Why Lando Norris Is Losing Fans 

I think it's also got to do something with Lando growing up. Ever since debut, fans, media, and even other drivers treated him like a small child. Case in point when that famous F1 impersonator had a pacifier for his Lando bit, and even Ricciardo regularly pointing out how much younger Lando was than him when they were teammates, calling him "kid." I think it's a little belittling, and maybe that's why he's gotten a bit more defensive. He doesn't want to be known as the "funny gamer" driver. He wants to be taken more seriously as a potential champion.

People started turning on Russell when he slapped Valeri after Russell caused the accident. It has nothing to do with him going to @ Mercedes.

Given how much of a mess I was until my thirties (now I'm in my forties), I think expecting maturity from 24 year olds is a bit unrealistic. They're still building character.

I think the pressure on Norris is just under too much pressure for him to handle. He suddenly became a championship contender midseason without much experience being a front runner. Additionally he has to compete with Max, Charles and even Oscar (or rather Mclaren before Baku). Lando helped build up this team for some years and now gets his shot for the title but has to fight off everyone else plus has one of the most competetive teammates on the grid and the situation in Hungary was just poorly handled where he had given away a cruical win to Oscar and it ended in something like Monza which cost them alot imo.

This is perfectly normal in F1, unfortunately. Senna had his haters. Schumacher had his haters. Vettel had his haters. As does Hamilton, as does Verstappen. The only difference now is that it's all in our faces on social media, and people with anonymous accounts can be as vile as they like and face no consequences.

Not really the winning, more like he’s developed an attitude problem and in interviews and stuff, he’s always so sulky and behaves like he doesn’t want to be there, even his post-race celebrations, or lack thereof. I honestly don’t know if he even wants to go for the championship this year. Maybe Oscar is putting more pressure on him than we realise and it’s affected his mood, fan and media scrutiny? Gone were the days of the jolly, funny kid whose personality you just couldn’t help but get on board.

Brit here and I 100% agree Lando has not proven hes #1 over Piastri at this time. Maybe a little weird they didnt swap the cars in the last lap of Monza seeing as they both still get a podium (no issue with the overtake at the start)

Its simple, Verstappen fans hate him cause he can win WDC and Leclerc fans hate him cause he can win WDC before Charles. Australians are still pissed that he beat Ricciardo and is currently beating Oscar and Hamilton fans hate cause he doesn't praise Hamilton every chance he gets.

When Leclerc was winning in 2022, most people did not turn on him. The turning point for me was when he said he wouldn't be friends with Max if he didn't apologise after Austria. He is also consistently underplaying other driver's achievements such as when Max won with the safety car in Canada when other drivers supported him.

F1 fans in general are very moody. And then, Lando himself, being one of the contenders, is now under a lot more spotlight, combining that with the fast car and his DOTDs despite Verstappen outdriving him. That was when the hatred spiked. Plus, Lando himself got unlucky in some places but unlike the other champions on the grid, he expresses much more anger which makes it worse, particularly cuz Lando himself does not have the record of a Lewis or a Max or even a Leclerc. You combine all these factors with the fact F1 fans might be some of the worst in all of sports, it was bound to happen. The hatred's annoying and extreme at this point but it was always like this. Drivers like Seb had it the worst except social media had less presence and he had a champion record.

It’s his fans. You see it with games, series, movies and even people. Lando didn’t really change. Yes he maybe did really small things here and there but it was basically nothing. And of course he is a bit more competitive but thats basically every f1 driver. His fans on the other hand treated him like the second coming of Jesus Christ. Best example is the first driver privilege. He never said (at least publicly) that he wants it….his fans on the other hand went crazy (he is the best driver ever, he is so much better than oscar, he deserves a bottas etc) about it and it kind of painted the picture for people that he so desperately wants first driver treatment.(Well he probably wants it but as I said never really said it directly in public ….but people often connect their emotions they have towards a Fangroup with the thing they are fans of).I think lando is a great example of how fans of a person can influence the image or how this person is viewed by the broader audience. The mind makes a connection with the behavior of the fans and the behavior of lando While I agree that succes feeds hate….I don’t think that’s necessarily the reason why lando is hated right now. Than max would be way more hated right now because he dominated for so long and people would celebrate his potential loss of the drivers championship

