Monday, October 20, 2008

Alonso-Hamilton postrace handshake?

Been a little bit busy so haven't had time to gather and post my thoughts on the Chinese GP (not that I have all that many on such an uneventful race), but one thing that struck me as kind of odd was Alonso coming up to shake hands with Hamilton as he walked into the weighing room. Not that I think Fernando is that horrible of a guy or anything, but I was just surprised to see him eager to congratulate his (seemingly) bitter rival.

Haven't found video of it, but it is just after Hamilton hugs his brother and the 2 women standing next to him, then walks into the weighing room. Both Alonso & Hamilton still have their helmets on, and although I was pretty sure it was Fernando I still had to check this helmet guide just to make sure!

Again, I'm probably making a bigger deal out of this than it is, but it just struck me as kind of odd - "I'm doing everything in my power to make sure you lose the championship because I flat-out don't like you, but hey nice driving today, buddy!"

4 comments:

Krzysztof Wozniak said...

If it happened before the weighting room, maybe Alonso had on him a heavy object that he was planning to slip into Lewis' overalls so that he gets disqualified? Just a random thought :)

xenia said...

I have an unrelated comment but felipe's mum is so pretty and young looking!! His dad must be, er, rich?

Krzysztof Wozniak said...

Ha ha, he may be...

On another unrelated note, do you listen to Gareth Jones on Speed? In his 69th episode he has this phenomenal joke ad for people who would like to hire a celebrity but can't quite afford it, called "Felipe Massa...'s dad" (it's some 8 minutes into the podcast). Got to listen to it - it's priceless

xenia said...

Lol, I will listen tonight... I presume it also includes Anthony Hamilton and Button Senior