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| F1: Prime Minister leads tributes to champion |
by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
3rd Nov 2008 |
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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown led a chorus of tributes to the new Formula One world champion Who Is Hamilton?. The chorus is expected to be released to download from iOutoftunes later this week, and is described as "only slightly less cheesy and embarrassing" than ITV-F1's celebration of the end of its tenure screened ad nauseam over the weekend.
"I, like so many, want to congratulate him on becoming world champion," said Mr Brown. "He couldn't have done this had he not been born and bred in the nurturing environment of Labour-run Stevenage Borough Council."
Not to be outdone, Conservative Party leader David Cameron also complimented the 23-year-old McLap'em driver on his dramatic title victory.
"I'd not heard of the Formula 1 lark before today, but I'd like to say congratulations to, er, Lewis is it? who has made everyone in Britain so very proud," he said. "Undoubtedly the fact that he was born and bred in Conservative-controlled Hertfordshire was a significant contributory factor to his inevitable victory."
Under Electoral Commission guidelines dotdotdotcomma are obliged to mention that representatives of other political parties also sought to claim credit for Hamilton's success, but none of them were really credible, apart from Barack Obama for some reason.
Leading industry figures also offered tributes.
"Lewis's championship is fantastic news for the whole of British motor sport," said Croydon Hilton, chief executive of the Motor Sports Association, and, demonstrating precisely how well the governing body of UK motorsport understands UK motorsport, went on: "Nearly half of the current F1 drivers learned their trade in the UK's domestic championships and Lewis's success brings further credibility to the UK as the world's best proving ground for young racing drivers."
Just for Mr Hilton's attention, Lewis has only raced 2 seasons in a UK domestic championship, that being the somewhat gallic Formula Renault UK. dotdotdotcomma believes Gordon Brown and David Cameron probably have more justification in claiming credit.
The world's leading motorsport periodical AutoSprout were also quick to congratulate the new youngest world champion.
"Well done Lewis," said editor-in-chief Andrew Burger-Van. "This is a proud moment for Autosprout, and for me personally, as it means I can justifiably put your cherubic face on the front of the next 52 issues of my magazine, as well as the last 52."
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