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re: Is Nikita Mazepin the most unitedly disliked person within their own sport

Posted on 5/5/21 at 6:51 pm to
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 6:51 pm to
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but didn't Lauda earn his way into F1 on his own?


Watch Rush. Lauda bought his way onto the team then showed them how to improve the car to cut lap time dramatically. Then he got the seat.

What that man went through in that fiery crash and how he overcame the pain to come back so quickly is one of the most amazing stories I've ever heard of in motorsports.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7470 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 8:24 pm to
I didn’t say Lauda was a daddy driver, but he did buy his way into his first F1 seat.
Posted by sorantable
Member since Dec 2008
54448 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 8:30 pm to
Never heard of her.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 5/5/21 at 9:11 pm to
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VABuckeye

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Jor Jor The Dinosaur



Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
78463 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 9:58 pm to
The OP's post neglects that several drivers have stuck up for Mazepin when fans went after him.

They probably see the witchhunt more than the mob.
Posted by chalmetteowl
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Member since Jan 2008
54851 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 10:10 pm to
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The OP's post neglects that several drivers have stuck up for Mazepin when fans went after him.


That’s stupid because the drivers literally put their lives in each other’s hands every time they race... they should be the first ones to want to get unworthy drivers out of the sport
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
78463 posts
Posted on 5/5/21 at 10:20 pm to
Yeah, think the point is that the fans think a lot less of him than the drivers. With the Perez stuff this weekend he apologized even before the FIA started investigating it.

Guy has done some shithead things, but so have many other drivers on the grid. I say this not in defense of him being a d-bag, just that the mob has their pitchfork and have chosen him to stalk.

Schumacher purposely wrecked into someone to win a championship and I don't think anyone felt he was unsafe. RoGro was part donkey doing things that put the whole field at risk, including catching a race ban, and he was a driver rep. Ocon decided to try whatever move on Verstappen in Brazil, and Ocon is very hated in the paddock, not sure anyone likes him.
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