- 28 Oct 10, 18:25#222368
Because for every super performance like Monza '08, there is a very stupid mistake. Vettel got involved in 3 first lap incidents that year too, but i guess people tend to look back with rose tinted specs (that is not a personal comment). Even this year this is a trend - domination like Suzuka one week and utterly needless incidents like Spa and Turkey the next. Then there is all the little things that indicate he is not the complete driver by any stretch. One example would be in Bahrain this year, where he appeared to be losing way more time than he should have when his mechanical problem arose. This arguably cost him a position.
It could be argued that he still has potential and would definitely iron out these mistakes (that assumption happens quite a lot to people, it has to be said), but at the same time that is no guarantee, he could have just as easily merely reached his full potential at an earlier age, and this is already his maximum level. There is no doubting his huge speed, but that isn't a very useful tool of he can't back it up with consistency and race craft - as we are indeed witnessing this season.
What you have basically said in one part of your post is "if he becomes the best driver by miles and has the best car by miles, he'll dominate", but, erm, the same could be said of a hell of a lot of drivers...
Which is what I was just about to say. And even if that win lucky, think about how he regularly would finish 4th, 5th or 6th, and nearly got on the podium at Japan with only a few races under his belt.
Hamilton always had the best machinery. Vettel worked with what was literally a Blue Minardi, and won. And finished very highly when he wasn't winning.
I think he's just unlucky this year, and also some of his inexperience is starting to show, because he seems to be like a puppy that can't contain it's excitement and pees because of it. Soon this will come naturally to him. But his results in my opinion are better than any Schumacher, Senna and Hamilton. And really his qualifying is absolutely impressive.
Once he gets the right machinery, and a level head, I can see him winning 12 out of 13 GPs like Schumacher in '04.
People on this site accuse me of having an unusual love for Vettel - but I cannot fathom why everyone is quick to dismiss him. He can overtake, this Red Bull just doesn't allow him to. Driving in the Torro Rosso - I'm sure he definitely learned how to overtake.
So can someone explain to me, why am I wrong?
Because for every super performance like Monza '08, there is a very stupid mistake. Vettel got involved in 3 first lap incidents that year too, but i guess people tend to look back with rose tinted specs (that is not a personal comment). Even this year this is a trend - domination like Suzuka one week and utterly needless incidents like Spa and Turkey the next. Then there is all the little things that indicate he is not the complete driver by any stretch. One example would be in Bahrain this year, where he appeared to be losing way more time than he should have when his mechanical problem arose. This arguably cost him a position.
It could be argued that he still has potential and would definitely iron out these mistakes (that assumption happens quite a lot to people, it has to be said), but at the same time that is no guarantee, he could have just as easily merely reached his full potential at an earlier age, and this is already his maximum level. There is no doubting his huge speed, but that isn't a very useful tool of he can't back it up with consistency and race craft - as we are indeed witnessing this season.
What you have basically said in one part of your post is "if he becomes the best driver by miles and has the best car by miles, he'll dominate", but, erm, the same could be said of a hell of a lot of drivers...
Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??
) as just "he's lucky" or "he was overtaking slower cars" or Monaco - Seriously!? Start 2nd last and finish 5th? And everyone says that was luck? At MONACO? Strewth if you overtake 1 car at Monaco that's a feat in itself, and I do not think that he somehow overtook 15 cars during his pit stops. 
So Seb is doing it in his own style 
