- 10 Oct 07, 21:42#17270
So many think that nick is only so far ahead because of "good" luck. And yet he is the man who has never been beaten by any team mate other than alesi in his debut year and frentzen who was at the peak of his form.
He has beaten kimi(highly rated) massa(at ferrari now), Webber(highly rated) (vellnuerve a wdc) and kubica (a Gp2 star) Yet people still question him. Nonsense. If his team had given him the right tyres in the last race HE WOULD HAVE WON OR COME SECOND, they didnt and the rest is history, remember his first stop was AFTER kubica despte him QAULIFYING HIGHER> so when I read a lot of mince about button, webber and vettel being deserving of a top seat I laugh.
Rosberg and Sutil on the other hand have very good record against team mates(except nico's debut year) but to be fair they havent came up against much yet(nicos debut year exccluded webber is a GOOD driver) People might say ah but kubica made a muck of qauli! mabye he did, but then thats because he cant go at a certain level without making small mistakes.
I am sure if nick wanted to be he could do really fast sector times but he too would surcum to the fact that - being quick for 2/3 of a qauli lap aint good enough if you dont have enough skill to maintain that level of performance. Who is the quickest guy in F1? Definately nico. Who is the best driver? hard to say but its not vettel, button, webber or kubica, until kubi learns to drive more controlled. Vettel just dosent have the pace in the dry.
So yeah if its wet all year but it wont be.....
He has beaten kimi(highly rated) massa(at ferrari now), Webber(highly rated) (vellnuerve a wdc) and kubica (a Gp2 star) Yet people still question him. Nonsense. If his team had given him the right tyres in the last race HE WOULD HAVE WON OR COME SECOND, they didnt and the rest is history, remember his first stop was AFTER kubica despte him QAULIFYING HIGHER> so when I read a lot of mince about button, webber and vettel being deserving of a top seat I laugh.
Rosberg and Sutil on the other hand have very good record against team mates(except nico's debut year) but to be fair they havent came up against much yet(nicos debut year exccluded webber is a GOOD driver) People might say ah but kubica made a muck of qauli! mabye he did, but then thats because he cant go at a certain level without making small mistakes.
I am sure if nick wanted to be he could do really fast sector times but he too would surcum to the fact that - being quick for 2/3 of a qauli lap aint good enough if you dont have enough skill to maintain that level of performance. Who is the quickest guy in F1? Definately nico. Who is the best driver? hard to say but its not vettel, button, webber or kubica, until kubi learns to drive more controlled. Vettel just dosent have the pace in the dry.
So yeah if its wet all year but it wont be.....
Nick is simply more than quick, he is great.
