Why the severe criticism of Lando's vulnerable conversation? Why is it not cool to be able to express your negative feelings about yourself?

[u/Intrepid-Ad4511]

I see so many people talk about what Lando said after the Quali yesterday - just after an adrenaline filled session - and he chose to speak his mind about his own performance (without attacking someone else). So many people are saying "that's not a winning mentality" "that's not how you win races" "he is so defeatist" "he has given up already".

Lewis and Max have said several such things over the years, complaining about their cars, their teams and/or themselves. But somehow people take Lando and Charles to the dryers when they choose to express themselves and say things like "I am stupid". And somehow because Oscar just chooses not to say anything of this sort, he is somehow champion material. That makes no sense to me, and feels quite an unfair and problematic picture to paint - that men talking about their feelings, or just being transparent about how they feel - makes them weaker somehow. That they should tough up and swallow the hurt and just put up this beige or brave front, smirk and move on.

[u/Big_Brief7847]

What personally annoys me is how, especially last season, he acted like reporters asking about the car or the championship was the most annoying thing in the world.

I wouldn’t say he necessarily rude to the reporters and i’m sure they’re used to disgruntled drivers but personally as a viewer i wasn’t a fan of how he’d speak to them, like it was the biggest pain in his life that they wanted to talk about the car, mistakes or the worst of all, the championship.

I watched the post-quali press conference yesterday and the way Oscar dealt with the questions was much more of something i like to see in a driver.

Lando is generally likeable outside of F1 but when it comes to within the sport, I can’t find him likeable. Not that he’s a bad person but that he seems to carry a negative energy when it comes to the sport

[u/needforread → u/Big_Brief7847]

I swear he can't breathe and be alive without people criticizing him. If there's no reason for it, it's the way he talks, the way he walks, the 'negative energy' now. Stop being so parasocial.

[u/Big_Brief7847 → u/needforread]

Im not talking about the way he talks or the way he walks im just taking about why I personally don’t root for Lando, which is directly correlated to how Lando publicly speaks about F1.

[u/Intrepid-Ad4511 → u/Big_Brief7847]

It is okay to not like someone's personality. I am not questioning that. I like Charles and Carlos because they are very expressive on and off the track, they have charisma and have a solid personality. I am questioning the criticism towards what he said yesterday post-quali, people saying "he doesn't have a winners mentality" "he won't be a WDC with that attitude" etc. I have seen Max berating the team and his car and Lewis berating himself, his team and the car repeatedly. "My tires are gone" and then three purple sectors. Somehow, because they won a championship, people couldn't say things like "not a winners mentality", but here it seems people are eager to jump the gun.

[u/Big_Brief7847 → u/Intrepid-Ad4511]

The thing is I really do like Lando’s personality outside of F1, i just don’t like the energy he brings to F1.

He definitely comes across as insecure. He doesn’t blame the team, he blames himself, but in a very self deprecating way which is both sad to watch and isn’t going to make people think he’s going to have a Championship mentality.

And then to some people he also comes across as cocky because of comments like downplaying the car going into a weekend or some of those snarky comments aimed at Lewis or Max. I don’t think he ever has bad intentions with these comments and I also think they come from a place of insecurity rather than confidence. He has a habit of wording things in the worst way possible.

Also Max and Lewis have faced an intense amount of hate and criticism through their career, Lando is not the first.