the coconut. ;)
Jiggles
12-09-2007, 08:40 PM
i dont beleive your stumped on this one, F1 is more popular, technical, and harder to win a championship at imo, its the premiership of all racing comps, no wonder Hamilton, at his age and on his debut finishing 2nd won that award thingie.
Sextent
12-09-2007, 08:43 PM
Or losing, as it's known.

Driving for a team who cheated and were docked all of their points and got a huge fine.

As opposed to the bloke who came first. Or won, as we like to call it.

I know what I think the greater achievement is.
Biggles
12-10-2007, 10:21 AM
Somebody at the Beeb said "What's Indy 500"?

Just a guess like.
Sextent
12-10-2007, 09:12 PM
It wasn't a beeb thing it was sponsored by Autosport and shown on an ITV channel.

Looked very official tho' with all the big hitters from the race World there.

Franchetti was one of the nominees for both of the awards Hamilton won.