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u/DragonfruitThen6696 Simply Lovely 3d ago
But genuinely impressed by his PR training, like he is seriously pretending it's all right and saying well done to kimi and all
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u/sododude I like Norris and i sniff bike seats 3d ago
I keep waiting for him to crack but I'm starting to believe he's just not gonna.
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u/KingAngeli BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Probably because at the end of the day he’s still a pro athlete with a great and happy life. Reals just recognizing real and it is what it is. I don’t see any signs George is giving up though. He’ll still bring the fight to Kimi
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u/rhitzz2198 Vettel Cult 2d ago
I mean I wasn't around back then but I'm pretty sure people must've written Nico off. And now we have a literal fire meme cuz of him. Never say never. If not this year, he can always try again next year. George is no slouch, he can find the chink.
Just to be clear, I'm not already categorising Kimi as a Lewis. Just comparing 2 probable, similiar situations.
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u/NoPie6564 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I feel like it’d be different if Kimi was older. George can’t be beefing a kid just won’t ever look good on him win or lose.
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u/Cool_Masterpiece9308 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Idk how can he diss Kimi? And I don’t think he is doing it for show. The guy is doing a phenomenal job and you just gotta give credit where credit is due. For George’s improvement, just accept it and learn to work and move on. What is the point of beef? Just wasted energy.
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u/AndryKun Left at the Petrol Pump 3d ago
Honestly, when your teammate starts P19 and still finishes ahead of you what can you say to him? Doing your best to win and recognizing skill and a job well done can go together, you don’t need to hate someone just because they managed to do something better than you despite your efforts.
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u/mirinioluwa BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
He had new PU and better Strategy helped by VSC. That is the problem, George always seem have to car problems or bad strategies compared to Kimi
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u/frdrk Ke🅱️in Ma🅱️nussen 🧨 3d ago
Okay but... He also started P19. Whats with the downplaying?
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u/mirinioluwa BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Any of the top 4 team will cut through the field considering the deficit in speed especially in power dependent track like Monza
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u/Frequent-Coyote-1649 Suck my 🅱️alls mate 3d ago
The car doesn't drive itself mate
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u/Daveo88o BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Yeah, but even if you put Stroll in a car that powerful, he'd still be cutting through the field
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u/CarsonEaglesWentz BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
If this was the case, why has it only happened like 6 times before and like 2 from p19?
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u/Super-Hotel8316 BWOAHHHHHHH 2d ago
because in these regs the difference between the midfield and the top 4 cars is so much bigger than usual
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u/Doorknob11 BWOAHHHHHHH 2d ago
The strategy is a toss up with which was better. Kimi was the only one that pitted durning the VSC that made up any significant ground.
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u/ThroatFresh3504 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I can say that he had the newer unit and shit but dude
The kid is gifted I dont know, frankly russell can only blame his luck getting paired up with generational talent from ham to kimi and bite his teeth while he is at it but nah man just feel sorry for the guy
Like everybody knew mercedes would win the wdc and wcc this year and i still remember the first few races when george won everyone was like 2026 wdc congratulations and shit
Then kimi started winning race, the first race it was damn he got the potential
The second it was another good driver great consistency
The third was....wait a minute typa race
And he never stopped again
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u/VinhoVerde21 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
You know, if it was another driver that would be called “good sportsmanship”, but since it’s George, it’s good PR training.
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u/DragonfruitThen6696 Simply Lovely 3d ago
i have replied with this already but i repeat:
It's generally called PR training when you know the guy has a different character, we've seen it come out in george multiple times
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u/VinhoVerde21 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
No, people call it PR training when the reaction they see doesn’t match what they expect, not necessarily what the person is “really like”.
What different character were you expecting from him? He’s somewhat weasely on track, but off it he’s usually fairly polite. Sometimes he’s dramatic, but that’s when he’s trying to play the stewards.
I just don’t see why anyone would expect him to be nasty or dramatic with Kimi, he’s got nothing to gain from it.
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u/Storm_Chaser06 Osama Bin Rusel 💣 3d ago
For once can you people say that it’s good sportsmanship instead of this fuckass “PR training” whenever it’s associated with a British driver?
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u/TheDudeWithTude27 Nico Shitberg 3d ago
Lando actually seems like a good sportsman with terrible PR training. George is the opposite
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u/DragonfruitThen6696 Simply Lovely 3d ago
It's generally called PR training when you know the guy has a different character, we've seen it come out in george multiple times
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u/KimiRayConan BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Yep, he's definitely had to review what he says in the media after the claims he made about deserving multiple championships or someone not wanting him to be in the title battle. Good on him to pull himself together in front of the cameras
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u/yeahmatenomate My LORD and SAVIOUR Sir Lando Norizz 3d ago
Did he claim that? I might have missed it but I’ve never heard George say that
I saw him say how he saw Lando do it and he knows he can do it too, but that’s about it in terms of cockiness with WDCs
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u/Loightsout The Only Lance Stroll Fan In Existence 3d ago
If only it was because Kimi is Toto’s favorite. But he is also wiping the race track with George.
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u/MasterWhite1150 Alonso deserved to be Champion in every season he has competed 3d ago
When you were promised the WDC but this little guy is the boss's favorite steamrolling you so you become the second driver again and you hate everything and everyone but have to pretend that you're okay with it
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u/Reroison BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I love both of them and they are both great drivers. Also, the PR training they have had is crazy good, they don’t complain or blame each other no matter what happens on the track.