I like Lando. But he was easy going, fun and cool. Now he is up tight, emotional and pouty

Lando won by a country mile in Singapore. He didn't crow or over celebrate. He was calm and measured on the radio and in the interviews. There are people who cannot bear to see success. They support you when you are the underdog then chop you down when you start to be successful. This is tall poppy syndrome. When Daniel Riccardo was joining McLaren he was terribly disparaging of Lando, pretending it was just jokes. No one hated him for it. Now so-called fans are turning on Lando for far less "crimes". It's not justified and is terribly unfair.

My respect to Lando jumped really high after position swap in Hungary. I know people think it other way, but it showed me his good side

There's an active hunt for someone to hate, and this guy apparently is who you'd pick for a fight because he would be easy to win against. It's opportunism. Period .

I've been a norris fan since he joined f1 and I'm happy af now, but it's sad seeing the hate drivers get not just norris all of them from max, lewis ect I don't understand why its become so toxic

I’m forever a Daniel and Lando fan, but I can’t stand the Lando fans. I think Lando needs to work on dealing with some problems if he wants to be one of the best drivers in the future and a championship driver

Having the best car puts Lando under the spotlight and more often than not, he doesn't perform like he needs to. Combined with his arrogant moments and his fanbase overrating him, it leads to a lot of people disliking him at the very least ( like my case ) and even hate. So far McLaren had the best car in more races than Red Bull did and they've been competitive everywhere, unlike Mercedes and Ferrari which flip-flop between competitive and best of the rest.

Some people I know that would like to see Lando lose is just so they can see his more "casual" fanbase cry, which I have to admit, is a bit of a fun sight to behold but "hate" may be a strong word for this situation.

F1 fans lose something every 15 minutes that's why nobody takes them seriously Nothing new 💀

I don't like him because we have been told how great he is for years now, long before he finally won a race. Oscar is going to out drive him next year without question.

max verstappen was hated before 2021 and is hated after 2021. But I can sense the mclaren bias in you.

People don’t like him now because of the jabs he’s taken at Max and Lewis equally. Lewis has 7 championships , Max has 3. Lando has 3 career race wins all this season. He is not and cannot act like he is on their level until he actually wins a championship.

Lol you basically did the thing you said other people are doing with your whole #1 driver argument because Landon disagrees and is being comeptive about it and that is what is rubbing people apparently including you the wrong way. If Lando wins every race left, a possibility when you have the strongest car, and Max doesn't get P2 just one time then Lando will have won the championship. It's a different story next year when they are back on level points again but for now McLaren should definitely do right by him to prioritize him while he has this opportunity. I would want them to do the same for Oscar if roles were reversed

He mocked Lewis for winning in the best car and now he's finding out it's not that easy. Those comments lost him respect. Also Piastri is more likable as a character

C'mon Iceman Kimi was never so rude to other drivers no matter which team he was in.

Piastri could make the move at the Monza race because Norris gave him room. If Pérez would have tried this on Verstappen there would have been contact.

Same as with George, as soon as they got to the front, they started to believe they are something better suddenly and both got very arrogant and unlikeable

I'll just say first I am a lando fan so there is some bias but I'm also a little frustrated that lando hasn't been has consistant this season and neither has mclaren. Lando has definately had a mentality shift this season after his first win and its clear he's taking longer to adapt to being a front runner aswell as challenging for the championship, in all fairness I don't think he expected to be challenging for it, it didn't look that way at the start of the season we all assumed it was wrapped up by red bulls strong start. Now at monza I'm gonna disagree and say that while it was a good move, oscar gave lando the decision to either back off or crash, it wasn't oscar doing it clean, he forced lando to give up position in a risky overtake, and I don't think its unfair for lando to question such an aggressive risky overtake which cost the team a 1-2 finish.

