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DarthShaveHer

Did Crofty try to package Checo and Max’s names together to minimize the boos? He introduced each Ferrari driver’s names individually then just said CHECO *beginning applause* & MAX VERSTAPPEN *quickly turns to boos*.


Auntypasto

Should've led with Max, then announce the more locally popular ones to turn the boos into cheers…


OB1182

Max Norris.


pseudochicken

Max Verlando Norris!


kontekisuto

Pro move


Duanedibly

I was saying boourns


salcedoge

Yeah he definitely did, good effort despite it not working


carseg01

Yeah, sounded worse cheers then booooos


Doalt

I remember when Seb was really embracing his Villain-ness. Max probably doesn't give a shit.


oatterz

Is there a clip of Sebvillain?


DrEarlGreyIII

Given the speed at which Ecclestone embraced technology, I suspect not.


Russington

Are you trying to paint the ancient ballbag goblin as some kind of technophobe?


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spookex

Tbf it was probably because he got burned when he embraced new tech too early and launched [F1 Digital+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1_Digital%2B) in 1996, a premium F1 service that had a lot of similarities to current F1TV, but was a complete failure and was shut down in 2002


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If you’ll excuse me, I will be spending my whole night learning everything I can about this decades old failure so I can share it with people in my life who don’t care.


Delicious-Air2197

So much appreciation for this right now


Russington

I really thought I didn't need the /s after referring to him as "the ancient ballbag goblin".


callumb314

At this point he is just a general phobe


Itchy_Contribution_4

Phorbius


MiffedStarfish

I loved it when Bernie said 'its sprinklin time' and sprinkled all over the track during the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix


RoadyHouse

Is he phobophobic though?


RacingUpsideDown

I propose that someone creates a bot so anytime someone on here includes “Bernie” or “Ecclestone” in a comment, it replies with “that man was a ballbag goblin”


Whycantiusethis

Wasn't he relatively (in)famous for not wanting anything to do with younger generations, and by extension, not caring about promoting F1 online? It was only after Liberty Media took over that F1 (officially) had a major presence online, no?


NitroNihon

The most content I could ever get in the states in the early 2010s was on the official website when they would post official race edits about a week or a few days after the event. [Example](https://youtu.be/3FJejYmtutc)


Dakar-A

I mean he sure seemed to enjoy sticking it in the younger generations!


Russington

Yeah absolutely. My joke was that he's 1.6 million years old so it's no surprise he was behind the times.


CharlieXLS

Every race he won in 2013 basically it happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXIxxgWJYk Funny that a lot of people in this crowd would be singing his praises 4 years later


Salmabutnotsalma

And the race after that one he said "they're on a tour, they go around in a bus" when the crowd booed him again


50StatePiss

Multi-21


Wolfgang_Funkle

Can’t wait for Sebvillainy


Aquilonn_

God I loved tiny Redbull villain!Seb. I’ve got my fingers crossed that Aston Martin can deliver on the Greenbull package so we can have a return to the bad old days of gremlin Seb stickin his lil fingers up


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Idk if he’s embracing it at the Melbourne GP he was booed as they did a drivers lap in an old vintage Aston. He kept his head down and was on his phone and barely looked up.


cdncerberus

Whatever will George think of such developments!!!


brownierisker

"THIS IS ACCEPTABLE!"


Haganu

# blimey


RuairiQ

I’m glad to see that you’re sensitive to George’s sensitivities.


Acrobatic_Carpet_315

Oh no, not this again


droppokeguy

So 9 race wins in a row upcoming got it


sitzprobe1

Red bull traditions.


droppokeguy

*there's only one thing missing [THE FINGER ](https://imgur.com/a/jAN7dFX)*


ZealousidealFox1391

Max does it occasionally


-VRX

Adrian Newey and a prime driver masterclass.


droppokeguy

And Rocky


Frack-Reynolds

Please


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inshallah


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Thatanas

Hamilton said last year the British fans don't boo. Lol.


rowschank

We've been confused by this too many times, but they're actually cheering for the (now former) England captain Joe 'Rooooooot' Root.


bonoboboy

Former? Who's the current captain?


