Drivers demand Hamilton talks

Formula 1 drivers have asked to discuss Lewis Hamilton's driving during a meeting ahead of the Japanese GP at Suzuka. That's the claim of Italian specialist magazine Autosprint after the McLaren driver's action in Singapore where Felipe Massa physically confronted the Briton. Ferrari's Massa sarcastically suggested 26-year-old Hamilton should call his father for help but Anthony Hamilton blamed a failure of support from his son's new management led by entertainment agent Simon Fuller. Former drivers Niki Lauda & Nigel Mansell have been critical of Lewis Hamilton this season labelling the driver 'dangerous' and 'out-of-control'. Autosprint claims Hamilton's rivals have asked FIA race director Charlie Whiting to allow a conversation during the Suzuka briefing about the McLaren driver's too-aggressive driving style. His team boss Martin Whitmarsh acknowledged 2011 "has not been a good season for Lewis Hamilton" but said the tone of the latest criticism "is wrong".

Formula 1 is supposedly the leading series of motorsport in the world but in my opinion the sport that we all know and love is being slowly killed. Not only is the grid full of pus*y drivers but the introduction of artificial overtaking through DRS & turning the sport into a 'conservation of tyres' world championship has ultimately had a negative effect upon racing within F1. This meeting can only be described as a witch hunt, bullying tactic and clear victimisation against one of the most talented, entertaining and passionate drivers on the grid. I'm sick and tired of ex drivers labelling Hamilton 'dangerous' and 'reckless' - neither of which I have witnessed this season. On many occasions this season it has been rival drivers including Button, Kobayashi & Maldonado who have caused issues relating to 'incidents' involving Hamilton, yet the blame is entirely at the door of one man. It is simply ridiculous. Call me biased but did anyone sit Aryton Senna down and tell him to drive 'properly?' I doubt it and F1 was better and far more exciting because of it. What will the FIA or ludicrous stewarding clamp down on next? No overtaking as its dangerous? 100km/h speed limit. F1 needs the so-called 'reckless' drivers like Hamilton to bring the excitement to the sport. This is proven as on any given sunday the excitment and television coverage always focuses on Hamilton. Without drivers like Hamilton, Kubica & Raikkonen Formula 1 is dull.

For consistency, will Schumacher also be discussed? He's been involved in far more incidents. What about Kobayashi or Maldonado? Or even Webber for his shunting antics? What about Alonso and asking team mates to crash for him to win races and his disregard for the rules?

Hamilton does some daring overtakes but can't be classified as dangerous when people like Schumacher are on the grid. This is indeed ridiculous

John there's a difference though with being exciting and crashing or causing incidents so often that it becomes a problem. Nobody doubts at his best he's exciting, more so than most drivers but sometimes he needs to calm down and be smarter with his approach, even he himself has admitted that so i don't know why fans continue to dispute it.

Having said that i think a driver meeting is pointless, couldn't they just bring it up during the GPDA meetings?!

Bonjourno!

I believe Hamilton has set a new record for the total number of reprimands he has recieved upto now in a season.

Of course the drivers are going to have a meeting about how to deal with him. No driver is bigger than the sport and the number of incidents he has been involved in are crazy this season.

Not only has he been damaging his season and races but other peoples races as well. There is only so much drivers are going to take and judging by Massa's reaction, they are not going to take his approach any longer.

Will Hamilton be in attendance of the meeting???

Forza Alonso!

Thats a load of testicles!

My memory is pretty poor, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't remember Hamilton making any "dangerous" moves. I'm talking about situations similar to Schumacher deliberately almost pushing Barrichello into the pit wall.

Is he clumsy and impetuous? Yes.

Dangerous and out-of-control? Hell no!

I'm hoping that Autosprint article was just a wind-up by some tifosi journalist.

Niki Lauda would do well to remember how dangerous the sport was when he raced and compare it to how much safer it is now. Mansell would do well to remember some of the moves he pulled in his day. Not trying to say he was accident prone - just a hard charger like Lewis.

I can't think of a single truly dangerous accident Lewis Hamilton has caused. In fact the only ones I can remember in recent times were Massa's concussion and the time Webber went airborne after running into Kovaleinen.