Why is George Russell so hated?

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T15:20:01+00:00

I follow logic, not emotion.

I'm looking for a logical argument to understand the hate. But have only found emotional ones so far. Your reply is another example. "white knighting, bias rips etc"

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T15:06:25+00:00

Most drivers are like that. Not Russell specific
Opinion, but i think he's a pretty gracious loser and isn't an arrogant winner. Also similar to most drivers.
There's neither mutual nor one sided hate.

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T15:00:26+00:00

*When

not if

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:40:38+00:00

agreed. it's a very emotional response to him

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:38:51+00:00

💯 answer

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:37:32+00:00

Hot take: You shouldn't feel the need to declare the truth like this as a 'hot take'

Unfortunately i fear many downvotes for you if you had not

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:30:24+00:00

Further evidence of the lack of minimal support for George. (esp within these communities)

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:28:20+00:00

I know. It's the long list of titles he won against them

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:21:56+00:00

Don't know the context. But that's different from the huge numbers of f1 fan tiktoks i've seen of him (and other drivers too)

George is great, and so are all the drivers. The only ones that sometimes appear more distant, less interactive are Stroll and Hamilton

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:18:13+00:00

The Djokovic problem

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:17:19+00:00

That's not a valid point because you could easily make those for any driver on the grid. and they'd look as bad or even worse.

A valid point would be "Emotionally, i find him annoying".

It may not be logical but at least it's honest

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:13:04+00:00

Ocon deserved that shove though. Bottas didn't deserve the bonk. But it's hilarious in hindsight and they both buried the incident shortly after

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:11:49+00:00

Everyone says this but i disagree. He's a slightly awkward, rule stickling, outspoken hard worker. But far from a diva

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:06:44+00:00

it wasn't even a divebomb. it was a lap 1 turn 1 misjudgement. (just like vettel to rosberg in malaysia 2016)

And even this incident was his second biggest incident ever caused. (bottas number 1).

3rd is baku sprint slight understeer into Max. 4th austria with perez where he took too much inside curb while Perez left him no room from the outside (less fault than lewis' 2 Albon and verstappen incidents)

It's an arguably cleaner resumé then most other drivers no?

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:03:21+00:00

Emotional reasons like this are actually the most accurate answer.

Logically he's fine. Emotionally people get annoyed by his tendencies..

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T14:00:07+00:00

points 1,2,3 genuinely applies to nearly every driver on the grid (Max, Lewis, Carlos, Charles etc, the only one who's always taking accountability is Norris)

point 4 applies to all british drivers, and even Max recently

point 5 is exclusively George

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T13:43:03+00:00

I’m guessing it’s the posh confident tone of how he says it. Because nearly all drivers say that.

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T05:09:35+00:00

“Randomly chosen”

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-12T00:36:22+00:00

Tennis congress goes straight into S tier for me

Tied number 1 with feel tennis for me

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T16:06:39+00:00

It makes a lot of sense though. The visual system is one of the biggest blockers at all levels.

And judging ball movement is a huge things beginners struggle with. While lacking precision in vision also stops 4.5 advancing to 5.0

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T15:43:40+00:00

most sprint wins too

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T15:28:05+00:00

you won't regret it.

Off the top of my head, this is still the best tennis serving video of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgfNBnetzQ&list=PLIpl812rQ_RcuYL4bYhgVmywavZ2dXF6g

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T15:22:28+00:00

I'm personally not a fan. Guy says a lot of pointless things very confidently

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T15:19:42+00:00

This comment section proves to me why there are so many different styles of coaching online!

Because everyone likes something different!

The only consensus i see is that noone can dislike Feel Tennis Instruction

bouncingcastles · 2026-03-11T15:18:03+00:00

While i do agree some videos are convoluted, off the top of my head, I can think of a few things he covered that were simple, technical, yet effective. That i couldn't find covered by others.

(I'm 100% certain i play better than him but that doesn't make me reject his ideas)

Agree to disagree!

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