button is the leading brit, so our nation follows that hero as he is our most likely equipped driver to achieve success so we all back him, hence the hype.
no matter how good or bad they are comapared to other drivers, he is english and us english fans pump lots of speculation and hopes onto him to try and gain awknowledgement as a great f1 racer.
sometimes it just doenst happen.
but you shouldnt let that arguement errupt that 'theyre crap, all that hype'
narain was hyped in india as he was the first, and onli indian in f1.
outside, he is barely mentioned. i cant even spell his surname (actually most people cant bad point sorry!) but yes he is not pimped up outside india much, if at all.
how much do you think button is hyped in say brazil, or spain?
probably little, as it all about senna, rubens and alonso... the nations favourite and hopes for the titles.
there wasnt much distributed hype when there were more brits in earlier years, and it usually is only with the major favourites, ie the nigel mansell/damon hill years.... people didnt take much note of warwick, herbert, brundle, blundell, coulthard, firman, wilson, davidson etc
so why does button get so much attention?
simple, hes our main man. take button out, who have the english got to support loyally as a national fan?
so thats why we all bum button, hes our main hope.
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole itEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2006 09:53PM by danm.