#sorry guys i would actually cry hearing the Canadian anthem on an f1 podium

[lil-shiro]

I'm wondering about how's lance's public perception in canada, I hope its good, because knowing how much hate he receive online I was pleasantly surprised that he was received warmly during his home race.

This is a difficult question to answer because i'm just a single data point, but i'll give my opinion.

Just for context though, I don't consider motorsports in general very mainstream in Canada (at least compared to other places). If you asked someone on the street who Lance was, maybe 2/10 people would know. Motorsports was bigger here until the gov made tobacco sponsorships illegal in 1988. After that there was (and still is) little corporate interest in supporting or sponsoring motorsport.

Anyways onto your actual question.

There are only 20 drivers on the grid, therefore having a driver who reps your own flag, feels good for the most part. I think that's a general consensus.

So, of course there are Canadians who cheer for Lance, or don't mind him just cause he's Canadian. Maybe they only really pay attention to him during the Canadian GP. But there's also people who don't give a shit about that and neg on him anyways.

In Montreal at least, I think he gets very good support. He always shouts out his favourite businesses, donates to charities here, and can actually speak french (this is big). So yeah he always gets a good reception at home which im really happy about. I can't really speak about other places. Overall I don't think it's mega negative though, majority are probably? neutral.

Maybe I sound like a hypocrite since I've mentioned before that i hate when people say im a lance fan just because im canadian. But i can't lie and say that the familiarity doesn't feel good. Like that tim's car and suit was everything i ever needed in life 😭 I really want them to lean into that type of marketing more.

I'll save you from myself ranting about this but idk lmk if you wanna know more about motorsports in Canada. It does exist outside of IndyCar and F1, just on smaller, lesser known scale.