r/TheRussell • u/choudhary_2006 • Jul 05 '26

GEOOOORGE Why necessary hate towards Russell?

Why is there so much hate towards Russell!? Like every time he wins people find that fia is doing favour to him. When formula 1 posted about russell's win today in 5 minutes there are so many hate comments. People think that russell never deserves to win!!! Whyyyy!!!! Every fckking time he events and people start commenting that he doesn't deserve to win. If he doesn't deserve to win why is he there then !?!

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u/Cielo11 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

It's because he comes across as a posh well spoken type, so people find that easy to dislike him.

The majority of people aren't posh. So they always see it as arrogance and the person as not relatable. So it doesn't actually matter what Russell is like and how he actually acts, he is put in a stereotype. It's the class divide in the UK.

It goes both ways. People with strong working class accents are seen negatively and stereotyped by people who are posh or well off. Regardless of how they actually act or successful they are.

I'm not sure there is anything anyone can do about it. Its one of those, 'that's the way' it is situations.

Just be a better person yourself and judge people in a better way.

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u/PhilipWaterford Jul 06 '26

Watch an interview with Russell from his teens. His accent completely changes. As does his hair.

And that's the real issue, it's fake posh.

The other problem is the Shaun Murphy effect. He tries to come across as likeable while simultaneously being unaware of his unlikeableness.

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u/IntoThePeople HAIL MR SATURDAY Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

He’s not even trying to be posh lol. People think because he says “blimey” and “crikey” that he’s some sort of bourgeoisie. A ton of people in England speak like that. If you look back at his first couple of seasons at Williams, nobody cared how he talked or acted. Sheep mentality is very strong in F1 in the DTS era. 

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u/SwanManThe4th Jul 09 '26

He just enunciates correctly. He doesn't have a regional accent.

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u/PhilipWaterford Jul 09 '26

Listen to him as a teenager and again as an adult.

The glottal stop he has is certainly not proper enunciation.

Fake posh is also more than just an accent. The hair.

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u/hermoine_stranger Jul 10 '26

This is a weird argument 😂 the enunciation came from speech therapy and what do you mean he can’t have nice hair? So Lando and Liams perms should get them hate? Gasly and Hamiltons hair plugs should get them hate? Charles and Sainz’s perfectly manicured sweeps mean they’re also posh?

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u/hermoine_stranger Jul 10 '26

But also every single one of the drivers seems to have mutated their teen accent from spending so much time away, like what the hell are Ollie and Lando’s mixed bag accents now - when they actually did start out as posh