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‘Hero to dead man', that's how F1 criticism works

Kimi Raikkonen pays no attention to those criticising F1 drivers, saying one minute someone is a 'hero' and the next they are a 'dead man'. Raikkonen's good friend and former team-mate Sebastian Vettel has been the recipient of this a lot in recent years. Dropped by Ferrari last season, many pundits said the time had come for the four-time former World Champion to hang up his helmet, called a 'spent force' by former driver David Coulthard. The Scot, like many others, later applauded the German's return to the podium, P2 at this year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Aston Martin. Vettel also brought his car across the line second in Hungary but was denied that podium, disqualified due to a fuel...
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