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If I'm Rosberg, I see that I can match or beat the man touted to be the fastest man on the grid. Why would I go to Ferrari to essentially be Alonso's caddy? I want to go somewhere I can win a world title. I want to go to Lotus or Mclaren if they decide to get rid of Checo after this year. If he can...

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They were asking the same thing about Schumacher after 1999 when he went 4 years without a title. Alonso is facing much stronger opposition and with consistent car disadvantage its a testament he has even come so close to winning the title in recent years. It will be tragic if he never wins another ...

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But Trulli and Flavio fell out big time after France, and it's no co-incidence that he failed to get a decent result after that. If you look at his record before then he was a consistent high points finisher; after he fell foul of Flavio he never scored a point. It's not unreasonable to assume that...

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I do not accuse him of getting Trulli fired. I'm just saying it could be handy in the future: whenever a driver outscores you, try to get him out before the last race, so it doesn't show up on your resume as being beaten. Trulli didn't get the chance to drive those last two races. All in all, they ...

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Call it what you want but it was still a great achievement , what Alonso did. Vettel clinched it but when he most needed he had dominant performance at the end of the season just like 2012, which makes it so much easier , compared to Alonso struggling to qualify in the top 5. I just does not impres...

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Pretty much the only team-mate Alonso had that I rate higher than Webber was Hamilton. Alonso didn't prove to be better than Hamilton that year. In the meantime Button has been fairly competitive to Hamilton and Rosberg is doing well too. So what can we all conclude from that? I guess you forgot ab...

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Not fair at all for Trulli. Put alternatively: all Alonso has to do when getting outscored is having the other driver fired before the last race of the season? *Definitely True*. He got outscored in 2004 by Trulli. Actually its not fair to Alonso to judge him on an uncompleted season. He did not ge...

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The reason Alonso didn't do better was because Hamilton put pressure on Alonso and Alonso get caught up in internal politics. Look at the last six seasons, when Alonso has the chance to win it all, when the pressure is greatest, he fails. It's nothing to be ashamed of, it happens. Just look at Serg...

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This is really telling of the double standards you're using: - If Massa matched Alonso for a while in qualifying, he obviously is on top of his game! - If Webber matches Vettel in qualifying, Vettel is obviously not a top-class driver because Webber isn't on top of his game anymore. I'm pretty sure...

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But, again, he has never been outscored by a teammate in the end - something Alonso has been, twice, once against a driver that wasn't top league. Alonso has never been out scored either. 2004 was not a complete season. How many titles did Newey's cars win in the '00's? When did Newey's cars start ...

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But the Ferrari was the best car to have in some races, so the dedicated wingman was worth something. Really? What races would they be??? Really? You state as fact that the Red Bull is 0.5s/lap faster. You must have the telemetry, or it's not fact, it's your opinion. There is a big difference betwe...

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It was not "very small", nor was it totally erased by "getting crashed out by "the Lotus drivers". First of all, Japan was not in Kimi. Second, Alonso got crashed out once and lost, what, 15 points? Vettel lost more in Valencia alone. And that was not the only mechanical issue Vettel had, as oppose...

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Lol. You're just kidding now, right? Vettel drove from back-of-the-pack to Alonso's tail in a matter of 10 laps. He had to deal with an extra unnecessary pitstop where the wrong tyres were fitted, with another totally botched pitstop, and with a broken radio. Meanwhile Alonso was happily going off-...

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He didn't have a terribly quick car either. :uhoh: It is not like Newey has ever hit a wall... all his cars are championship winners (sarcasm detector is recommended...) :P Moderation guys. Yes, the Red Bull had problems at the start of the year, but if we take the year as a whole and you had to ha...

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Sorry, I'm not buying what you're selling. Of course not because your so biased beyond belief. Alonso had advantages that Vettel didn't, although they may not be considered part of race pace. He had a dedicated wing man, whose sole job was to help him get points. He had a very reliable car. He had ...

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If you read again that part above, you will not find anywhere that author is explaining how Alonso "could do nothing against Petrov's Renault". What the author does, is to present some speculation as well as his own "more realistic" explanation for the reasons why Alonso had a hard time passing Pet...

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And so the circle is being closed. Back to same old excuse "it's only team" (and an impotent Alonso). It's always "only" this or that. Thats because its the truth any reasoned bystander can see that the team made a castrophic mistake that cost Alonso the 2010 WDC --------------------- " How Alonso ...

