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      11-15-2018, 07:12 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by Japper69 View Post
Exactly my thoughts too.

No one is saying Vettel is a bad driver but anyone can see that he can only win in a truly dominant car from the front. He has NO wheel to wheel race craft skills and has never shown good performance in the wet.

Both the above traits have been shown by all the past world champions.
See this is exactly what I'm talking about. He's a top driver in the wet. He's displayed years of wheel-to-wheel race craft skills. He scored points his 1st time out in a Sauber. He won a race with a Torro Rosso. And he has not only consistently outscored his teammate at Ferrari, he's outscored one of the Mercedes, while driving a clearly inferior car. And he doesn't make rookie mistakes: he's desperately trying to get ahead of a clearly faster car, and has to make some ballsy moves, or end up 3rd or lower each race.

I'm at a loss to understand why Hamilton - who has always had a top car - is considered to have proven himself better than Vettel, who (like Alonso) has proven his abilities with a range of machinery.
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