cringeworthy stunts

[Nordic]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article3897781.ece

This sounds like one of the most bizzare and cringeworthy stunts a driver has ever had to perform.

Can't see James Hunt, Graham Hill etc or even Mansell getting roped in.


Le Mans gets a mention alongside acting and music, so he must be serious.

“I’d like to try other sports. I’d like to try rallying one day. I’d love to try MotoGP [motorbike racing], Le Mans all those sorts of thing. But also acting and music,” he said

[nopanic - neil]

yea but as they said on Radio 5, things you do when your paid £30 million.

Also who from Vodofone comes up with these stupid stunts?

[Bas]

Here's fairy Lewis the movie. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7391921.stm

[Steve Pyro]

Here's fairy Lewis the movie. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7391921.stm

Good God.  I bet he felt a proper tool.

[nickliv]

Yep. That's pretty much what he'll be doing during the week from now on, chowing down on big, fat, corporate c**k, and pretending that he doesn't mind too much, while plaintively wailing about wanting to be in a band / film / you name it.

Mind you, if you're going to take all the money, it can't be a bed of roses can it?

The bit from the build up to the Melbourne race where he was filmed 'relaxing' with Heikki, and trying to tell him that he should listen to reggae etc. was so awful, it made me try to eat my own fist and half the sofa.

[Lord Pig-Pen]

What a total f**k*ng load of bllocks

[Christopher]

What a complete c*ck !

If thought that MS was bad with his dodgy Fiat commercials, but that is far far worse.

[Lorry]

[old git on] Who dreams up all of this cr@p.  I mean who would dash off and buy a phone afterwards [/off]

[Andy]

What a complete c*ck !

If thought that MS was bad with his dodgy Fiat commercials, but that is far far worse.

That surely was the fairy rehersal for a christmas pantomime, Wot Tosh!

[Truck]

Nice codpiece

[Christopher]

Surprise, surprise, he has admitted it was probably a mistake........

From Autosport........

Hamilton regrets ridiculed PR stunt

Lewis Hamilton admitted he regrets taking part in a pre-Turkish Grand Prix publicity stunt for McLaren title sponsor Vodafone, which brought on media mockery in the UK.

Hamilton was hoisted on to stage on high wires, portraying the Greek god Apollo, during a promotional event at the Istanbul set of 'Fires of Anatolia', a show depicting the battle of Troy.

And although Hamilton's exploits were broadcast around the world, there has been some ridicule in the media about how the McLaren driver looked.

"In the pantheon of ridiculous publicity stunts, it may rate among the greatest," the Times had declared on Friday. "Dressed in his logoed race driving suit, he looked less like a majestic Apollo than a cross between Peter Pan and an astronaut."

And now the man himself has conceded that he was not impressed by how the situation played out.

"I thought 'that really was not cool'," Hamilton was quoted as saying in the British newspapers on Saturday. "I just turned up and got on with what I've been told to do. Now I've seen the footage and it's one of the worst things I've ever seen.

"At the end of the day I have a cool image, and things like that don't help."

PR guru Max Clifford told Sky News that he believed the event had not helped Hamilton's image - although it may have been a success for Vodafone.

"He comes across like a performing puppet," said Clifford. "This is a guy that should be respected, not ridiculed.

"What kind of image is that for a Formula One driver? It might get the sponsor column inches but it's certainly not doing Lewis Hamilton any favours."