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Yes one can suspect he's a top tier driver but there's no solid proof to back up the fact that he actually is a top tier driver because he hasn't beaten anyone on the same level as the top 3 with equal machinery. He needed the fastest and best car over 3 seasons and still only just clinchedit. Webb...

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I think lewis is going to turn it around. I have been thinking about it and judging from what I've seen and read, I have no doubt that come Fall and the end of this season, we will wonder why Nico was outdoing Lewis for part of this season. My main reasoning comes from the fact I think Nico is a ve...

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The rivalry is like Scumacher vs Hakkinen , which is a great driver in good cars vs a good driver in great cars. Just like Mika, Vettel is being overrated which is the natural consequence of driving the fastest car for so many years, because it exaggerates everything. In reality Vettel is not in the...

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Not to mention he is beating Webber 6-0 in quali so far..How many people can do that to Webber in quali? bit hard to say considering he has been at redbull for so long. Webber is almost 37 years old, that is retirement age, and he was nothing more than a journeyman to begin with. Makes me laugh whe...

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At Australia he was the one to take the fight to McLaren and got P2, RBR's first podium. RBR's first win at Bahrain. Also Malaysia, Spain, Canada, Valencia, Germany Vettel was better. As he said only in China, Monaco and Britain Webber was better... In australia webber out qualified him without KER...

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Funny some people mention Vettel and ignore that old webber has not only matched but dominated vettel for longer periods, like early 2010, and 2012. You seem to handle a strange definition for "dominated". Take that notorious first half of 2012, I have often said Webber only had the upper hand on 3...

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If we selected certain 6 race segments between webber and vettel we would conclude Webber is faster than Vettel, as he has not just matched him but dominated him for periods of time together, so its too early to consider rosberg a top driver.

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Sink or swim time now for Lewis, he needs to start putting Nico to bed if he is to be considered up there with Alonso and Vettel. Funny some people mention Vettel and ignore that old webber has not only matched but dominated vettel for longer periods, like early 2010, and 2012. Last year at Monaco ...

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Its still too early. Hamilton has been quicker 3 out of 5 weekends though and I still think the tyres are holding him back. He was never as good since pirelli joined the sport imo. Michael was quite strong in 2012, but terrible the previous years when Nico used to consistently thrash him.

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hamilon stuffed up when he only had 1 run in q3, otherwise he would have beaten rosberg imo. Rosberg's first run in Q3 was good enough for pole, so if he didn't run again one run was enough to beat Lewis Why can't people take it when someone goes faster than their favourite driver? You don't get it...

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hamilon stuffed up when he only had 1 run in q3, otherwise he would have beaten rosberg imo. Rosberg's first run in Q3 was good enough for pole, so if he didn't run again one run was enough to beat Lewis Why can't people take it when someone goes faster than their favourite driver? You don't get it...

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hamilon stuffed up when he only had 1 run in q3, otherwise he would have beaten rosberg imo.

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He is already 28 points behind Hamilton. Destroyed in all 3 qualifying sessions, and out paced in two races, and Hamilton is still warming up in the new team, and will only get stronger. Ross Brawn will surely be gravitating to Lewis already, as he tries to emulate his glory days with Schumacher. Is...

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Truth is everyone but the very top few are average because you could put a blanket over pretty much all of them performance wise, Which is the very definition of average. Fans might try to make various claims, like maldonado or whoever else is above average but there is no real evidence of that. His...

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Since 2009, Vettel has had a car that is capable of winning almost every race as long as it stays together. With that kind of unprecedented privilege, things will always look easy for him.

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Now vettel has apologised and claims he 'did not do it deliberately' lol. I guess he just accidentally overtook webber.

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thats why vettel is so widely disliked, just a spoilt selfish little brat.

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Its funny how all the bashers are suddenly coming out of the wood work the moment Massa is having a bit of a high. I guess its understandable after the years of punishment Massa and his fans have taken at the hands of Alonso. Ferrari will let Massa race I think they have made it very clear if only f...

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Hamilton destroys Rosberg again..

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Preferential treatment already? This early into the season? If it's Lotus and Kimi Raikkonen it must be OK! If it's Ferrari everyone will be crying Alonso this, Alonso that, disgraceful Ferrari, etc etc. Exactly. Hilarious really. Ferrari is actually more fair than most teams. Kimi has number 1 sta...

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Take it from somebody who has been critical of Schumacher for most of his career; he hadn't lost it. His skills had gotten a bit dulled through ageing, which is only normal. But if you directly compare his performance over the last three years with his first career; you're getting the wrong impress...

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Like torro rosso take care of redbull drivers?

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