And Grosjean goes, letting the biggest mystery of the 21st century unsolved: why do people hate him that much and always think about him first as the worst driver on the grid or the first one who should be fired?...
I've the feeling people made their mind about him years ago after a couple of big mistakes, what they didn't do with other drivers doing such mistakes, and just ignore what he did good or when the car is responsible of him not doing good, and never even asked themselves if they were right to hate him and if it was indeed the worst driver on the grid, encouraging each other to continue the hate.
He is clearly one of the quick ones, often did better, especially in qualif, than the car was supposed to be able to do (and having a terrible and inconsistent car helps a lot to struggle to be quick every weekend lately, way more than with average cars, he did great with Lotus or in first couple years with Haas, and still does great laps from time to time), but no one cares.
He's better in many aspects (driving skill, behavior and/or standing out with the car he has) than many other drivers on the grid (Stroll, Magnussen, Kvyat, Giovinazzi) but is considered worse by most people.
I wonder what it would have been like if he had stayed at Renault (maybe he would have been fired for Riccardo or Ocon, maybe he would be the first driver of the team now, who knows...).
I won't shed a tear for him, he's still one of the luckiest guys in the world, but I don't understand the hate at all.
Now I'm curious to see which drivers will have their career destroyed by Haas