Tbh I hated them and their better-than-thou attitude to corporate culture, self-improvement, blame-free, blah blah blah, all while they were the dominant team. Then in 2022 they don't even drop down the pecking order that far, and it's like every man for themselves like they're all Chicken fucking Little while Lewis is moaning about how undriveable the second or third fastest car on the grid is.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Totally agree, gracious in defeat only when they win or get a good result, all things considered. I guess that is what you get by dominating the sport for almost a decade. People were so quick to consider Lewis the GOAT, I can't help but notice the lack of competitiveness from him, even with a inferior car.
"This is getting manipulated, man!"
I think that's taking it a bit too far. There's no denying that Lewis cruised to some of his titles because the car was leagues ahead of the rest, but he still has extremely competitive races even in a car that's drifting between second and fourth best. And I'm saying that as not the biggest Lewis fan out there.
He is/was very good, just not the best, in my opinion.
I'm in the same boat, and sore loser is a pretty fitting description imo. They gambled with the zero sidepods car, lost big time (though it should be said that other teams on the grid would have loved to switch cars with them), doubled down on it this season and lost again. This should have been a humbling experience, but instead they act like they are being owed P1.
Seeing Aston in the first half and McLaren in the second half of the season show them how it's done was super satisfying. And I don't hold much love for Ferrari, but I 100 percent want them to take P2 from Merc.
It's easy to be magnanimous, calm, rational and fun when everything's going your way and a lot harder when it isnt.
This came up before for them when they were really challenged or things got tense but for one reason or another the pressure was let off and things went back to normal.
Some teams (people) handle the transition better than others and F1 has easily had examples of both over the years, think it just means their a regular team.
I see what you mean. Perhaps they just seemed to work like clockwork before 22, then they seemed to crumble.
The only thing Mercedes has done that annoyed me is Toto leading the charge against Andretti. Just admit you're scared about another well funded team joining. The rest of the stuff is just jabbing Horner/Max or complaining that they need to improve their car.
I can forgive all but Toto.
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