I CANNOT WAIT to cheer on Oscar even more over the years

I like Lando. But I think the thing is that he has made so many mistakes. That it feels like he’s failing upwards/failing into a championship. He’s had good drives don’t get me wrong. But his list of mistakes far exceeds his list of victories/races that were done to the best of his ability. It’s like, he can make these mistakes but it’s ok because there’s always next race. And yet other drivers have had to be near perfect to even get close to winning a championship.

Firstly you have zero context for the lewis stuff because you dont know what goes on behind the scene. There easily could have been context you arent privy to. As a mclaren fan the monza incident was too risky and after lando was forced to give the first place back that he out drove oscar to get, you would think oscar wouldnt risk 2 dnfs on the opening lap.

Not a Lando fan and certainly not what he pulled in Hungary however, I can acknowledge he is a good driver, not a great one. He makes far too many mistakes for that and to be gifted a car that is supposedly the best on the grid and still fail to not even podium every race is embarrassing. He's been a silver spoon driver his whole career and that won't stop

People hate Lando because he got a fast car all of a sudden. He was always meant to be at the front, now he is, and people think he dosen't deserve it. I think that is a bunch of BS. And his demeanor changing after Miami makes sense, he wants to be more serious. He wants to be taken more seriously. He is still making some mistakes, and he is rightfully angry when he makes them. People say dumb stuff when they are tired and angry ( like what happened with Hamilton )

I don't know about everyone else, but it has nothing to do with lando winning or having the fastest car or anything. It's simply the fact that the guy doesn't act right, saying things like "he should focus on driving" to vettel or zanvoort post race radio or hamilton in the cooldown room. I don't hate him per se but I certainly think there's a plethora of other drivers that deserve the title more thanks to their performances and the car they're in

people seem to forget that F1 is a top sport, where they compete for huge prizes, glory, fame. this isn't a show, its not scripted, these are humans competing at the pinnacle of motorsport. they're going to play mind games with achother, they're going to do whatever it takes to win. not everyone is going to be friendly with everyone, and not everyone is going to play nice. that's how it is, that's how its always been, and that's how it always will be. modern F1 fans would not have survived the old days of F1

Lando has proven to be the #1 driver, as the points and quali record unequivocally indicate. Oscar being #2 for the rest of 2024 doesn’t mean he will be to start 2025. This situation is a no brainer

not a fan of mclaren but u rly seem biased

Lando said "anyone" could have driven Lewis's MB to several WDCs which just made him look petulent. The fact he doubled down on it years later on his first opportunity with Lewis in the colldown room just seemed to confirm it. That said, I still like the guy. It's not like Lewis or Max have ever been petulent, is it?

Always disliked Lando despite everyone glazing him. Now that he's being successful he's showing why I never liked him. I don't like Lewis but the way he disrespected him in the cooldown room was crazy, as well as the radio message after the race in Holland.

I don't have much issue with Lando. In fact, this season has made me respect him a lot more, and he's done a good job of showing his depth and high level of skill as a driver (with the one exception being his tendency to botch starts from pole position, which he has mostly done a good job of recovering from this season). If anything, I think he needs more of that attitude that top-tier drivers have. Lando is far too often overly harsh on himself in a way that sometimes feels downright depressing. I feel like lately he's curtailed that somewhat, but for a while there it seemed like he was beating himself up over everything, even after relatively good race results. That's definitely not the attitude you want your #1 driver to have the majority of the time.

I just dont like how Norris started to change after Miami. He got so arrogant acting like he is a multiple champion since Miami.

The Piastri move worked because Lando had to lift, because he was thinking of the WDC and WCC. Had Norris braked as late as possible it would have risked a collision. In the end Leclerc managed to get into 2nd, bring himself in contention of winning and won. Piastri has shown that he is not fast enough yet to match Norris which is why McLaren MUST back Norris.

