- 29 Aug 11, 07:52#271890
What no one outside the team truly can know is how much better the RB7 has got because of Vettel being their test pilot. It's obvious he gets more out of the chassis than Webber, and I suspect their set-ups are very different as well. Which probably means his development work is substantially more relevant to his own chassis than to his teammate's. But I can't remember when last I heard such glowing reports of a young driver's ability to communicate with his car's developmental engineers.
And there's tragic news for all the Haytas. Vettel keeps improving. In the past, when he's not been at the front, neither has he made best of his overtaking opportunities. But he made an enormous mental adjustment after winning WDC. This season, he's been taking his A Levels in overtaking, particularly the four most recent races.
And he's already got the world champion's mentality sussed. So much was made that he'd fallen off pace for three races. I think he realized he didn't have the tenth tenth at those circuits so he contented himself with driving conservatively and minimized what damage the others could do to his lead. Unlike the previous two seasons, he didn't do anything rash, rather he drove to preserve his title. Unlike other F1 wunderkinds of late, it does not appear Vettel's skill sets plateaued before the had the Airbus 318 paid for. The Elite was a necessity so he could show up Ruben's tiny little 37-passenger Embraer, but I'd have gone for the Gulfstream 650 (it's bloody fast!! ).
And there's tragic news for all the Haytas. Vettel keeps improving. In the past, when he's not been at the front, neither has he made best of his overtaking opportunities. But he made an enormous mental adjustment after winning WDC. This season, he's been taking his A Levels in overtaking, particularly the four most recent races.
And he's already got the world champion's mentality sussed. So much was made that he'd fallen off pace for three races. I think he realized he didn't have the tenth tenth at those circuits so he contented himself with driving conservatively and minimized what damage the others could do to his lead. Unlike the previous two seasons, he didn't do anything rash, rather he drove to preserve his title. Unlike other F1 wunderkinds of late, it does not appear Vettel's skill sets plateaued before the had the Airbus 318 paid for. The Elite was a necessity so he could show up Ruben's tiny little 37-passenger Embraer, but I'd have gone for the Gulfstream 650 (it's bloody fast!! ).
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