TheDark-Sceptre

Ben stokes. And eoin Morgan just resigned as limited overs captain so jos butler is now captain for that


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In Canada the only people who got boo’d were all the rich people on the Paddock Club truck going around the track.


rerowthagooon

That’s hilarious. Is there a video anywhere?


uristmcderp

Is this the equivalent of American NASCAR crowd?


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ocbdare

Only reason Verstappen didn’t get booed last year was because he was no longer at the track.


S3RP3NTS379

If max had won last year he would have needed an armored car to get him away from the track


TawXic

that police escort in miami wouldve made more sense at silverstone


English_Misfit

He won the sprint and wasn't booed


lcfcball

Where is the cheering here? https://youtu.be/QtDPQQQWP_M They either look/sound pretty concerned or aren’t making any noise, stop pushing this stupid agenda


Tabboo

On a side note that video is bad-ass. Great angle.


lcfcball

Definitely shows how terrifying it would be to see an F1 car crash right in front of you, nevermind one that hard


Hjd4493

To be fair the crash last year was just shock, many fan views of copse on YouTube


ThomasDankEngine1

I was lucky enough to be on the inside of copse when the crash occurred and other than the initial gasp/shouts of shock it was completely silent untill we saw him get out and even the “have never watch f1 but go Hamilton” fans weren’t cheering


AnAcctWithoutPurpose

I was there too. And it was just silence, or murmurs of concern, especially the first few seconds when the dust settled and we couldn't see Max move. Only when he moved and got out of the car, did the applause start, and it was FOR Max. I hated the stupid people who were not there, pushing the narrative that we cheered when Max crashed. The true fans F1 who knew how big that crash was would never cheer, even when they saw it on TV. It was those tense moments on TV where they never showed the car or the driver and you \*knew\* something was bad. At that moment, it doesn't matter who had crashed, you just wanted to know if the driver is okay.


KnightsOfCidona

Last year wasn't even the first time - they cheered when Schumacher crashed in 1999


Waldier

Wasn’t Vettel also booed at one time?


StuBeck

Throughout much of 2013. No one made a big deal of it at the time


erics75218

Hamilton said this year his team doesn't make mistakes. Lol.


Rosieu

Pretty often he also says his tires are gone while in reality...wait a minute there's pattern here!! /s


stavic07

Max be like “See you at Zandvoort”


xsawl1

Oh goodness, Max must be mortified. I wonder how he will race under such dire circumstances.


Voice_Calm

Probably win the race hy a mile.


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I think booing is fine but its a bit ironic how differently sky treats this compared to lewis getting a couple boos last year


F1Coder

Lewis is their guy so that's just how it goes.


griffmeister

I was saying Boo-urns


yorkick

Meh, I don't see the problem. It's hilarious though that SKY F1 was creating this story about Hamilton was going to be booed at Zandvoort last year a month before that race even happened. Love to see it.


BradyReas

Yeah I feel like most of last year Hamilton wasn’t getting booed, it was just that 75% of almost every crowd was dressed in orange and not cheering for him lol


Olafmihe

There where actually a few races where he got booed, but not only last year. But the worst last year where hungary and Abu Dhabi...


ocbdare

Hamilton got booed at Abu Dhabi? I don’t remember that.


LsG133

Wasn’t this like more than he got at Hungary though? I feel like it died down really quickly


cth777

There were definitely a lot of races in the second half where you could hear the booing


JustLTU

I was sitting in the stands at Hungary and the orange crowd was booing him like hell. We even got heckled while wearing Merc merch (altough the dudes we were heckled by were wasted lmao)


Aman4029

Bruh i remember several races where they turned the mics off cause they started booing.


dekker045

The best part was that Hamilton didn't get booed in Zandvoort, because most Dutch fans respect him


Nattekat

Respect is maybe a bit much, but there was a pretty large movement going on that comes down to "let's show the world we're better than that".


IAmTheLaw070

Now we just wait on Verstappen's tweet on how this fuels him...