American fan here 👋🏽, what is the big deal ? Driver being aggressive? Who cares ? Almost like this whole Max cussing thing . Are other countries that up tight? 😂

Lando Norris need to start respecting others

As a Lando fan although there have been some individual disappointments I think it has been a good season so far . Without McLaren slow to the season prior to Miami if Lando had had the car he has now back in Bahrain he would be neck and neck with Max even with some mistakes . This year is a learning year for Lando and the whole team and they are actually challengiing for the championship a year ahead of the schedule . The important thing for Lando and the whole team is that even if this years title bid comes up short use these last few races to set up a 2025 championship win. Everytime Oscar has won there have been people predicting Lando's demise and it still hasn't happened.

It when drivers start winning is when they get hated on because they’ve ‘changed’ even though it’s just a winning mentality or just they dominate so fans hate on them f1 fans especially dts fans are weird

I prefer Piastri over Norris. He’s so much more likeable.

There's quite a few things about this. I've seen many people complain about the possibility of Lando winning the WDC saying "it would be the least deserving winner" which makes no sense. If anyone, ANYONE wins a championship like the f1 one they are 100% deserving of it, you might not like it, but no one has won a championship by chance or sheer luck. On the other hand, I understand the whole "bottler" argument, because he has bottled very valuable opportunities that hasn’t helped him or the team at all, he should take (and I think has taken) full responsibility for that. I couldn't care less about the way he talks or acts in interviews (sulky or looking like he doesn’t want to be there) as long as he is making up for the mistakes he's made. Lastly, the whole "disrespecting" other drivers, like Lewis, this is just plain silly. We've seen them chatting to each other in a a very friendly way many times, and I'm pretty sure Lewis wouldn’t even approach him if he didn't like Lando. They're all adults ffs! At the end of the day I agree with some other comment I've seen around, a lot of people just dislike him because he's turned into a challenger for the title. We should all enjoy the fact there's a chance for a fight like this, and hopefully it goes down to the wire

A lot of people in our culture just hate winners. That's why they hated Vettel. That's why they hate Max. And some of those people liked drivers like George and Lando because those two spent so long in mid or worse machinery, but kept their chin up. They now feel betrayed by Lando because they wanted him to be the underdog forever, but he isn't. Oscar will never betray people like that because he came in swinging. But those people would hate Oscar anyway because he excels.

Honestly, looking through the comments on social media and stuff, its easy to critique everything he does since he's at the pinnacle of the sprt right now and is under a huge microscope. People critiqued him for celebrating in Miami too hard because he got lucky with the SC, and so he toned down his celebrations for the next couple of wins and now people are saying he's arrogant because he isn't celebrating them. I mean, Lando even said in the post race interview this weekend that he was kinda dizzy after getting out of the car. Would you be able to get out and have a massive celebration in that condition? And for the other stuff about not being championship material and not having the right attitude. Well duh, some people forget how this is his first real season fighting at the front of the grid for wins and a title. As a Lando and Mclaren fan, this title fight was totally unexpected. I'm not confident that he will win the driver's championship, but if he does it will be amazing. Coming into the season, everyone was expecting Red Bull to dominate so anything from here on out is a bonus for me. My final point is the attitude. People love to point out that he's too harsh on himself and too cocky in his interactions with the media. You have to remember that most of these comments occur right after you get out of the car with adrenaline still pumping through your veins. I can empathize with him about being super critical of yourself as that's how I am when I'm competing. Its a super hard mindset to get out of because you know you can do better and when you don't deliver it can be really hard to hide your feelings and put on a brave/optimistic face. It's really easy to say that someone shouldn't have that mindset but its still really hard to actually make that change in mentality. He's also very sarcastic and many of his quotes get taken out of context or read into too much. He clearly likes a bit of banter here and there and it just riles people up because he's gotten this label. I've been a supporter of Lando ever since he got to F2 and a Mclaren fan since 2016. I'm honestly having a great time watching right now but the fans have really sucked some of the enjoyment of the season. From the discourse online from Oscar and Lando fans going after each other when they get along just fine really irks me because it just shows how DTS has changed the discourse around how fans perceive drivers. Sure they may be rivals on track but I don't believe for one second that they have any distain for each other off the track. One last thing is that I believe that if Mclaren had just done a better job of managing certain situations (Hungary and Monza in particular) most of these narratives wouldn't have even been a thing.

