Here’s my hot take that I know everyone really wants to read, especially the lurkers
I think Lando actually was a tiny baby when he came into F1 and latched onto Carlos, retrospectively I notice how he adapted his personality and what he likes and doesn’t like to him and when he left to Ferrari Lando had to grow the fuck up and Daniel did not fit his plans in doing so. Then he started being a serious podium contender and Daniel struggled which probably caused tension, how could it not lol buuuuuut Lando admired Daniel since his junior days, there’s actual video proof of that so there never was any hate just a lost introvert meeting an extrovert who was struggling. Unfortunate timing, really
2nd half they’ve been more or less equal in terms of driving so they’ve been able to bond better but there’s never been any hate or that exaggerated awkwardness people think there was. I feel very strongly about this, obviously