thinking about the number of times daniel had the whole press and f1 ""experts" saying his career was done, his run was over, just to then watch him prove them wrong and have for a day or two everyone singing his praises and talking about how great he is and "remember how good was his fight against verstappen" just to then watch his name being dragged through the mud a few months later again gives me emotional whiplash. not to be all: "bla bla i care about this white rich man" but i do care about this white rich man lol and trying to grasp the emotional strength that it takes him to still be confident, still be sure of himself, still face each day and not give up is astounding. insane how motorsports (and formula 1 specifically) leaves no room for struggle, no room for taking time to adapt.
this perspective carries not just to daniel who is the driver i support but also to other drivers because when they say that "you're only as good as your last race" it sounds brutal and an incredibly harmful mentality, because well...it IS, but also, it's the way the business works, one day you're winning and standing on a podium and the next you're getting dragged in front of millions of people the internet, and you haven't lost any talent or skill, but the mentality of being "old news" is there.
what I am saying is, give these men a break or whatever, take a nap or smth idk