Monza was Norris trusting Piastri to not make the move and making it easy for piastri because he was thinking about the big picture. Lando is higher and better this season! They need to put all their eggs in Lando's hands this season. Next season, it's free game. If Piastri is better then Lando, it'll show next season. For this season. Lando has been better and it shows in the standings.

Social media opinions don't count for me

i hate that you bring up Hungary cool down room clip while leaving the full context of what happened in the race before that happens. Even though lando is also wrong reacting like that, i feel like you can justify his frustrations after getting fucked by mclaren decision to let oscar win while Lando had 5s+ gap to Oscar. And also imagine if Verstappen win WDC with

Didn’t know you still cared about F1

There is definitely a sub section of internet male fans who hate lando because he’s too popular, too good looking and now he’s doing well so naturally they go on arguing that Oscar is the best and it literally doesn’t even matter how nice he is to his teammate and how supportive of Oscar he is.

I’m probably one of the few fans he’s left (aside from the fangirls), simply because I couldn’t just turn away from a driver I’ve always like since 2019 just because of a couple sentences he said in the heat of the moment, and he’s started to prove me right since he’s already changed his tone and praised Lewis a lot lately showing that he’s learning from his mistakes. I don’t care if he isn’t as fast or as polite as other drivers, he’s this goofball who I’ve liked since the beginning and I don’t see myself changing my opinion on him for now.

I would argue people may change how they feel about drivers, but the majority of the perception change is that this driver now succeeding is having more exposure, thus more negative sentiment is shown in the media and online discourse.

tbh he has always seemed slightly arrogant but has never had a result to justify it and I never really understood his massive popularity. Still don't think he deserves all the hate now, because he hasn't really changed

The long and short of it for me is that Lando lost his humility and joy, as you outlined. It's gotten to his head and it's tough to continue to support him

I agree with you. I think your perspective is spot on. I just want to ad something. I have seen every race since 1992 and I am a McLaren fan. Never missed one race ever. Hard core F1 fan. What makes me like a driver is the way he race. A driver can be quick as hell without any other drivers around (Bottas in Mercedes) but when it comes to racing they are lost. Toothless and boring. I couldn’t care less if they are not willing to race. I love the setup McLaren has going right now. Both guys are fantastic drivers and both are racey drivers which is great. Both of them has that hunger which makes me like Norris even more. And Piastri. I am exited to see what these guys do next. Both of them are deserving. Boring drivers that is just moving speed bumps. Stroll, Bottas, Gasly and Zhou. Real talents: Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Russel, Leclerc, Albon, Verstappen and Alonso. Saniz should be there too but Lec is further ahead of him than the other team mates are from each other in comparison.

Because he's starting to become that dominant driver that everyone loves to hate. Senna, Michael, Vettel (oh dear Vettel had it worst during his RBR days imo), and Lewis, Max, of course. As soon as you're no longer the underdog people treats you differently, because it's always the car, haha.

I started to see Lando differently whe he hit Ricciardo so hard and unnecessarily back in his final McLaren days. The Situation was clear anyway, Lando was way quicker and Daniel was obviously suffering. So why? He had nothing to gain from this. Maybe this is part of the reasons why Ricciardo denied Lando and McLaren the fastest Lap in Singapore..

Nah man, people are just insane

We're gonna look at the Hungarian cool down room and not think about the fact that Lando gave away a victory.

The hate is fueled from Lando’s ambition. For years now we have all come to know the main sorta front running guys as Lewis, max and charles mainly. Lando was always that guy occasionally up there and was the sorta jokey chill guy. Well not hes fighting for a title and nobody accept that, as well as lando being way too cocky imo of himself.

Had Oscar had the loyalty for Alpine as Lando had for McLaren, he would have been driving crap cars like Norris endured for years. Think about that for a change.

Gosh just write in the contracts that if needed the priority in the second half of the season is given to the driver positioned higher in the championship. And allow drivers to race each other hard but fairly, not putting the other one in a wall. No need for all the drama etc.

