Personally I don't see anything hilarious about that Seb video, to me it just suggests that someone had too much time on their hands... Each to their own I guess.
gav Wrote:
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> I do wonder if Seb is feeling the supposed
> pressure of being a Ferrari driver. The Seb of
> 2016 isn't the Seb that we know, he's been cranky
> all the way through the season, worsening as the
> season develops.
>
> He was always willing to say what he feels, but it
> was usually constructive. We know underneath that
> jovial exterior (much, much less of that in 2016)
> that he was hard as anyone and he'd do what's
> needed to win, but this season he's been so easily
> frustrated and even seething and Ferrari have
> never even been close to a title challenger - what
> would he have been like if he was in the running
> for the title this year?
>
> I worry about Seb. I think he's struggling with
> something in his life and it's not having a
> positive effect.
This.
I think Ferrari's dip in form might have more to do with Sergio Marchionne than anyone else. There's no proof of course, but his arrival as CEO has roughly coincided with them suddenly struggling after a promising 2015. He's apparently known for being uncompromising and difficult. I get the feeling he's been putting pressure on the team to achieve results and it's ended up being counterproductive.
The effect of this on Seb's demeanour is that he might well be feeling some kind of personal responsibility for the loss of performance as the lead driver, and that is what's really been bothering him this year.