Hamilton charged over Australian car stunt

Australian police are (from what I have heard) very serious when it comes to dealing with "hooning" as its called over there.
Can you imagine the backlash if they let a high profile case go un-punished?

They have to respond, or undermine all the work they have done already to tackle the problem.

Hamilton did something silly in a country that has reputation for dealing with bad driving seriously. Now he has to face the punishment. Webber would, I hope, get the same treatment.
 
God if they charge him with doing that, they would have a field day over here in McDonalds and Festival park in Stoke every night! and in Le Mans too!
 
Merlin5 said:
I bet they wouldn't bother if it was Mark Webber.
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Actually....they would. The Aussie police are hugely strict about hooning.

Hamilton should have known this. Quite why McLaren didn't think it prudent to give him a driver for the duration of his stay given that he's a young man who likes to drive fast in a country that just doesn't tolerate that sort of thing....

It's not like he doesn't have form for it either. Suspending from driving in France for a month thanks to a 122mph run on an autoroute - and you have to be driving like a complete **** to get pulled over in France (speaking as someone who blew by a police radar checkpoint in France at somewhere north of 130mph :o and didn't get even a cross word :D). You would have thought living in Switzerland (one of the most anti-fast-car countries in Europe) would have calmed him down since that episode. Evidently not.
 
Yeah but it's hamilton. Not some idiot with no driving skills who might cause an accident. They should use discretionary behaviour, not a blanket punishment. It takes years of training to develop the rare skill to become an F1 master, and these drivers risk their lives every race. He was just a bit excited after doing well in practise or qualifying, can't remember which.
 
Merlin5 said:
Yeah but it's hamilton. Not some idiot with no driving skills who might cause an accident. They should use discretionary behaviour, not a blanket punishment. It takes years of training to develop the rare skill to become an F1 master, and these drivers risk their lives every race. He was just a bit excited after doing well in practise or qualifying, can't remember which.
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Problem is, he's sharing the road with other road users who aren't F1 drivers.
 
Merlin5 said:
Yeah but it's hamilton. Not some idiot with no driving skills who might cause an accident. They should use discretionary behaviour, not a blanket punishment. It takes years of training to develop the rare skill to become an F1 master, and these drivers risk their lives every race. He was just a bit excited after doing well in practise or qualifying, can't remember which.
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Funniest thing I have read on here for a LONG time...
Here, have a cookie!!
 
Merlin5 said:
Yeah but it's hamilton. Not some idiot with no driving skills who might cause an accident. They should use discretionary behaviour, not a blanket punishment. It takes years of training to develop the rare skill to become an F1 master, and these drivers risk their lives every race. He was just a bit excited after doing well in practise or qualifying, can't remember which.
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If only things were that simple ;)
 
He's been charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle.

One of the best drivers in the world. Hmmm, a decent lawyer could have fun arguing that he didn't lose control of the vehicle after all.

I'm sure he'll just take whatever punishment comes on the chin and move on though.

P
 
Darkman said:
He's been charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle.

One of the best drivers in the world. Hmmm, a decent lawyer could have fun arguing that he didn't lose control of the vehicle after all.
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As above.

Who are the police to say he lost control, they have nowhere near the experience of him about driving.
Regardless, the oz attitude to these types of things is retarded, I don't understand how the people don't stand up to this authoritarian bull****. Having to go to court for a burnout :rolleyes:.

He just apologized for the press, but in private I bet he's laughing his *** off at the stupidity of it.
 
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F1 drivers make mistakes too you know.. Sometimes, they even crash!

There are a lot more un-known factors in a road car on a public road. I am not saying that I am whiter than white, and have never done anything silly.. Quite the contrary, in fact.

He should just take it on the chin, and look around him next time before doing anything too exuberant.
 
They seem to like to drag out this high profile example making, pretty pathetic really. His charge is "intentionally losing control of a vehicle", I suppose he could argue he was in control of it, spinning the wheels up isn't exactly out of control, especially for an F1 driver. Anyway I hope it doesn't effect the spa weekend.
 
Merlin5 said:
Yeah but it's hamilton.
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So, where d'you draw the line then?

Do all F1 drivers get let off for doing that sort of thing on Australian roads? Or even all motor racing drivers?

Or is it only champions? Or race winners? Or points-scorers?

Or maybe it's just The Messiah™ you think they ought to make an exception for?

:)
 
It's really a waste of everyone's time for what is just going to be a fine.

Why not just issue a fixed penalty and be done with it? Instead they're going to waste a courtroom arguing "intentional loss of control" when that's probably not even the case.
 
Yeah, pretty much.

They do have a reputation down under to take things a bit seriously when it comes to this. They should have just fined him on the roadside and ended it there, or at least a warning, that's probably what would have happened here, though I'm not sure to the extent at which he was pushing the loud pedal.
 
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