Most online F1 fans are toxic, immature, and too conformable with the anonymity that comes with sitting behind a screen. They also overanalyze every little word or action. There's your answer.

He loses fans because Zack acts like Toto And Norris acts like Lewis. They are just whining non-stop recently and it's so annoying.

Am probably in the minority, but I don’t agree with Oscar being number one priority, not looking at championship chances. He has great potential and has had good races but imho, he has yet to get near Lando. Compared to say how close it was between Max and DR. He is being beaten convincingly more often than not. Oscar has to beat Norris regularly to be number 1. Regarding the Norris hate, I think it stems from people expecting him to still be the same baby faced guy and are judging him by that lenses. Look at where being the likable guy got DR, he wants to be taken seriously and people should accept that.

The title could have had any driver name, its happens to all drivers. Except for The Iceman 🥶

Lando (correctly) identified Lewis as a car baby and the fans can’t handle hearing the truth

because he seems a bit like an act

it started befero that imo at leats what i started seeing in twitter. It was just suddenly people were hating on Norris when 6 months ago same people hated him. He neede to grow up this year alone much cos suddenly mclaren were on top and he was not handeling the pressure well. Now i think after the summer brake he has taken steps forward and at least next year will be better whit this, if mclaren stays in the fight

Piastri has a higher ceiling for me. Killer instinct, no expectation of getting help, super calm, and from what I’ve seen this year, more skill! I would let them fight until it’s mathematically impossible for one to win the DC, then that person does all to help the team and their teammate.

that ending .... no one will dislike them for "being competitive" but acting like a spoiled child that didnt get what he wanted is something people will dislike there is a point to the meme that he was the only driver to no gain positions on the start while someone in their 2nd season isnt making half as much noise when oscar is racing him , lando gives the " they are racing me so hard " energy , funny coming from someone that considers themselves no.1 driver

He's just become a bit more defensive, in trying to seem as a more mature driver than he is naturally is, and nobody likes that act your age. He's still a great driver at the end of the day but he doesn't need to act like a tough guy, that's my take.

I can only speak for myself , I still like Lando, but often root against him because of the burgeoning idiocy of teamLN.... very similar to and more than likely transfers from teamLH. Nothing is ever Lando's fault and he never makes mistakes and if you point out anything it's hate..... sound familiar? It seems to me that the Hamilton groupies know he's coming to the end of his career and are looking for the next train to jump on. I also notice they tend to give Russell a lot of grief, similar to teamLH, that's part of the reasoning I use to conclude that most are teamLH castaways looking for a place to land(o)..... sorry I'll get my hat.

It's him insulting other drivers. He is not joking. Tired of his fangirls defending his trash behavior.

5:21 Bro just glazed Oscar Now if u understand that scene Oscar costed McLaren a 1-2 how do u say thats a wonderful move

Lando is just fine

The Fans thinks unfair advantages with DRS maybe or the FIA lays down the lay on public speaking. Maybe’s F1 the more interesting on the Website the refusal of Andretti Racing’s with 3 GP USA, than on the track race are boring on Q in the rain they are the same race day on the slicks tires

I have always been a fan of Lando, but Lando turned into a bit of a downer, a whiner and sometimes he acts like a spoiled brat when things dont go his way and turns on a dime and becomes arrogant when things do. This has been a steady decline this year. I favor Piastri, Max and Charles over Lando currently.

Not just that. Its also the iconic finger celebration that he does that Vettel used to do. Hes poked at Vettel multiple times over the years (for some reason) and now after 2 wins hes using his trademark celebration. Like what??

