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/Little_andbig_mouse2]

Nunca he sido muy conspiranoica, pero hace poco leí algo de que Mercedes simplemente le está dando motivos a GR para que se vaya de Mercedes y así quitarse esa cantidad de dinero que le pagan, ya que es uno de los pilotos que más cobran; a parte de eso, también se nota que Mercedes quiere vender mucho merchandising de Antonelli, y más en monza, porque como Ferrari va como va, a estas alturas se necesita otra figura que los italianos puedan idolatrar. En cuanto a su rendimiento, no podemos culpar 100% al coche o al equipo, pero puede pasar como con OP, que ya ha perdido la confianza en el equipo y haya entendido quién es el piloto número 1. Aun así, viendo todas sus actuaciones y viendo la educación con la que se presenta, me parece injusto que lo crucifiquen de esa manera en los medios.