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Imo a lot of people have. It’s like Mercedes ‘fans’ saying their car is shit when they finish Top 3 in the standings

In 2022, they placed third and in 2023 placed second, with 2024 looking like 4th which is means they’re blending in with the midfield but are still capable of podiums

Is it because they were used to winning 8 years in a row? Who knows but the point is that the car isn’t ’shit’ if it’s in that position

And that’s my comparison to the poll

[plucky jasper]

exactly

'hamilton dragged that tractor almost to p2' is just stupid cuz it's not a tractor

every other car was peaky

McLaren started absolutely shit

Hamilton had a great season but he didn't drag anything except a consistently good, not great, but good, car

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And the McL fans didn’t really attack the team much

To my understanding

[plucky jasper]

mcl fans are different

same with williams

Ferrari to a lesser extent but still ferrari

cuz those teams have endured hard hard times

mercedes fans basically have only known success

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And they still haven’t adapted to their decent points contending car

Even after 2 and a half years

[plucky jasper]

it helps them feel better if they say Hamilton dragged a tractor to P6 than saying that's where our car is

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I hope RB fans don’t do it after this dominance

Cause then 2 teams fanbases will be yapping at once haha

[plucky jasper]

dominance 💀

I think red bull fans will do it but to a lesser extent

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i could only wish

[karmic trench]

Meh I survived 2015, I’ll live

[plucky jasper]

cuz that team has still gone through worse periods between success

also helps when red bull are the more competent team

with the more competent TP

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true. But imagine the younger ones who have only started watching since 2021-22 and expect full dominance from them every season like Merc fans have

Or just newer fans in general

[plucky jasper]

toto Wolff must have been great at writing word count essays because he says the same thing every raceweek in a different way

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The more veteran Red Bull fan base won’t drag on so much, as mentioned before

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[karmic trench]

Every one of the top 4 teams have had long periods of dominance

[plucky jasper]

probably

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Redbull have had 2

Dominance is just a thing in f1

[plucky jasper]

red bull started from the back and worked it's way to the front

the mercedes outfit just benefitted off of the engine dept

now we're seeing what happens when a team like Mercedes gets it's many flaws exposed

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Just imagine if BGP just had enough go keep going

These years of dominance would be sooo different

Especially when BGP would eat shit in 2010