TheGiantHogweed wrote:
I do respect him as a driver, but his personality and attitude surely isn't enough to get this... He still often says rather disrespectful things without thinking. His team mate has a much more pleasent personality in my view. But I'm not sure who I would give the prise to.
I would give it to the most entertaining driver who didn't bring the sport into disrepute by either barging into the side of his championship rival (Vettel), calling the stewards retarded (Verstappen) or constantly complaining on the radio (Alonso or Grosjean). That makes it a clear choice for me: Ricciardo. Funny, engaging, unique, and not even half as negative as the above candidates.
It's not just that Max won it this year while doing virtually nothing entertaining or original on the personality side. It's not just that he won it last year with the same issues. It's that he's won the frikkin' award every single year he's been eligible, despite not earning it in any of them. It's just another example of the FIA trying to push Max on us and reminding us (in a not very subtle way) how much we should love him and find him the best thing in F1. I don't, and if I did it would be because of his driving, not his personality. If they want to make people interested in Max, his driving is the angle they should play up - it's actually engaging, like it or not. His personality isn't.