The whole 'sexualising the drivers' thing is kinda boring because guess what, people are going to be horny about celebrities idk what to tell you but

there's a difference between saying something passive and harassing someone/using it as a metric for their success 1/3

Athletes aren't in the attractiveness industry (which does exist) so while eg: Ricciardo def knows he's hot, it's not the yardstick to measure his career on. Which is how it's often used against female athletes, as though that's what they're there to perform in, which sucks. 2/3

And then there's the other side which is just: people are humans, don't say gross things about them in public and *especially* not to them. Everyone gets affected by the stuff they read about themselves and by people being invasive. Don't do it. Indoor voice horny only. 3/3.

Also you can be REALLY creepy and invasive without being sexual and people really need to get more of a grip on that; putting your emotional wellbeing on someone's attention isn't having a crush or romantic, it's being irresponsible & incredibly upsetting/pressurising.