| | | quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I've never understood this. People want someone to win but evidently HATE a winner. I can remember the same attitude towards the Foyts and Andrettis. Same with Emerson Fittipaldi, Schumacher and Hamilton. Seen the same in American football toward Tom Brady and more recently toward Mahomes. Hell, LOTS of people hate Musk's success with SpaceX simply because they think it detracts from NASA's efforts.
Obviously, I'm no race car driver but imo, a faster car requires a much better skill set and reaction ability to be able to handle the car's speed and to keep less skilled drivers from takin you out. |
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I was the same way back in the early to mid 2000s when Michael Schumacher was the one winning all the races. I can't remember exactly, but he won 7 world championships, and I think they were probably back-to-back. I started to get really annoyed because every race... he was out in front, way ahead of everyone else, and dominating. You were essentially rooting for 2nd place. I realize that this is the same "mentality" (I assume) that's driving some of the frustrations with Max Verstappen.
Of course, my dad is Dutch, so I like Max too, and have no similar frustration with him, though I can recognize my hypocrisy from many years before.
That said, I still held my tongue so to speak because I knew that even though Michael Schumacher was winning constantly, I didn't really let it bother me... I acknowledged that he was a really good driver. And more importantly, he wasn't arrogant.
The funny thing about Max Verstappen... and I always joke with my dad about this, but Dutch humor is very dead-pan... you almost don't even know it's happening when it does. Max Verstappen is just totally cool in all his responses. Even when he's super pissed off, he just looks slightly annoyed. When he's super happy, he looks mildly amused, and that itself is hilarious.
I was happy for Lewis Hamilton when he would drive well... but within his second or third year, he basically became an ******* . Super arrogant, always complaining... his losses were NEVER his fault... it was always the fault of his crew (who wants to support a driver like that?). Alternately, when Max is unhappy with the car, he'll say... "We need a little tuning with the car to make it perfect." I've never once seen him **** on his pit crew.
I'm glad that Hamilton never reached 7 championships... because I'm happy with Michael Schumacher holding that record... Schumacher, like Max, was upstanding.
