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Originally Posted by SteveDraz
There seems to be a lot of disdain for him for whatever reason.
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I agree with you on the talent. I just wonder if he had started with a back marker team like so many have had to do, just how his career would have gone. He has been exceedingly luck in that regard.
My take on why there is disdain comes from radio comments and interviews. Before winning Austria (last year?) he was really taking the piss out of the team for strategy. They assured him it would work and it did.
He seems to blame others for failures but took little to no responsibility the last year or two when he couldn't figure out the clutch to start the race. When Mclaren began its decline while he was there he was always on the radio complaining. So it makes his comments following a win appear disingenuous.
I also don't think the media pandering and incessant talking about him as the best in the field does him any favors. They seem to never point out his faults, like Monaco last year. Clearly left the circuit to consolidate his P1 over Ricciardo. If that were any other driver it would have been totally a call for a penalty. Ditto the aforementioned Austria incident with Rossberg. Hammy did the same move later in the year and it was called 'good hard racing' but Rossberg was clearly in the wrong in their minds.