I am not really one to hate on teams or drivers for no reason, as I hold massive respect for each and every one of them. I love the sport, so I feel like having some hatred for a part of it is not really useful. But I have to say, from the baviour of Toto, to comments of Hamilton and on track behaviour of Russell, they have become very annoying in my eyes and seeing them lose has become more fun to watch than seeing them win. That’s obviously just my subjective view of things, but I just feel like them being on top for 6 years and being in the sport for a pretty long time, they would understand that domination is not easy. Instead, they act like sore losers, dismissing their competitors, shitting on the car (and in the same way, the engineers), and overall being extremely unlikeable. I am not even tifosi, but after shit Toto has said during Las Vegas, I am holding my hopes up that ferrari cleans the floor with them in Abu Dhabi and gets that p2.
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.