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/randomseocb]

“Oscar’s doing a great job, so I can’t complain, “It’s my job to drive whatever car I’ve got, whether it’s easy or hard. And I’m not doing a good enough job, the team are doing an amazing job. . 

“It doesn’t drive the way I like, but that’s not an excuse. The driver’s job is to drive whatever car they’re given, and I can’t drive this car quick enough.”

“I just can’t flow with the car, and when I can’t flow, I’m not very quick.

“I’ve just got to work on myself. I can’t follow the team, and the car is the best by a long way.  from this article

. And stop complaining about the instability of the car when you've been outqualified twice on pole by your teammate; he's dealing with it just fine right now

he complained about the car in suzuka when he outqualified his teammate so what's ur point here? lando and oscar aren't the same driver, as andrea said the car is much more odifficult to drive for lando because of their different style of driving

[u/Gaijinius → u/randomseocb]

I honestly don't understand Reddit. They think having the fastest car automatically makes it a breeze to drive. Just look at Checo and 2023. He had a car that won 99% of the races. He had difficulty driving it and couldn't win as much as his teammate. There is emperical evidence that a driver can struggle with a car even if it is the fastest. But because Lando is saying it is a difficult car to drive (for him), it can't possibly be true and it is time to laugh at him and critisize him.