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Vettel has had it far too easy for a couple of years, and struggles to perform when the car is not perfect.

@jason12 I think you must mean Webber, because three championships (plus runner up once) and 25 wins […]

The Man City of F1, except at least Man City won the FA Cup-… oh wait, they are the Man City of F1.

They came in the last race leading the championship over Vettel. They lost the title THAT DAY due to any other reason than Vettel’s bad luck in 2010. I don’t understand what Vettel’s woes have to do with what […]

I got involved because neither of the “issues” Webber had, really affected his ability to win the championship. In Brazil, he wasn’t challenging Vettel anyway. In UAE, as I’ve already said, MW’s performance caused […]

@klaas

As I mentioned above, there was no way they could execute the strategies since they were flawed from the beginning. They only could work if the other cars went for another pit-stop which never […]

@klaas – The technical failure MW suffered are dwarfed by Vettel’s, and didn’t even cost him anything. The strategy issue you cite cropped up due to a lack of driver performance, which forced a gamble. Whether the […]

@lebesset
Seriously? There were more overtakes in 2010 than there were in any year since 1993, without refueling, mostly without undercutting with tyres, and without highway DRS passes.

@klaas –
For me, you’re fishing for excuses when you blame the team for Webber losing the championship and citing these so-called “troubled races”.

In Abu Dhabi, yes, Webber could have won the title, but his […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the b-as apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

@klaas – Do you really believe Webber would have won Brazil? Why ignore his inability to qualify better than any of the other frontrunners (except Massa) in Abu Dhabi in the first place?

@davef1 – The crash kid nickname wasn’t exactly fair though, looking back at it. He had 2 crashes in that season. Even his mid-30s teammate had more than that.

I also assume “anon” was referring exclusively to […]

@klaas

No really, leaving the bias apart, the main reason Alonso or Webber lost that championship was due to that poor strategy their respective teams chose for tham and it had nothing to do with driving.

As […]

Exactly, the 2010 regulations, minus DDDs, EBDs and possibly F-ducts, were fine. If anything, these ridiculous tyres just negate the refuelling ban. Before they stayed out on light fuel when others pitted to […]

@freelittlebirds – Had to point out how hilarious that post of yours is. Good one.

There’s no point discounting 8 races is there? He did nothing to stand out either there or his rookie season. Trying to compare Alguersuari’s qualifying record to Alonso’s is a joke- Alonso isn’t at the point […]

@Ferrari_412t – It’s natural that the best drivers will get the most praise and would be seen as “favoured”. However I agree that Hulkenberg is even better than either STR driver.

Not to mention he had 46 races to show his worth