Quote:
Originally Posted by 3798j
No idea what point you're making. This is the SIM forum.
Here's my perspective. Max is someone who feels he doesn't need to follow rules. When he thinks he's been slighted, he can only retaliate, ruining it for himself and others. Strangely, when this was pointed out, you and others found no problem with his actions.
It's his feeling of entitlement to break the rules (and the acceptance by so many like yourself) that many find abhorrent. It's as if when growing up he was taught that if the game doesn't go his way, go ahead and destroy the game.
His actions of ignoring the game's rules can't be defended. That's why he was disqualified and thrown out.
Hope this is clear...once again he's shown what a jerk he is...and coupling him to other jerks doesn't make him any less one.
|
Also you know that, the early days, adolescence and adult life of virtually all non-pay F1 drivers is single-mindedly dominated by racing and the requirement of results, results and results. In the end, that's what matters most to get noticed by teams and sponsors. The road to F1 success is massively competitive, ruthless and uphill. And even if the 'young hopeful' manages to become, at last, part of the select F1 elite, he risks to remain a 'disposable' for teams and their sponsors anyway. The requirement to 'deliver' shapes drivers mindsets already at a young age: 'claim your space', 'no glory for 2nd place', 'elbows out' if need be, flirting with all limits, physical and immaterial (including those of sportsmanlike behavior).
Verstappen has been trained since his toddler days to become the most complete F1 driver ever. What we are currently witnessing is the consolidation of an F1 war machine who will continue to improve to a level that will be hard to match if he keeps getting a competitive car.
Definitely no problem to
criticize Verstappen - like any of us, he makes mistakes and we're all free to speak our mind. But the trouble with your narrative is that you regularly
vilify Verstappen. And that's a slippery slope for unhinged conjecture, prejudiced thinking and conspiracy theories, with 'hate' as toxic end station.
You don't need to disclose why you bear a grudge against Verstappen, but likely it's not far off base to assume that, apart from some of his antics perceived as questionable (yes, he is one of the most aggressive F1 drivers that remind of Ayrton Senna's approach), your view about him risks to be clouded by frustration about the fact that he has become an immovable obstacle for success of F1 drivers you root for.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured (Seneca). That does not apply to Verstappen only, but to all of us.