First Black F1 World Champion

[Ismene]

Anyone hear the Vanessa show BBC Londone radio?

It's now a question of what is black? Are you black if you are of mixed race.... Both Obama and Hamilton have white mothers....

So there is now a huge furore over whether either of them can technically claim the title of first black president /  F1 champ....

Anyone slightly perplexed as to why it matters so much?

[AndrewT]

I did remember reading a report about gangs in schools in London recently where mixed race kids had the worst of it, because the white kids wouldn't want them, as they considered them to be black, and the black gangs wouldn't have them either because they were too white.

[kinboshi]

I did remember reading a report about gangs in schools in London recently where mixed race kids had the worst of it, because the white kids wouldn't want them, as they considered them to be black, and the black gangs wouldn't have them either because they were too white.

Very similar to what I read about South Africa during and after the apartheid regime.  Those from an Asian background (by Asian I mean the Indian sub-continent) were not given the same rights as whites during apartheid, but were also sort of 'missed out' after apartheid when the new system was introduced that favoured the black majority. 

[gatso]

Ruud Gullit isn't black,news to me.

que?

[Royal Flush]

Anyone hear the Vanessa show BBC Londone radio?

It's now a question of what is black? Are you black if you are of mixed race.... Both Obama and Hamilton have white mothers....

So there is now a huge furore over whether either of them can technically claim the title of first black president /  F1 champ....

Anyone slightly perplexed as to why it matters so much?

Does that mean if i backed Female president before Black president i am still in the hunt?

[gatso]

Anyone hear the Vanessa show BBC Londone radio?

It's now a question of what is black? Are you black if you are of mixed race.... Both Obama and Hamilton have white mothers....

So there is now a huge furore over whether either of them can technically claim the title of first black president /  F1 champ....

Anyone slightly perplexed as to why it matters so much?

Does that mean if i backed Female president before Black president i am still in the hunt?

you'll never find anyone to take the bet cos it's racist

[Longy]

Ruud Gullit isn't black,news to me.

que?

Ruud Gullit was the first black premiership manager, no?

[gatso]

Ruud Gullit isn't black,news to me.

que?

Ruud Gullit was the first black premiership manager, no?

I'm not sure anyone said otherwise did they?

[AndrewT]

Anyone hear the Vanessa show BBC Londone radio?

It's now a question of what is black? Are you black if you are of mixed race.... Both Obama and Hamilton have white mothers....

So there is now a huge furore over whether either of them can technically claim the title of first black president /  F1 champ....

Anyone slightly perplexed as to why it matters so much?

Does that mean if i backed Female president before Black president i am still in the hunt?

If Whoopi Goldberg becomes President will the bet be settled under the dead heat rules?

[WYSINWYG]

Now being alleged that Hamilton was involved in race-fixing, tabloids suggesting that those who throw such allegations must have racist motivations. Obv, since he's the first black F1 champion...

[EvilPie]

Now being alleged that Hamilton was involved in race-fixing, tabloids suggesting that those who throw such allegations must have racist motivations. Obv, since he's the first black F1 champion...

lol at that.

Anyone who watched it and has actually looked at how many seconds Glock managed to lose in that last lap has to be suspicious.

I know he was on different tyres and all that blah blah blah but no one else on dry tyres went 28 seconds slower on their final lap.

Doesn't matter what colour the guy is there will always be a cloud over this championship because it was so dodgy.

Similar to every other year to be fair but that's another story.

[mondatoo]

Now being alleged that Hamilton was involved in race-fixing, tabloids suggesting that those who throw such allegations must have racist motivations. Obv, since he's the first black F1 champion...

lol at that.

Anyone who watched it and has actually looked at how many seconds Glock managed to lose in that last lap has to be suspicious.

I know he was on different tyres and all that blah blah blah but no one else on dry tyres went 28 seconds slower on their final lap.

Doesn't matter what colour the guy is there will always be a cloud over this championship because it was so dodgy.

Similar to every other year to be fair but that's another story.

Level ?

Tyres make a huge difference there's absolutely no doubt about the integrity of the result unless you believe every conspiracy theory that exists

[gatso]

I know he was on different tyres and all that blah blah blah but no one else on dry tyres went 28 seconds slower on their final lap.

this is true if you ignore the facts. trulli was the only other driver on slicks and he was actually fractionally slower than glock on the last lap

[Dino]

Now being alleged that Hamilton was involved in race-fixing, tabloids suggesting that those who throw such allegations must have racist motivations. Obv, since he's the first black F1 champion...

lol at that.

Anyone who watched it and has actually looked at how many seconds Glock managed to lose in that last lap has to be suspicious.

I know he was on different tyres and all that blah blah blah but no one else on dry tyres went 28 seconds slower on their final lap.

You mean apart from the other Toyota who turned an identical lap time who was the only other car still on dry tyres.

[WYSINWYG]

Now being alleged that Hamilton was involved in race-fixing, tabloids suggesting that those who throw such allegations must have racist motivations. Obv, since he's the first black F1 champion...

lol at that.

Anyone who watched it and has actually looked at how many seconds Glock managed to lose in that last lap has to be suspicious.

I know he was on different tyres and all that blah blah blah but no one else on dry tyres went 28 seconds slower on their final lap.

Doesn't matter what colour the guy is there will always be a cloud over this championship because it was so dodgy.

Similar to every other year to be fair but that's another story.

(3mins in) Doesn't look like Glock is trying to block, he says he didn't even know Hamilton was there...