Its not turning on Lando its more noticeable hes a sook

Now Lando's being challenged by Oscar and the team isn't McLando any more there is a different and very unattractive even entitled side emerging. He's always driven with too much heart over head, but now he sulks. 2025 is going to be a very different story between the two- and the team is going to have to draw battle lines very quickly and very decisively. Forget contracts - I doubt they will both be there in 2026 and I think it will be Oscar other teams go after

i lost all respect for him when he betrayed Han Solo

i think a lot of the hate lando gets is caused by his fanbase. i think almost every driver has people in their fanbase that are just extreme, and so does he. maybe its just my social media feeds where they show up but for me, my dislike for lando really started when i got cursed and told to kill myself after i said that lando and max both equally were at fault for the crash in austria. i know lando is not his fanbase, but in my brain they are associated with each other. furthermore i think in some interviews here and there you could think he has an attitude problem, so that could also be reason why people dislike him. i dont think it has necessarily anything to do if he is now in the championship fight or not or that he is now winning

I'll start of with saying that I'm still a fan of Norris although I am growing more and more tired of him... I don't think he's losing fans due to being in a competitive car, atleast the percentage of people doing that is probably quite small. For me it has all to do with personality, he came in to the sport as "a goofy little kid" and I think some people didn't take him seriously because of that, ever since his first season he has progressively "toughned up" but I read him as also getting more and more like an entitled brat. Personally I've never been a fan of Verstappen (although Ive always been a fan of his driving I just cant get behind him to support him), in my opinion Verstappen was a super entitled brat when he came into the sport but with every season he seems to get more and more mature, more and more likeable. To me it feels as Norris is almost adopting the unlikeable traits of Verstappen at the same rate Max is getting rid of them. Another point "proving" Norris losing fans hasnt got anything to do with the car, look at Leclerc. Charles moved to Ferrari and his fanbase has been steady, he remains a likeable driver even when he's in a "competitive" car. The bias people have to not liking competive drivers tend to lean more to the dominant drivers of an era, think Vettel, Hamilton and now Verstappen (although it seems his fanbase is as big as ever). (And lets be honest the dominant and hated drivers also gain huge fanbases because of them winning, so im not even sure they are losing fans or just that their fans and haters get more passionate and larger in numbers) One last thing, Norris current attitude is part of his sports mentality, its him before anyone else. F1 is a dog eat dog world and every driver is egoistic and has to be in order to stay competitive, you need that hunger and belief that you are gods gift to the race track... And to be fair Norris isnt there to make people like him, he's there to win races and championships. And as fans isnt the art of driving and racing what we love. So even if we dont like a driver, root for them or support them lets try to be civil and still be able to acknowledge great drives and talent for what they are

I hate Zak Brown

He's always unhappy

going to be completely honest here. i didn't lose any respect or liking for him because i disliked him from the beginning 👍 this is sports not my little pony

Jokes on you guys, I've been hating him for years.

I havent watched the video yet, but Lando increasing seems more arrogant. Spoiled rich kid

Norris conducts himself like an entitled, envious, insecure brat. When the heat is on the social media personality melts away really fast. He is not a nice guy. He has so far not shown anything special on track. He can win in a rocket ship when nobody is racing him. But as soon as others have similar machinery he finds a way to loose it. The problem is so many want him to be the guy. The entire F1 machine has acted like the other drivers should pull aside and let him win. I cant saction that baffoonery. No thanks

I think it's just you and your support of Oscar. Now I can understand that but don't go and try this. Keep pulling for Oscar, as long as he remains in McLaren. But back dooring Lando, nice try, mate.

You are heavily biased when comparing the McLaren driver, Oscar struggled so much more and had overall less success, less chances at wins, and less results. Lando is also the only one in a real tittle fight, this is the difference. An occasional good result from Oscar and an occasional bad result from Lando does not make them equal.

Are you serious? If Lando was almost certain to win the championship you'd understand Oscar playing number 2? Are you high? If Lando was almost certain to win the championship, he WOULDN'T NEED THE HELP. Why is that difficult to get through your skull? We're two thirds or so through the season & Lando is the ONLY driver with a (small) chance of catching Max. Don't say Oscar has a mathematical chance either because that means nothing in these days of excellent car reliability. One DNF & Lando has a great chance. Oscar would need maybe 3 DNFs from Max to have the remotest prayer of the title. 1 & 2 status is not set in stone & it could easily be Oscar's turn next year IF he earns it by scoring more than Lando in the early part of the season.

It's just another damned if you do and damned if you don't scenario, nothing more nothing less. Like all things, you can't please everyone so why bother.