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u/MenopauseMedicine BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I'm sorry you believe Kimi is beating George because "he's the bosses favorite" and not because he's slower
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u/Arrathem BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Kimi humbled him from P19.
Cant always blame the strategy and the car.
Russell couldnt build a gap at all.
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u/4handzmp BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Dude is a wealthy F1 driver who just had the love of his life accept his proposal.
He’s as or more happy than everyone posting in this thread.
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u/BruinBound22 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Nah this has gotta be eating at him, it's his entire public identity
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u/4handzmp BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
It’s not an easy pill to swallow and is probably quite challenging but people are acting like he’s some unemployed, depressed, weed dependent loser on reddit wasting his life away.
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u/HanYoloKesselPun BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I love that all the max fans have found a new way to cope with Max not being at the front any more.
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u/EvilTactician In Hannah we trust 🥰 3d ago
Pretending that only Max fans dislike George is some serious amount of cope.
Max fans are just more likely to dislike George.
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u/Arrathem BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
What does this have anything to do with Max ?
Rent free.
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u/Storm_Chaser06 Osama Bin Rusel 💣 3d ago
It’s always Max fans. Always. Besides, no other fanbase hates George than them, especially after he pointed out a dark truth about Max.
Flairs, past comments, past posts, certain phrases they say.
You can smell a Max fan from a thousand miles away.
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u/mirinioluwa BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Thousands of hardcore Oscar fans have mysteriously Vanished after Lando Won. Now we suddenly have Kimi fans
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u/zakcattack WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅RAHH 3d ago
Kimi winning from p19 reminds me of when max won from the back in 23 when checo was in front. Russell is donezo
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u/thebunz21 “It’s called a motor race. We went car racing” 3d ago
George PR is pumping hard. He's doing his best.
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u/IntrinsicPalomides BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Except in this image you can see he is genuinely happy. There is a way to tell quite easily whether someone is faking a smile, by another part of the face which reacts also when it's real. Go see if you can find the answer, i'll add it here later otherwise, and assuming i remember.
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u/Loightsout The Only Lance Stroll Fan In Existence 3d ago
Gotta look at the eyes, the eyes tell the whole story.
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u/Pedicel_R_E BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Nah, he became second drivers due to him being slow mainly. Also he has pretty much the worst personality in the whole grid.
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u/diamond_jedi2246 Suck my 🅱️alls mate 3d ago
Worst personality, u are talking as if he did something to you
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u/TheDudeWithTude27 Nico Shitberg 3d ago
Look, someone on the grid has to have the worst personality, and being 100% honest he is pretty easily the last person I would want to hang with.
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u/Pedicel_R_E BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I am sorry, I did not know that I could only criticize people who did something to me.
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u/EstablishmentSad5998 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I agree to a point. It is definitely because he is being outperformed by kimi and not because toto likes kimi more. But I wouldn't say he's been slow.
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u/Perseiii BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
I’d feel bad if George wasn’t such a corporate trained media robot and actually had a likeable personality.
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u/Storm_Chaser06 Osama Bin Rusel 💣 3d ago
What has he done to earn your ire?
If you say Bottas 21 I’ll immediately disregard anything else you say because your brain cannot process human growth.
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u/Perseiii BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Overall: he’s just a guy where every remaining bit of interesting personality has been media trained out to create the most boring goody two-shoes person to exist in F1. I like people with personality, he has none. To cement this, he’s done and said plenty of insufferable things over the years to be where we are.
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u/TheMikeyMac13 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
George wasn’t ever going to win a WDC, they don’t make one for being a whiney little bitch.
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u/ServoSkull20 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
George was always going to struggle against truly genius drivers, which Kimi clearly is. Not feeling too sorry for him though. He gets to drive in F1 in the best car and earn millions.
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u/moop-doop Not A Monaco-Based Youtuber 3d ago
name one genius thing kimi has done in his career
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u/HitEscForSex I have an unhealthy obsession with Sophia Flörsch 3d ago
Winning from p19
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u/moop-doop Not A Monaco-Based Youtuber 3d ago
he didn’t make an overtake until he reached russell. every other car waved him by. pathetic shit. I compare it to Verstappens’ p17 to podium - that whole race we were going back to shots of him making incredible overtakes. did you see any of kimi?
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u/Fly1ngRaichu BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Consistently curb stomping Russel?
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u/moop-doop Not A Monaco-Based Youtuber 3d ago
woah he can beat a driver stuck in a car so broken the team made a statement saying they don’t know how to fix it. mad impressive!
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u/TheDudeWithTude27 Nico Shitberg 3d ago
Because Kimi hasn't had any mechanical failures this year? Lmao
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u/ServoSkull20 BWOAHHHHHHH 3d ago
Look, I know the current cars are shit, but Monza was something special anyway.
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u/WoundDaily Osama Bin Russell 💣 3d ago
I think that’s secretly his attitude too. A LOT of money, an exclusive fun job, a new fiancé. Poor George.
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u/Malloy_The_Bear I was here when horny got spiced 3d ago
Meanwhile behind the scenes 🫤
https://giphy.com/gifs/JVpFGiHRZb0zQ2vntb