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If anyone could upstage Formula One's return to the United States amid a potential championship decider with one crass act it was Lewis Hamilton in practice.
He emblazoned his helmet with the initials H.A.M. - short for hard as a m*****f*****.
Tough guy: Lewis Hamilton shows off his helmet
We can deduce that was the nudge-nudge meaning because he tweeted the same initials at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in August, advising his followers to look up the meaning if they did not know it.
It remains to be seen whether he will be told to remove the offending words ahead of qualifying on Saturday, or Sunday's race.
The timing is embarrassing because the ruling body, the FIA, warned drivers only a few days ago to moderate their language after Kimi Raikennon and Sebestain Vettel both swore in the heat of the moment on the podium in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton's McLaren team have regularly failed to exercise any form of discipline over their occasionally errant driver. They did not even fine him when he posted secret team telemetry on line, also at Belgium.
That may partly have been because they were trying to woo him into staying with them, but now he has agreed to join Mercedes next year they may take a more hard line approach.
Drivers generally gave high marks for the new $400 million track hosting the first U.S. Grand Prix since 2007.
'It's a great track to drive,' added Hamilton, who won the world championship in 2008.
'Generally, the track is cool all around. The turn one is pretty unique going uphill. It's definitely not easy. I think a lot of people are going to have some troubles this weekend.'
Good grief, that was a big ol waste of electricity. . .
- Miss Elaine , Birmingham, United Kingdom, 17/11/2012 06:14
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