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Every person who rises up into the global celebrity spotlight is going to have their every move scrutinized. The focus on Hamilton is because he is the world champion. If he was in Alonso's shoes at Mclaren people wouldn't care much about what he was doing. There's also a historic model drivers are still compared to: laconic, fearless, take-charge ubermales. Behaving against type when you're the reigning champion will bring out the haters because you're not fitting their expectations.