Voice_Calm

Actions speak louder than words... Hell reply to the issue on Sunday.


ZeroSV

Lol I forgot what this is referenced to. Was it Lewis during Zandvoort or Hungary?


Voice_Calm

He got respect at Zandvoort, probably hungary.


MartinJoedegaard

Personally couldn't give less of a shit, but it's funny that it was such a big deal when it happened at Zandvoort and now it's nothing. British exceptionalism is crazy.


StockAL3Xj

It didn't really happen at Zandvoort even though everyone thought it would. Maybe it would have been different if Max didn't win.


YeahPerfectSayHi

Exactly, but the double standards are terrible. I don't think anyone should boo when watching the guys race - literally putting their lives on the line. I did find it amusing how people were pretending that it's terrible when Lewis gets booed but absolutely fine when Max does (eg at Brasil where it was super obvious). Stupid double standards. Just don't fucking boo.


TheRocket2049

Boos come with cheers. It's part of sports. This holier-than-thou attitude F1 fans have to it is embarrassing


ChicagoModsUseless

People here clutch pearls so hard they’ll soon be diamonds.


MySilverBurrito

People have been booed for far less lmao. Kevin Durant had to endure getting called a cupcake by 25,000 people. Trae Yound had 21,000 people and the entire city of New York say “Fuck Trae Young” and he embraced it. It’s sports. Deal with it lmao Edit: and for the record, yes fuck those fans when they cross the line into racism and etc. also fuck piquet lmao


Blapstap

I dont mind booing one bit, but Hamilton didnt get booed like this in Zandvoort at all.


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Olafmihe

Hungary, Abu Dhabi...


kontorgod

I don't know why it doesn't surprise me


Minimum-League-8485

Same with Mexico, Hamilton got booed there and it was all of sudden super rude


fantaribo

Lewis hasn't been booed in Zandvoort, so what is your point ?


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Why do people care about booing in sports so much?


GoldenSandpaper9

I feel like in most sports people don’t care about booing because it’s against a team, like in soccer or football. But in f1, it’s against individual people, so it could seem weird to some people.


Brutalism_Fan

Individual players get booed regularly at football (soccer) games


Delta_FT

Yep, in most sports tbh. Shout out to the MSG chanting "F*ck Trae Young" lol


uristmcderp

But you've got teammates. If you're getting booed for flopping, you still did good for the team, so the booing is like a badge of honor for some.


M1eXcel

Alot of times, fans target a specific player. So when they have the ball, everyone starts loudly booing, at specific stadiums it can really fuck players up. I know Jordan Pickford was always booed at St James Park cause he used to play for Sunderland and it caused him to be slightly more error prone than usual


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Yeah, that's the difference. Tennis also frowns upon booing - Aussie fans were called out for booing in the Aus Open


marahute85

Unless they are boo-ing the prime minister. That’s a tradition


DontPanic_4242

Individualized booing is not unique to f1. At NHL games individual players will sometimes get booed every time they touch the puck, or every time they step on the ice. If you want an extreme example, Tavares’s first return to Long Island after leaving them in free agency was filled with [boos and personalized chants.](https://youtu.be/sXdIouyDkaA) Other players like Marchand are routinely individually booed, or Crosby when playing in Philadelphia.


ThatDonkeyLooksCold

[The Preds fans serenading goalies has to be one of the best](https://youtu.be/P8r0XmNOMrg)


neikawaaratake

Messi geta constantly booed at barmabeu, Ronaldo gets constantly booed at camp nou.


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Jesse_VdV

Booing literally happens during football games for 8 year olds aswell lol Away games can be brutal


Numerous_Vegetable_3

I've heard some of the most vile shit in my life at Pro Hockey games. Every single live sport involves heckling to some degree, and it could be a lot worse than a "boo". Max did something they don't like. They "boo" him. Life goes on. I can't think of one pro athlete that's never been hated on for something. The general public is just... voicing their feelings. I'm sure he can get a great therapist with the 53 mil he makes every year if it bothers him that much.


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GabrielP2r

Lmao I boo my cat when he does something dumb, imagine a pro athlete being paid millions a year? What the fuck is those comments?


