- 25 Nov 14, 01:11#427321
Clearly Button has bested Mags over the season. Mags is full of little on track mistakes that are difficult to explain away which Jenson won't make. Can't say that McLaren haven't worked with him and yet I've no skin in the game as to which driver they'll keep for next year. I think McLaren even though they struggled this year, felt a lot more of a cohesive team than the embarrassment that was 2012 which was underscored in the 2013 results.
The I want to vomit point was Whitmarsh celebrating a Button fourth place finish when Lewis had won a race. Imagine if Ron did that today with Mags how the Button supporters would react?
I think we're always going to have drivers with better qualifying skills than race pace and vice versa. Vettel seemed to be that way with his one lap mastery and then Ricciardo shows up. Poles matter when in circuits that are not overtake friendly and mattered more when the cars were extremely twitchy when following. This year we saw a big step away from pole centric regulations.
Jenson looks to be a better racer than Rosberg but quali wouldn't have been as close as it was with Nico, which would've left him a mountain to climb on race days. People forget how bad Jenson was in 2012 because the useless TP focused development on helping him overcome his issues rather than the championship. Toto and Nikki know what's up though. I don't think they would've allowed Mercedes to become as cliquey as McLaren was under Whitmarsh. It's easy to see how attentive and professional the McLaren garage has become since Ron took over. No silly mistakes and PR bullpoo. Magnussen has been given a fair crack and no one destroyed his confidence by hanging him out to dry in public when he started getting post race penalties for hard racing. Everything, including Alonso's imminent arrival, has been kept behind closed doors and that's what McLaren is all about.
Clearly Button has bested Mags over the season. Mags is full of little on track mistakes that are difficult to explain away which Jenson won't make. Can't say that McLaren haven't worked with him and yet I've no skin in the game as to which driver they'll keep for next year. I think McLaren even though they struggled this year, felt a lot more of a cohesive team than the embarrassment that was 2012 which was underscored in the 2013 results.
The I want to vomit point was Whitmarsh celebrating a Button fourth place finish when Lewis had won a race. Imagine if Ron did that today with Mags how the Button supporters would react?
I think we're always going to have drivers with better qualifying skills than race pace and vice versa. Vettel seemed to be that way with his one lap mastery and then Ricciardo shows up. Poles matter when in circuits that are not overtake friendly and mattered more when the cars were extremely twitchy when following. This year we saw a big step away from pole centric regulations.
"I don't want to be part of a forum where everyone has differing opinions." Boom...