Everyone hates George Russell

George Russell was one of the most hyped up young talents in Formula 1, but how has he gone from being supported by just about every F1 fan, to his every move looked at under a microscope? With George Russell partnering Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, the two seem to have a good teammate relationship, but why have a lot of F1 fans turned on George? Enjoy!

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[CreakingJordans]

You can't trust a man who thinks his sweat is rain.

[leatileraseroka]

I started to dislike him when he crashed into Bottas at imola and blamed the crash on him and then pushed his helmet before checking if he was ok

[TheSt]

I find him overly corporate these days . He also struggles to accept his own failings.

[ItsShyxe]

for me its just how he is brutal with blaming other drivers and never himself so much worse than everyone else. (Singapore vs Schumacher is a great example of it)

[Phan]

I lost a lot of respect for George after he got frustrated with Mick for defending his position. George acted like Mick should've let him through, while Mick was fighting for a seat

[issammelzi]

I think you got this wrong, people don't dislike gr because he is "a strong personality", i mean look at max or lewis they're both vocal about their opinions and real about it and still loved by many. People dislike him because he simply complains too much and ignores his short comings. It's almost a meme after the 2022 cota gp that he will randomly crash into something then proceed to complain about it on the radio as if it's the other driver's/the car's fault

[praeliator]

Everyone hates him because he gives off such a strong "fake nice guy" aura.

[dodujubidu]

I think you missed the point here. One big reason people dislike George Russel are his on track antics. He gets into accidents way too often, and ruins the races of other drivers, while rarely taking responsibility. This is not necessarily something new, think of his crash with Bottas in Imola 2021, but it has become much more frequent, ever since he has gotten that Mercedes seat. If you also look at how he was at Williams, where he often tried to lift up the team in their difficult times and was a generally positive guy.These qualities haven't totally vanished, but he has become a lot more arrogant, whiny, and corporate. A prime example being in the Singapore gp in 2022, he complained about having to race against Mick Schumacher, who should have just let him by, because he was in a much quicker car and thus deserves to get a pass. Or him taking no accountability in the 2023 Azerbaijan sprint, where he drove into the side of Max Verstappen, leaving him with a massive hole in his sidepod. Add that to the annoying begging for position with hiis team, instead of just proving that he is faster, and him being a corporate PR mouthpiece outside of the track ad you are left with someone who is very hard to like. Feel free to disagree, but that is why I think people dislike him so much.

[CliffdeZoete]

Dudes not honest, always someone elses fault and he comes across as corporate mothball. I'd rather watch paint dry than listen to 10 seconds of a GR interview. Then there's the Lewis fanbase that don't like him for the mere fact he's their drivers teammate and then Max's fans who don't like him because he's full of shit. He can drive a race car fast though.

[olderthandirt]

GR is full of himself since moving on up to Mercedes in my humble opinion

[MissRiessfeld]

When he went to Merc, people havent liked him since his williams days

[jacobgilray]

I love this lad. He's hilarious. He fucks up every now and then, sure, but he's still pretty new to F1.

[RevampedR]

My problem with George is that he doesn't have a strong personality. I was hoping that with the move to merc would grow out a bit. Bit it just appears he hasn't. The most we've seen of him indicates his biggest personality traits now are Whiny and corporate talk. Which honestly ain't the best combo by themselves or being the primaries of a personality.

[_kurjala]

*sends a divebomb from 3 tenths back* “He just fully turned into me!”

[austinstiefel]

It’s crazy how fast he went from likeable guy everyone wanted to be on a good team, but since he went to Mercedes he’s definitely changed from an underdog to kind of a prick

[henriettechristensen]

George having a strong personality? Give me a break!

[VikingCuda]

Lost respect for him when he crashed into Bottas then had the audacity to walk upto him and slap him.

[marcofranco]

Mercedes did a HUGE mistake hiring Woody Rusell

[KOL.]

I started to dislike George after the 2021 Imola GP after he crashed with Bottas and gave him a slap on the head afterwards.

Not only that but he put the blame on Bottas saying something like "whats he doing in P9 anyway" or something similar which to me came of as pretty entitled.

[ArchitecturalAesthetics]

favorite driver: kimi raikkonen. A strong, silent type who's also fast as hell. Russell needs to put his shirt back on.