- 03 Nov 09, 19:37#167833
I think you just answered my question
beating every single team mate you have
He hasn't done that though, not by a long shot.
Not by a long shot? With Sauber, he outperformed Kimi and many thought that was good enough for NH to land at McLaren but didn't, then Massa joined Sauber which NH also outperformed. NH joined Jordan briefly and outperformed Giorgio Pantano, NH then joined BMW-Sauber in 2006 along side the highly regarded (by the media) Kubica, yet NH had more points and outperformed him until 2009.
He hasn't beaten every single teammate he has had, which is what you said! Then guys like Raikkonen, yeah, he beat him by maybe 2, 3 points - Raikkonen who was a rookie with only 17 single seater races under his belt before 2001. Then he could only beat Massa by a similar margin, another rookie who was also a complete liability that season. Pantano is a joke and he should've, and did beat him easily. Kubica actually bettered Heidfeld in '06 in the races they were in the same team. Yeah, Heidfeld has scored more points than Kubica in the time they've been in the BMW team together, but it's a mere handful more. Heidfeld outperforming Kubica is very, very debatable, and besides the amount of points scored don't always tell the whole story alone, surely?
He's not a bad driver, just not really one of the best. IMO! Bizarrely though, i think if you put him in a top car he'd walk the title through his sheer consistency! It wouldn't be spectacular, but the job would get done.
I think you just answered my question
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