Lewis restores our faith

6:00am Saturday 27th October 2007

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"THE motor racing, I confess, is something which doesn't appeal to me," writes Lawrie McMenemy in his exclusive Daily Echo column today.

"But like most other Englishmen, I have been drawn to it more because of the meteoric rise of Lewis Hamilton - and particularly the way he has handled himself in interviews and personal appearances.

"He was odds on to finish in the first five last weekend which would have guaranteed him winning the World Championship and going down in the record books.

"But because of a combination of technical faults and a couple of the cars who finished ahead of him using banned fuel, he only came seventh.

His reaction was unbelievable compared to some of the things we see in our sport.

"He took the loss in his stride, congratulated the winner, said he would not like to win it if his team appealed.

"And because of this demeanour, he restored much of our faith in professional sport in general."

English sport has taken some hammer blows in recent weeks. Big Mac has a view on it all. Read them in today's Daily Echo.