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**Immampdah** · 12-06-2008, 03:56 AM

A lot of other people manage to.

I really don't feel the urge to do it, maybe I'm not like a lot of people.

We've been through this before. As soon as a Brit says something good about a British driver that you don't agree with, you accuse them of being nationalistic.

As long as they don't couple it with making fun or bashing a non-British driver I could accept it, but not like this. You may be a partisan of someone without laughing about others in a poor attempt to make your fave look better.

Personally, I derived great pleasure from Button's win because it was a very well-thought-out drive in difficult conditions, and because it was a surprise, just as Olivier Panis actually drove really well in Monaco in 1996 and that was a surprise.

Button's win was pure luck, nothing more. As for Panis, he won the race after he spun Irvine around in the Lowes hairpin when he rear ended him. Nothing to be proud of either, I can still see it happen like if it was yesterday.

And I have to say that you are on very thin ice when accusing others of blind bias.

As I said if you got something at hand shoot, I'll defend my opinion, and I'm yet to think about supporting a driver that wasn't worth it, let alone based on nationality.

12-06-2008, 03:56 AM	#40
Immampdah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 744 Senior Member	A lot of other people manage to. I really don't feel the urge to do it, maybe I'm not like a lot of people. We've been through this before. As soon as a Brit says something good about a British driver that you don't agree with, you accuse them of being nationalistic. As long as they don't couple it with making fun or bashing a non-British driver I could accept it, but not like this. You may be a partisan of someone without laughing about others in a poor attempt to make your fave look better. Personally, I derived great pleasure from Button's win because it was a very well-thought-out drive in difficult conditions, and because it was a surprise, just as Olivier Panis actually drove really well in Monaco in 1996 and that was a surprise. Button's win was pure luck, nothing more. As for Panis, he won the race after he spun Irvine around in the Lowes hairpin when he rear ended him. Nothing to be proud of either, I can still see it happen like if it was yesterday. And I have to say that you are on very thin ice when accusing others of blind bias. As I said if you got something at hand shoot, I'll defend my opinion, and I'm yet to think about supporting a driver that wasn't worth it, let alone based on nationality.
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