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The struggle is real.

Good lord, how’d he survive that?
Leclerc can’t catch a freakin break this year!
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Lol Max has always been such a piece of crap. Hungary vs Ricciardo, Baku vs Ricciardo, to name a few instances… don’t know why people are so surprised
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Exactly, to think Max would have acted any different is bonkers. He’s a crappy person, one could say the apple hasn’t fallen to far from his family tree
Very disappointing considering all Checo has done for him. He had nothing to lose from giving position back whereas Checo has everything to gain.
I absolutely adore Max but this was shocking!
I guess I won’t anymore, how can he even face Checo post race
Huge max and red Bull fan, but very disappointed to see that today. Lost some respect for the man. Completely pointless.
Such a weird position for him to take when it’s so clear how much Checo has done for Max to help max win races and titles. Meanwhile Max won’t give up a meaningless (to him) 6th place.
Big Max fan and im from the Netherlands but wtf what an asshole move, dutch internet also pissed
Apparently some rumors circling that this is revenge for Checo deliberately crashing during moncao qualifying
I saw the Monaco crash replay, didn’t realize he had directly called out Checo for crashing on purpose on team radio. May not be related but I hadn’t paid much attention to it at the time.
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Hated to see that. I like Leclerc too and he was whining to get Sainz’s podium. So all around bad day for my drivers haha
The reality if the type of personality needed to get into F1 and perform at its highest level is meeting the newer to the sport (dare i say, Netflix crowd in particular).
This is COMMOM. Senna, Prost, Laura, Vettel, Alonso, Mandell, G Villeneuve, D Peroni, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Schumacher, Hamilton... ALL OF THEM would knife their teammate if given the chance and not think 2x about it.
This is the reality of this sport folks. Checo plays a role, and that's to support Max - not the other way around. I'm not saying these guys aren't selfish assholes. They are. And we put them on a pedestal because of exactly that same ruthlessness.
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This is COMMON when WDC or Constructors championship is on the line , not finishing P6 when both the championship is in the bag, it’s hilarious to think Max chose to die on this hill.
Max behaved like a man child
Do you think Max is going to notice how much support he’s losing? Would he even care or sort of embrace becoming F1s newest villain?
Besides being petty this move is just full of downsides:
1. Less public support
2. Less likely to have a loyal #2 in Checo
3. Potentially less cooperation within Red Bull
4. The overall paddock may perceive him differently, especially knowing the Checo is generally well liked