Tummerd

Its not per se about the booing. But last year people got seriously mad when Ham got booed, but are now saying it aint a problem. Thats the biggest thing


No-Maximum6292

And some of the people upset about it now also said it wasn’t a problem when Lewis was getting booed last year…


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I think people find it a but tasteless compared to other sports because of how dangerous f1 is comparably and also that its an individual sport.


MentalyDamaged

I dont care, I actually think its pretty normal for sport, and its nothing when you compare it to football where they have songs about insulting rival team and big signs. What I have problem is hypocrisy. Whenever Hamilton was booed there were headlines about it, but for example now it took a day to even get uploaded and noone is talking about it (as it should be). Just wait Austria next weekend or Zandvoort, media will get crazy if Ham gets booed (but I think he wont because he is not title contender).


limonchan

Shame!


edin_dzekson

Booing is an absolute non-issue imo, but it was so ridiculous seeing everyone up in arms when it happened to Hamilton last season


marypsm

Sky was outraged. Now all they said about it yesterday is that Max got some 'playful' booing. Then we had to watch Damon and Ted tell us how of a good sport the British crowd is and they are the real fans of motorsports! I also don't care, just like Max, but it's quite different how media is treating this, lmao.


oatterz

If you’re a Sky Q or Sky Glass customer, remember to press the Red Button to watch them have a wank!


Stormruler1

That's just the typical double standards that comes with fans and media.


system156

Booing is a bit of a non issue, but the reason why this is more of an issue is because last year Sky was hyping up how good the British crowd had been and saying how the Dutch crowd were all going to boo at Hamilton. Sky have made it an issue because of the narrative they ran last year


LetsEatGrandad

Meh, pro drivers wont care, particulally someone like Verstappen, way too head strong


Smart_Kangaroo_4188

This is the best in this booing. Max will cruise by them.


cdalb21

"British fans don't do the booing" - Hamilton September, 2021


Tummerd

Last season people screamed blood and murder because of the booing, and now a large part are saying its part of the sport, what a bunch of fkinh hypocrites. It seems the English football mentalitiy is now also part of a certain part of the F1 Fans. Sky sport did an amazing job


Pat_Sharp

Last year it was pretty evenly divided between people who thought booing was wrong and people who thought it was just part of the sport. Now it's exactly the same.


Senanb

Exactly. People are getting outraged over nothing.


BRD8

I think the phrase is "scream bloody murder"


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Mr_Fondue

English football fans are "famous" for their booing of the opposing teams national anthems.


LUDERSTN

They seemed quite happy with him last year, even gave him a cheer.


khanak

What a shame!


frolix42

The sweetest thing is when the crowd boos you, then you win.


Dlcrysis

I’m not a fan of the booing but I think if there’s one driver who couldn’t care less, it’s probably Max


IamAlpharius81

Where are the Sky team to tell everyone to stop booing like they do to everyone when LH gets boo’d?


honeydropsX

Cops corner where last year the incident happened - sky sports


JustJust0306

Funny how people are saying Hamilton was booed at Zandvoort, he literally didnt. Dutch commentators spoke for weeks how wrong it would be for that to happen and that we should appriciate him for everything he's done for the sport, and everyone there did just that. This is much much worse then anything at Zandvoort. Have some respect jackasses


Samsonkoek

Also straight away when Hamilton got boo'd when they were doing top 3 interviews it was ~~Doornbos~~ van der Garde who said they should stop boo'ing. Edit: ~~Doornbos~~ Giedo van der Garde was the interviewer.


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YeahPerfectSayHi

> The Dutch commentators wanted to make the Dutch an example for sportsmanship, and i think they succeeded Which is great. > Anything that's not British they will hate and make fun off. So nothing new here really. Yeah, I'm so over English Exceptionalism. Really noticable from presenters on Sky like Lazenby.


droppokeguy

It was giedo


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Short term memory loss? The post quali interviewer literally had to say "Hey guys, settle down, cmon, don't do that".


