How Vettel Went From the Most Hated to the Most Loved Driver In F1

Typically when I talk about

driver

s on my channel, especially if they are more retrospective type videos that talk about a

driver

's career or how good they were, I base my videos primarily on their performance and achievements. However, this video will be a bit of a departure from my usual one. content because instead of focusing on a driver's achievements I'm going to do more of a character study video looking at sebastian

vettel

now seb is easily my favorite driver to cover in a video because not only has he had an incredible career but he's also a Such a complex person and simply incredible to analyze because fundamentally he has many layers both in his character and in his career, so in this video I am going to analyze the

most

emotional aspect of Formula One, both on the part of the drivers. and fans are asking how Sebastian Vettel

went

from being the

most

hated

driver on the grid to the most

loved

driver in Formula One Hey guys, what's going on?

My name is Aldous and before we start the video, don't forget it if you do. Enjoy the content on my channel, then don't forget to like the subscribe button to support the channel and don't forget to check out my social media, Instagram and Twitter will be up there, but guys, let's get into this now, I think. It is very important to say from the beginning that during the Red Bull era, Vettel was not only

hated

by the fans but also by some of his fellow drivers, but why was this the case? The easiest place to start is that he was now a serial winner.

I already made an in-depth video analyzing how good Vettel was in his Red Bull days, so if you want to go and watch it I'll link it below, but even in that video I mentioned how Vettel is dominant. The success had begun to bother many of the fans, however, it wasn't just that he was winning, it was the way he did it. Seb was never the best forward, he even admitted it in an interview in 2011. However, his pace was raw from him on a Saturday. He has always been incredible, so many times at Red Bull his team would set him up for pole position and in the race, once he was leading outside the drs range, that was exactly how the race would end up dominating from start to finish without even sniff. from the winter race any of the other drivers, which upset many of the fans and also some of the other drivers because of how he dominated the races driving those incredible Red Bulls that totally suited his style and then of course, At the end of each race, Sebastian would do his famous finger celebration where he would show that famous finger after winning or taking pole position in a way that was almost a mockery to the fans and also to the other drivers to show them. everyone that he was the best. dog in formula one, all of this, the dominance and the way he won races and the celebration that almost sent a message to the sport along with the fact that there was no doubt that Seb definitely had an element of arrogance to go with it.

His supreme confidence led many fans to not only hate him as a driver, but hate him enough to boo him both outside of the races and even on the podiums; He just wasn't a popular winner among fans, drivers, and even the media. To be honest, looking at it at the time from my perspective, when I started watching Formula One, it was actually very difficult because I never got Vettel's hay and in my opinion, no driver deserves to be booed if he has put in the effort and done a sublime performance. The boss called his team's performance impeccable because of the blocking and yet some of the fans booed you, why do you think that is?

Yes, we're in Italy, you know, I'm dressed in blue, yes, but it's happening in Canada and Silverstone now. It's a development of the topic, it's extreme here, so I know you're making light of it now, but you're only human. The boos have to get you at some point, wasn't that okay? I mean, maybe people don't like it. to see the same thing, yes, the same team or the same driver on the podium, you are here on the podium with you, please don't do that, that is not right, they are on the course, you know, they are with the bus, now No.

He was only hated by many of the fans, but he was also not particularly liked by his fellow drivers, which almost added fuel to the fire, the other drivers' dislike was twofold, on the one hand he had his teammate, Mark Webber, Now Mark. I always felt that Vettel was getting preferential treatment at Red Bull and he also didn't like his arrogance and remorseless character and there is no doubt that on the one hand, yes, Sebastian Vettel, especially in his early days, was extremely arrogant and his character sometimes contributed a lot. of negativity the fact that he could never admit that he was wrong and it kind of upset some of the fans and also some of the media, now at that time there was also a lot of evidence that showed that seb was favored by the team, as well as the front wing incident at Silverstone in 2010, after which Mark Webber delivered the famous radio message.

Not bad for a number two driver. Mark, you drove very well today. Great job. You won the British Grand Prix. Well done, then the famous one. Collision in Turkey in 2010 between two teammates which, although everyone saw it as Seb's fault for moving dangerously, Seb never admitted any fault and again appeared arrogant and remorseless, which was never well received by either Mark or the others drivers, obviously at that time I was the lead car, so normally the leader dictates where to go and how can we forget the famous multi-21 incident in Malaysia in 2013, which almost more than anything else put Seb in the line of fire of criticism from both the media, his fellow drivers and the fans as well and Mark again showed his frustration with how the team tried to get Vettel not to follow the team's orders after this last stop, obviously the team he told me that the race was over, we turned off the engines and now we are going to the end in the The instep made his own decisions today and we will have protection as always and that's how things are, but it wasn't just his teammate who didn't like Seb .

On the other side, we now had players like Lewis Hamilton, Jensen Button and Fernando Alonso. like jensen and lewis, they never said anything directly hateful, but it showed with some of the passive-aggressive comments and also the slight digs at seb, for example, jensen button came out and said that

vettel

was too accident prone and then lewis hamilton quite. Ironically, given what has happened since he called Vettel's dominance boring and bad for formula one, Fernando in particular was never shy about throwing the odd dig at Vettel, even questioning the legitimacy of his championships and what he would do without them.

