i was talking to my friends about this, i genuinely feel like a lot of things in f1 have changed since it became mainstream. it feels like a lot of fans care about the person than the sport itself.+
Exciting weekend! Was very happy to be racing our GT3 car in Portimão. There were some ups and downs, but as a team we learnt a lot.
I also feel I need to speak up about the hate and harassment Chris has received after the race. Everyone can have their opinions about what happened on track, but these personal attacks are not okay. Chris had a really strong stint and mistakes can happen.
There’s no place for this kind of abuse in our sport or anywhere else.
now it's like why did he even make that mistake, as if drivers aren't human , don't forget they're athletes who happen to be in the public eye. you can admire, support and criticize them without making everything personal. it's a sport, not a war. behave accordingly.
For exemple , they don't care about max verstappen the driver, they care about max verstappen as a person, and that makes everything so personal. the discourse used to be about why a driver made a mistake, what went wrong and how they could improve.+
i read so many f1 fans' takes and i used to just ignore them but honestly as a charles fan this has been the most draining year so far 😭 it genuinely feels like everyone is looking for a reason to hate on this guy no wonder he took social media off his phone
if you're going to call charles overrated, look at his actual performances and the context behind his results instead of cherry picking stats to push a narrative
when they said f1 is a nerd sport they really weren't lying because people pull up charles' career stats to call him overrated without ever looking at the context behind those numbers , he's been teammates with world champions and shown he can compete with and outperform them.+
some drivers adapt more easily than others, so why does that context suddenly disappear when it's charles? he's only 14 points behind a seven-time world champion despite multiple DNFs and a car that doesn't naturally suit his driving style.+