Vettel:booing is unfair

[Dare]

all I have to say is boo

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8906992/Vettel-Silverstone-Jeers-Were-Not-Fair

[Jericoke]

I guess he doesn't read what's written about him.

That's fair, I suppose, there's a lot written about him... and if he can't take a few boos, I should think reading everything written about him would be very hard to take.

If he is worried about his legacy, there's still time to turn his attitude around though!  Or maybe he realizes that the history books mostly care about the numbers.

[Scott]

Multi-21 Seb, Multi-21.  You're going to be booed for a while.

[lkjohnson1950]

I link on that page lead me to this, written by Newey. Interesting and funny, It would seem not everyone at R/B is a Vettel fan either.

http://www.planetf1.com/off-on-f1/8865695/Adrian-s-Diary-Love-Of-Luigi

[PG_Gabriel]

I was on the track, under the podium at the Canadian GP. The boos were so loud that we couldn't hear Martin Brundel at all during the interview with Seb.

A chant for Alonso also broke out. It was quite entertaining to watch Alonso blush as his name drowned out Vettel's interview! 

(Yes I joined in on the chanting and booing)

[Ian]

Commentator said the boos were actually for the Greenpeace demonstrators.

[Alonsofan]

Well all I can say is if you conduct yourself in the way he has in recent times your going to get booed.

Oh and a big thumbs up for you PG Gabriel for joining in the chanting and booing 

[John S]

OK Seb since you insist on reserving the right to be elbow your way past your coasting teammate, or 'racing' as you prefer to call it, whenever and wherever - I and many others reserve the right to boo you as unsportsmanlike whenever and wherever we choose. 

Top sportsmen achieve big wins by using fair, indifferent & sometimes foul means, public adoration isn't simply compelled just by winning, we all have to buy the concept as well Herr Vettel.   

   

[lkjohnson1950]

Well said. 

[Willy]

Vettel seems to think that the booing is due to his current action on the track or events of the moment.
He has missed the point that it is his general attitude and lack of respect for the rest of the F1 community that has garnered him with the fans ire.

Good find Lonny.....Newey's comments are amusing.

[Irisado]

In lieu of booing him, being silent would be far more effective.  Applaud the other drivers, and just be silent when Vettel receives his trophy, and walks on the podium.  It sends a more powerful message, and doesn't convey the same level of 'cheapness' that booing does in my view.

His problem, as usual, is that he refuses to accept that any of his behaviour could possibly have contributed to the reception he receives.  He thinks that it's because he's winning all the time, but it's not.  I don't remember Mansell being booed when he won so many races in 1992, or Prost and Senna being booed in 1988 when they won 15 of the 16 races between them.  You can dominate and be respected.  Vettel hasn't learnt that you have to earn respect, and you don't do that solely by winning races.