Never lift. Never stop believing

Seb: “is he pretty?”

My role in F1/motorsports/simracing is small, but I’ve gotten the opportunity to get behind the scenes, to know and chat with some drivers, and saw what the drivers have chatted from the people I know. I look through the tags often to keep me updated about the community. But I am astonished to find the amount of BS, slander and harassment towards the drivers and towards other fans in this community.

By the way, the drivers are very aware of that. They are real people who use the internet like you and I do. If you’ve wondered why they aren’t active on social media, don’t handle their own media accounts nor interact with fans, this is it. Some of you are so hell bent on hating some of them because of sketchy opinions that you’ve absorbed from social media and/or netflix, instead of you know, forming your own opinions by actually taking your time to learn about the driver. Please save your pitchforks for actual proven criminals and real world exploitation/injustices.

At the end of the day, like or dislike a driver, I do not care. But, I do care about the well-being of this community and for all fans to feel welcome, discuss, criticize respectfully and to find comfort in. We don’t need to see blind hate in the tags of our favourite drivers. We don’t need baseless slander. We don’t need fans bullying other fans for finding comfort in things they love. 

THEY SWAPPED HELMETS ❤️