News Details

Hamilton denies disrespecting F1 press

Hamilton denies disrespecting F1 press Lewis Hamilton has denied deliberately disrespecting the assembled media ahead of the Japanese grand prix. Throughout the official FIA press conference, the world champion played on his phone, uploading a series of ‘snaps' to the social media platform Snapchat and using swear words to declare his boredom. 'Fun and frolics — or disrespect?' wondered The Times' Kevin Eason. Eason said the antics attracted a 'thunderous look' from senior FIA officials, while The Telegraph said Hamilton turned the presser into 'a farce'. Faced with the criticism, the Mercedes driver later said on Twitter: 'Today was meant to be fun, not at all disrespectful....
Full Story »
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton stirs up the Press

At the Japanese driver conference, Lewis Hamilton caused outrage amongst...
9y ago from F1.co.uk

Hamilton issues apology over Snapchat plays during F1...

Hamilton issues apology over Snapchat plays during F1 press An unpleasant...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Hamilton defends ‘fun' press conference antics

Lewis Hamilton has defended his actions after coming under fire after...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Lewis Hamilton calls for press conference format...

Lewis Hamilton has called for the FIA's press conference fomat to be...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez admits ‘touch of madness’ is key to...

Marc Marquez has provided fascinating insight into how he balances risk...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...

IndyCar names officiating director ahead of Indy 500

IndyCar Officiating has announced Scot Elkins as the new Managing...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Even when he tries to be calm, he's faking it' -...

Former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel has claimed that Arsenal manager Mikel...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Typical bottle merchants', 'Bottling officially...

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta are being mocked on social media after Manchester...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal and Man United scout 35m wide player with...

Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in signing the Club Brugge...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Player ratings: Man City 2-1 Arsenal

Arsenal fell to defeat to their rivals for the Premier League title on...
8h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Comments

Hottest News

Red Bull poach Ferrari star after GP exit

A former Red Bull F1 legend has revealed that the... Read More »
10h ago from GPFans.com

F1 icon refused to work with Michael Schumacher

Lewis Hamilton's former Mercedes performance... Read More »
9h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.