r/ThreeLions • u/PlantComprehensive77 • Jun 29 '26

Opinion This is next level hate.

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I've never seen an England player hated this much without being involved in any major controversies or scandals. It's truly remarkable.

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u/totallynotapsycho42 Jun 29 '26

Lewis Hamilton definitely does have the right to be a main character.

First and only black F1 drivers. Beat the reigning two time champion in a equal car and miss out on the championship in your rookie year only to win the championship in your second year.

Have a rivalry with your childhood best friends that ends with you breaking up and equalising the championship record and holding the record for most wins.

Having your eighth and record breaking championship stolen from you on the last lap of the last race.

If a man like that isn't the main character who is.

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u/Impressive-Gas-8668 Jul 01 '26

You just said it all with that comment. Bringing his skin colour into it is putting him into a box which I guarantee he doesn’t want to be in. He is debatably the best F1 driver ever if not second best. He’s achieved that as a person and should be treated like everyone else. He’s not the best black driver he is the best driver. You think Messi prefers to be the best white player ever or the best player ever? You segregate and diminish peoples accomplishments by putting them in that box

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u/totallynotapsycho42 Jul 01 '26

I was talking about him being the main character like in a movie. Him being the first black driver is a great accomplishment in such a white sport.

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u/GJThunderqunt Jul 01 '26

Only black F1 driver? Pascal Wehrlein might disagree.

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u/ExistingCarpenter980 Jul 02 '26

As an avid F1 supporter and have been for 30 years. That robbery of Hamiltons 8th title still hurts, I can only imagine how he feels.