Adrian Newey's dominant cars Callum Post, who also has four titles, Sebastian Vettel has won his four consecutive titles at the same time before Alan won his first grand prix, but do you put Sebastian in the same category as Alain Prost and Erton Senna ? I know that time will tell us when he will have a car like the others if he wins he will be one of the legends of formula one when one day he will have a car like the others and he will be four fifth seventh these four titans will be bad news for him because people will will take these four titles even worse than what they are doing now, so there are interesting moments for Sebastian's arrival.

I think for the fans and the pilots, the multi-21 incident was just the absolute turning point. He had been the villain, he had gone against the team and then to have the season he had in 2013 being a record season and to dominate the championship again, everything collapsed, so, because of what Vettel hates, I'm not going to to come out and say it was totally undeserved because at times seb showed a lack of class and responsibility, something you can't really say about lewis hamilton in his era of dominance, but if i'm really honest, i

loved

it. Seb was so good that he almost seemed to thrive on being the villain in formula one, the one that everyone hated, it almost seemed like it made him drive better and reach a new level, particularly in 2013, and as a Vettel fan it was strangely satisfying to see Vettel win. amidst the chorus of alcohol and criticism. knowing that he was simply living rent-free in everyone's heads at the time and that made his success that much sweeter;

However, out of nowhere, everything suddenly changed, seemingly overnight, after Vettel's surprise move to Ferrari after being beaten by newcomer Daniel Ricardo in red. Bull in 2014, public opinion completely shifted towards Vettel and he quickly became the most loved driver on the grid. The same fans who once booed him on the podium at Monza were now his biggest supporters, but how did this happen so quickly now? I think after leaving Red Bull he became a lot more relaxed and changed as a person and although I think that played a role, I think it's very easy to forget that he's always been the comedian, even at Red Bull he was always playing with other drivers. journalists and just trying to laugh at press conferences, but when the pressure of winning and the hate that came with it was lifted off his shoulders, I think the community started to appreciate him more and more for who he really was, we started to notice how funny. interviews and the fun interactions with drivers and fans even more, he wasn't necessarily a new man at Ferrari, but we appreciated him more as a person and the fact that he was the man who brought Ferrari back and fought against the dominant Mercedes, so, How did we do it? get to where we are today why seb is much more loved and now, compared to his days at red bull, how can a driver in less than 10 years go from being booed on the podium in every race and secretly hated by the others drivers become the most loved man in F1 and even appreciated by the same drivers who once hated him, in my opinion that is a very easy answer, it is because he no longer wins or dominates as much, this is a bit true dirty or a hidden reality in Formula One that fans will never want to admit to themselves, but deep down they know that when a driver dominates the sport, a large part of the fan base tends to be against him and this is something which depends on the The way it applies to all drivers who have ever dominated over the years in Formula One veto is no exception, but Seb is just the easiest example, especially with the growth of social media because I feel like social media just amplifies everything that fans are. feeling whether it's negative or positive is also where we see more and more what the drivers are like outside of the cars and now in 2020 and in recent years it has become very easy to support Seb because he is not. he's just a great person, but his victories and achievements feel more special because they don't happen as often as they used to and most of the time they feel like a victory for the underdog and who doesn't love the underdog again, the veto is just the example.

When I started watching Formula One at the time of Vettel's greatest dominance, it felt almost the same as watching Fernando win, because winning in those mediocre Ferraris that weren't as good as the Red Bulls, doing the impossible and taking them to the finals. decisive, it felt like a victory for the underdogs and similarly, they almost felt a little more special than when we saw Sebastian win; However, as for the hate that Seb endured at that time, at first I never really understood it, but now as the years have passed, I have gone from Red Bull to Mercedes dominance it is very clear that by winning and especially dominating a sport like Vettel and Hamilton did now, it seems like the more it goes on, the more people will jump on the hate train and try to diminish them both. as a person and your achievements with your team to summarize in a strange way.

When making this video, I realized that a lot of people who are big Seb fans now probably wouldn't have been 10 years ago. It's very easy to tell yourself that you wouldn't have done it. I've jumped on the hate train, but it's much harder to have that responsibility and say to yourself, you know? I probably would have been one of those people who hated Vettel but it's strange how things change over time and I guess the key point of this video and the key message I want to say is don't be one of those people who hates success from other people, both individually and within a team, because although now you may hate the driver for dominating in a strange and somewhat hypocritical way.

You might like that driver in the future once he doesn't dominate, so yeah, you know, in hindsight, it's 20 20, obviously, and it's very hard to say what people would have been like now compared to 10 years ago, because again, just like with Sebastian. vettel there were so many people who hated him 10 years ago and now he is one of the most loved drivers on the grid and in my opinion, rightly so, very good guys that is my video looking at sebastian vettel now let me know what you think of the comments below and also let me know what you thought of the public perception and also the perception of the other drivers of sebastian vettel at thebeginning of the previous decade during his dominance at Red Bull.

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