In any walk of life, unwelcome reputations are tricky to shift. In Formula 1, they can be especially brutal. Look at Romain Grosjean being branded a "first-lap nutcase" by Mark Webber at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2012 after they made contact.
Grosjean's former team-mate at Lotus Pastor Maldonado was dubbed "Crashdonaldo" for his habit of crashing. During his 96 grands prix, there were 29 retirements, he incurred 39 penalties totalling 88 places of grid penalties and 305 seconds of time penalties.
