#i don't recall him being psychoanalysed this deeply when he was bungling his own races last year

[leqclerc]

People are so predictable. Charles was involved in a racing incident after having his 2 previous races compromised but still extracting the most out of the car in those cases and he's being pulled apart and his "mistake" is being analysed and his mental state is being questioned (even after only showing a fraction of annoyance after 3 weeks of disappointment) yet Carlos, who was no where in the first 2 races, then finally showed some form only to buckle under pressure 2 laps to the end and then get really upset about it and not accept it's his mistake, is getting defended by everyone and their mother and his "attitude" is applauded. Charles really is held to a completely different standard.

(also, I feel like none of these journalists actually watch a full f1 weekend, not a single race review/race rating etc mentioned the Ferrari fuck up in qualy, they all saying charles was poor in qualy. Like if someone did their job properly and looked at the telemetry they'd see what actually happened, but ofc this is expecting too much)

No, you're absolutely right 👏🏻

I guess it's the name of the game, but it's definitely frustrating that generally only one side of the story or a certain angle gets publicly pushed while everything that wasn't broadcast at the time goes completely ignored. The Carlos situation is baffling. I mean, it's been the case for the past two seasons already and it's showing no signs of stopping. So many situations where the telemetry or unaired team radios were inconsistent with what he was claiming and yet? I don't know what it is, but it seems that a lot of people have their rose-tinted glasses firmly on when it comes to him. And I guess that's fine if you're talking about fans debating amongst each other on Twitter or Reddit; less fine if you're getting actual journalist peddling those same narratives.

Acting like the lap "didn't exist" therefore no penalty should be awarded is just... We've literally seen this scenario play out before, in Silverstone last year. You didn't hear him protest when he got to re-start on pole despite making a mistake and handing the lead to Max at the "proper" start. 🤨

Also, as Tami noted, there seems to be this weird ennui that sets in when a driver is like 80% through their Ferrari contract. If they haven't brought a title to Maranello in that time it must be because they're too mistake prone/emotional/washed and not because the team has a myriad of unaddressed issues. Or because they simply have no answer to their dominant counterparts. I will say that a lot of people, fans and "blue ticks" alike, did launch a counter-campaign on social media and rightfully pointed out how ridiculously loaded and unprofessional that article was. But this blame narrative isn't new, it's cyclical, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw more of these kinds of comments/articles in the coming months or into next year, unfortunately.