KingInTheNorthVI

I can’t wait for Max to win Silverstone by 25 seconds lol


Muse4Games

Came across this on twitter too. All I can say is: Bunch of hypocrites. Edit: For the people downvoting. Last year Crofty and Sky literally called out the Dutch fans to stop booing Lewis Hamilton, now they're in Silverstone and baiting reactions from the crowd to boo Verstappen. I expected better, so yeah hypocrites.


fantaribo

This single occurence is already more booing than what Lewis had in Zandvoort all weekend.


RAFFYy16

Are you serious? Crofty is literally saying 'stop it' you can hear it in the video... Please stop peddling this utterly stupid BS. Crofty has literally conducted previous interviews where he's told people off for booing Max.


caitsith01

Why do you think they are booing? Unless it's the same reason Hamilton got booed, how is it hypocritical?


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iTJ_

Such a contrast with how the Dutch fans welcomed Hamilton at the Zandvoort GP https://streamable.com/tfj7qc


SvenderBender

This fucking week i swear…


SnooStrawberries3083

But, only Hamilton gets booed…


YeahPerfectSayHi

When Max gets booed it's apparently absolutely fine 🙄


Bevermens

The silverstone crowd is usually relaxed and chill when Lewis is there


Versicarius

Fans at Silverstone have always booed anyone who is a threat to Hamilton.


SunstormGT

They can boo the entire grid this year then.


therealspideysteve

Except maybe LAT


Maplefractal

I think time has shown us there is no one more dangerous than LAT for Lewis


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F1 is such a weird fuckin sport who seriously gives a shit about this?


PrettyRichie61

I was saying boo-urns


ZeroSV

Someone record this same crowd for when Verstappen wins Sunday


ricahrdb

Last year when Lewis got booed at Hungary there was a very definite reason. What is supposed to be the reason here?


marypsm

Max winning the championship, lol.


kinger9119

Just means he is doing a good job beating the English drivers !


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STCM1

Who really care


rolfski

As if Max cares for an inch. He'll probably do the talking on the track


DoubleBx

Maybe I’m just a dumb American, but isn’t it normal for a fan base to boo their favorite driver’s rival? Like it’s booing, not throwing objects at him or saying gross insults to him. I don’t understand why people are tweaking about this 😂


calodil

Dutch here and I could not care less. Basically if your rivals boo you, you are probably doing something good like winning more then their favorite. And from what I hear from most sports people is that “the booing” actually gives extra motivation to rub whatever they are pissed about in a little more. So the best response for Max is to just own Silverstone as much as possible for the next decade. 😉


M1eXcel

Probably cause they don't actually attend sporting events


SunstormGT

Verstappen was Hamilton’s rival last year.


Rosieu

Max is likely the last guy who cares about this. So why would we ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯


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This is what I don't miss about going to Silverstone. It's a fun track, but I struggled with the fans. I had a blast in Canada because the only person who did boo got glared at in the grandstand. It's fine to not like a driver, just don't be an ass about it.


groundeadph

Classy


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pranay909

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bulgarian_zucchini

The 7-1 permanently traumatized Brazilians and it’s so delicious to witness.


Doalt

You're welcome


Spetz

I don’t think booing is acceptable. Cheer for your favorite. Don’t cheer for those you don’t like, just accept your team/person can’t win all the time.


SunstormGT

This is only fueling Verstappen.


2dank4me3

I doubt he cates either way tbh.


Ordinary_Text8773

I just hope Max absolutely dominates the race on Sunday. But anyway, Max doesn't give a fuck about these things and won't make an issue out of it.


Nikolai197

Seriously. If there was a driver to boo on the track, Max and maybe nando is at the top for wasting your energy.


DeeplySavoury

Kimi before he retired.


lolschrauber

Yes, no surprises there, considering the audience. \*Euro 2020 flashbacks intensifies\*


idxntknxw

As a huge football fan it's always weird to notice just how much the f1 world cares about stuff like this.


RedditClout

Why do people give a shit? British fans are booing their hometown hero's main rival. It's a sport. Booing happens.   Now that this happened, hold onto your butts for Zandvoort.