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The difference is, all of them had teams that 100% cared about them and worked for their success while George is always an afterthought for this team. Kimi’s rare problems are fixed instantly, while George’s “mysterious” lack of straightline speed doesn’t get solved race after race and they dare to pretend it doesn’t exist and blame George for weeks until they can’t anymore.

they interview his roadie roommate (Christian Folin, 35yo) who says Ivar likes to talk about hockey (big surprise). He appreciates hearing Ivar's perspective, says he "knows his stuff" (aka nerd)

it is apparently a well known fact that Ivar loves burgers (not the first interview this has been brought up)

Ivar talks very fondly of playing with his brothers, he and his younger brother Knut used to gang up on their older brother Otto because of the size diference. these days it's every man for himself.

as the stereotypical hockey family, they play a lot of golf - Ivar describes it as "war" (competitive much? lol)

he watches lots of hockey highlights (again, such a nerd)

pretty much his entire life revolves around hockey, but he tries to disconnect with video games and watching other sports

he has friends in his hometown who doesn't play but "they know a lot about hockey because I play" (I just found this very cute)

Frölunda's coach describes him as ambitious, easy to coach, and always very happy

coach also describes him as "self-critical in a good way". thinks the main thing he needs to develop before playing in north america is more of a "killer instinct mindset" (basically "stop being so humble and shoot more yourself")

everyone makes him sound really humble and introverted, but teammate/friend Max Westergård who is a similar age also describes him as "very kind, but a bit hot-headed sometimes"

describes all the media attention as "mostly fun but sometimes it gets a bit much" (imo the "fun" part doesn't sound very convincing to me so hard to say what is his honest opinion and what is just learned media approved answers) and mentions specifically that it doesn't just affect him but also people around him

Ivar clearly appreciates that he can direct all media inquiries to Frölunda's press manager, describes him as "a real bro" (aka, his knight in shining armour)

interests: hockey, golf, food. and then he specifies that he means eating food, but then immediatly goes "no, now I sound like a..." and just aborts the question lol

talks about growing up near the sea, he likes fishing and going out by boat, and eating fish (and then he lists lots of different seafood he likes, makes me wonder if there's anything he doesn't eat...)

likes challenges and competitions

I cannot stop laughing