Put a sock in it, Webber THE FITZ FILES

• Published in: Sydney morning herald
• Main Author: Peter Fitz Simons
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sydney, N.S.W Fairfax Digital 02.04.2010
• Subjects: Automobiles; Professional soccer; Rugby
• ISSN: 0312-6315

You know the story. Last Friday night, former formula one world champion Lewis Hamilton left a function at Albert Park and then made a complete dickhead of himself - and I use the word advisedly - by doing screaming burnouts in a borrowed Mercedes sedan. They, rightly, have laws against being a hoon in Victoria, just as we have them here in NSW - so the cops apprehended him and impounded the car. At least Hamilton had the grace to quickly apologise. Still, this was not good enough for our driver, Mark Webber. He took umbrage that the Victorian Police had the temerity to treat fellow formula one driver Hamilton like everyone else and said so: "It pisses me off coming back here to be honest. It's a great country but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do." Bring it in tight, Mark. Look, it is true that you've totally outgrown we little people that you've left behind in Australia and, really, it is mighty big of you, Tex, to come back here at all. Don't think we littlies don't appreciate it or that you haven't put the wind up us by implying you might not come back next time. But forgive us. See, because we haven't grown like you, we still cling to the absurd notion that a hoon is still a hoon even if he is a famous hoon, and will be treated like one under anti-hoon laws. We also think that pretentious idiots like you, suddenly too big for your boots, should put a sock in it.