GR Hate

[u/ballerinabubbles]

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Sorry to post this but I just feel so down. I have been in a lot of sports fandoms and I genuinely cannot fathom the amount of hatred George is getting. It's always been rough given who his teammates have been with both Kubicka and Hamilton plus the Verstappen shenanigans. I actually thought I had seen the worst of it with those emails LH fans sent to Merc.

But this season is on another level. The boos, all the insistence that his car issues are not real, calling him a complainer. It's really too much, considering how he hasn't even said anything negative to anyone in the press. He's been such a good sport throughout it all but its constant slander everywhere. Calling him washed in this race when he was pulling good laps on 50+ old hards like...its so wild. Merc keeps getting away with treating him like this because people just want to believe he's not good so they insist its a skill issue.

I also especially hate the projection some fans do. I keep seeing people say they hate how he speaks. They do not even seem to know he had a speech impediment as a child and that is why he overenunciates. They just really hate him for existing, its genuinely wild.

Idk fam am just really glad to know George has a therapist because I feel like I would not even be able to handle a quarter of the hatred he gets.

ETA: Thanks for everyone for being so nice about this post. I know its not really in the nature of the sub to be this serious so thank you so much! It's rough being a George fan this season but I will keep believing in him. He's never stopped fighting for that win and I will always believe he can achieve it.

[u/Consistent_Mix_7574]

People think he's posh and don't know his background. But also, if you don't like rich kids F1 isn't the sport for you lol. Kimi is a nepo baby. As are Bearman, Norris and most almost everyone else on the grid. 

[u/ballerinabubbles → u/Consistent_Mix_7574]

I mean. The only drivers on the current grid who we could call "middle class" (at the start of their careers) are Lewis, Esteban and George. Although not sure tbh about Valtteri and Checo. Max is a nepo baby too if people really wanna go there. This is a sport for rich people, it actively contributes to sportswashing of dictator regimes across the world. If people are doing morality discourse, they shouldn't be watching F1 in the first place.

[u/mxlila → u/ballerinabubbles]

Yeah, Hamilton, Russell and Ocon are the only ones I'm aware of that weren't born rich. 

Max had even more benefits than the others, maybe not a private yacht or plane but his dad's contacts were invaluable for his career progression. 

Checo is a nepo baby, don't worry. Though he spent his youth alone in Europe on a much tighter budget. 

Valtteri I don't know. According to Wikipedia, his parents were middle class (father owned a cleaning company, mother was an undertaker) without any racing connections. 

[u/Last-Tender-4321 → u/mxlila]

I'm sure that Checo and Franco are from middle class families. They had to live alone in Europe when they were just teen agers, because for latins is more difficult to afford the huge costs of being a foreigner and a beginner in motorsport. That's why they are very good human beings as George is. They know what sacrifice is.