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The B195 was not a match for the FW17 – just look at the amount of poles Hill and Coulthard had in 1995. 1995 remains one of Schumacher’s best titles (I’m not a fan) – he won nine races in a clearly inferior car.
I’m sure Senna would’ve have won the 1995 title but am not so sure about 1994. Yes, people say that if Hill got within one point imagine what Senna would’ve done. Remember Schumacher was docked 16pts for Britain and Spa and he was banned for two races also. 1996 would’ve been easy but all these ifs and maybes will never be answered unfortunately.
Villeneuve was not “awesome” in his first two seasons of F1. In 1996 Williams had one of the most dominant cars in recent history and only needed two decent drivers to win both titles (and JV couldn’t even beat Hill). Schumacher won 3 races in a dog of a Ferrari (I’m not an MS fan), Benetton had probably a better line-up than Williams in Alesi and Berger but couldn’t design a car to suit anyone but Schumacher.
In 1997, JV outqualified the nearest non-Williams by nearly 2 seconds in Melbourne. Admittedly a great lap but more an indication of the FW17’s superiority. He only barely beat Schumacher to the title in a car worth close to a second per lap for much of the season. He then went to BAR where there wasn’t much between himself and Panis. In 2003 he was well beaten by Button and since then never beat a team-mate (see Alonso, Massa, Heidfeld). Along with Damon Hill the worst world champion in my lifetime.
At least Raikkonen had decent opposition in machinery of a similar standard (Alonso, Hamilton, Massa) and won 2 races more than anyone else.
