Owned, Well done my friend.
Not quite
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Owned, Well done my friend.
The fact that this is true in a season in which one driver has won 80% of the races, truly is a damning indictment of the 'sport'.
edit to add: in response to your questions about Alonso/Piquet and Hamilton/Kovalainen, I was having this discussion with my dad at the weekend. The difference is that while an average driver, in a good car, can win the world championship, a good driver, in an average car, cannot. THAT is an indication of the extent to which the machinery, rather than the drivers, dominate the sport.
Won't be the case by seasons end, that is what is making it so enthralling. One team hit the ground running with a big advantage that is being whittled away whilst the big boys are at the back of the field. If Wolves end up being top of the table after 6 games next season and Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and United struggle at the bottom, wouldn't you LOVE it? You'd know it wouldn't last but don't tell me you wouldn't find it more interesting?
Won't be the case by seasons end, that is what is making it so enthralling. One team hit the ground running with a big advantage that is being whittled away whilst the big boys are at the back of the field. If Wolves end up being top of the table after 6 games next season and Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and United struggle at the bottom, wouldn't you LOVE it? You'd know it wouldn't last but don't tell me you wouldn't find it more interesting?
stupid french twats, couldnt win any wars and now cant win races so have gone crying off home to burn a few sheep.
That better
Alonso/Piquet
Hamilton/Kovalainen
Same cars...massive gulf in performances..verdict? The above is bollocks, it's like saying the football boots make the difference between footballers
Who was the last AVERAGE driver to win the World Championship then?
Who was the last AVERAGE driver to win the World Championship then?
Wasn't saying I subscribed to that particular theory, but it IS a factor. One driver is bound to be naturally better than the other in any given team - that doesn't necessarily mean he is the best on the grid though.
The only way we'd truley know the greatest driver in F1 is if they all lined up on the grid in identically constructed cars (which is what the FIA is clumsily trying to move towards with this £40m cap).
Damon Hill ?
The difference is that while an average driver, in a good car, can win the world championship, a good driver, in an average car, cannot. THAT is an indication of the extent to which the machinery, rather than the drivers, dominate the sport.
Damon Hill ?
I think it was Coulthard a couple of weeks ago that came out and said winning was now 80% car, 20% driver skill.
. The difference is that while an average driver, in a good car, can win the world championship, a good driver, in an average car, cannot. THAT is an indication of the extent to which the machinery, rather than the drivers, dominate the sport.
Tbh I don't think Räikkönen is anything special, so I'd argue him.