I never thought the day would come when I’d look at Lewis Hamilton and think, ‘Titanic’. Not ‘titanic’ in the sense of ‘monumental’ or ‘immense’ (all of which could be applied to the multiple world champion with reasonable justification); but ‘Titanic’, as in the ship that hit an iceberg and sank so famously in 1912.
This bizarre connection was made while listening to Hamilton’s reaction to the equally peculiar FIA edict concerning an F1 driver’s personal apparel. You know, the bulletin on the weekend of the Australian GP that mentioned drivers’ piercings and underpants and was listed just after legislation on serious matters such as yellow flags and track hazards.
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