Patriotic racing driver Lewis Hamilton has complained our national anthem is too short.

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Lewis Hamilton, formula 1 driver, has complained about the British national anthem. He reckons it is too short. A comparison was made between the British national anthem, and the Brazilian.

Lewis complained after having to listen to the Brazilian anthem for almost two minutes, whereas the British national anthem was recently squeezed into 44 seconds.

Now, a British composer and cellist (Philip Sheppard) comes to the rescue. He is going to try his utmost recording arrangements of 205 different anthems for the 2012 Olympics. He will try making all the anthems around one minute long, making sure no one feels left behind.

Philip says some anthems have to be shortened, while other have to be made longer.

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Although I understand where Lewis' frustration comes from, I myself would not make a problem out of it. Having said that, I am not a sports-fan myself.

I feel it is hard to judge someone who is racing on behalf of a country. It seems rather logical to be at least slightly patriotic when you're an international racer and your victories mean your country has won.

Reading the article, I initially thought the article covered an American racer, as in general, Americans seem to be more patriotic than the Brits. It was a surprise finding out the article covered a British racer.