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Not to forget 2019-2020 as well - although that took you 27 pages to get that?

Don't see the relevance to Trulli, except another attempt from you at trying to discredit anything that even remotely makes Hamilton look not so special.

I'm not the one that brought Trulli forward and was he really a contemporary of Hamilton, I have to wonder how far off topic this thread is continually going to live.

He was a contemporary of Schumacher - and if he had the most dominant cars in the history of the sport for 5 years (and at worst best or equal best for the other 2 - 7 years running!), he would be right up there in title counts. Remember that this is the guy who beat Alonso as a team-mate, despite being woefully out of favour with the team-boss (arguably worse than the situation Alonso faced in 2007).

In the "qualify 1-2 and run away" hybrid era with the Mercs, a driver like him would undoubtedly flourish.

If anyone of Hamilton, Rosberg or Bottas was in the second Mercedes, Trulli would have scored either zero titles or maybe one lucky one.

And, taking all races in which they were teammates, Alonso clearly beat Trulli.

Respectfully disagree - Trulli was one of the outright best qualifiers in his prime, and with the Merc it would not surprise me to see him racking up championships. With someone like Bottas as a teammate it isn't even a challenge tbh.

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I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

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I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

I'm curious what leads you to that line of thinking. Trulli and Massa were both teammates with Alonso, in a team environment that favored Alonso, and one of them did far better in that environment. It wasn't Massa.

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I'm not the one that brought Trulli forward and was he really a contemporary of Hamilton, I have to wonder how far off topic this thread is continually going to live.

He was a contemporary of Schumacher - and if he had the most dominant cars in the history of the sport for 5 years (and at worst best or equal best for the other 2 - 7 years running!), he would be right up there in title counts. Remember that this is the guy who beat Alonso as a team-mate, despite being woefully out of favour with the team-boss (arguably worse than the situation Alonso faced in 2007).

In the "qualify 1-2 and run away" hybrid era with the Mercs, a driver like him would undoubtedly flourish.

If anyone of Hamilton, Rosberg or Bottas was in the second Mercedes, Trulli would have scored either zero titles or maybe one lucky one.

And, taking all races in which they were teammates, Alonso clearly beat Trulli.

Respectfully disagree - Trulli was one of the outright best qualifiers in his prime, and with the Merc it would not surprise me to see him racking up championships. With someone like Bottas as a teammate it isn't even a challenge tbh.

I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

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He was a contemporary of Schumacher - and if he had the most dominant cars in the history of the sport for 5 years (and at worst best or equal best for the other 2 - 7 years running!), he would be right up there in title counts. Remember that this is the guy who beat Alonso as a team-mate, despite being woefully out of favour with the team-boss (arguably worse than the situation Alonso faced in 2007).

In the "qualify 1-2 and run away" hybrid era with the Mercs, a driver like him would undoubtedly flourish.

If anyone of Hamilton, Rosberg or Bottas was in the second Mercedes, Trulli would have scored either zero titles or maybe one lucky one.

And, taking all races in which they were teammates, Alonso clearly beat Trulli.

Respectfully disagree - Trulli was one of the outright best qualifiers in his prime, and with the Merc it would not surprise me to see him racking up championships. With someone like Bottas as a teammate it isn't even a challenge tbh.

I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

I am very confident Trulli would have the upper hand - easily at that. The common thread between Trulli and Massa is Alonso, and Trulli still beat him in 2004 despite Briatore's overt and obvious favouring of Alonso (while Massa was destroyed by Alonso) - so I don't understand your line of thinking there at all.

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If anyone of Hamilton, Rosberg or Bottas was in the second Mercedes, Trulli would have scored either zero titles or maybe one lucky one.

And, taking all races in which they were teammates, Alonso clearly beat Trulli.

Respectfully disagree - Trulli was one of the outright best qualifiers in his prime, and with the Merc it would not surprise me to see him racking up championships. With someone like Bottas as a teammate it isn't even a challenge tbh.

I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

I am very confident Trulli would have the upper hand - easily at that. The common thread between Trulli and Massa is Alonso, and Trulli still beat him in 2004 despite Briatore's overt and obvious favouring of Alonso (while Massa was destroyed by Alonso) - so I don't understand your line of thinking there at all.

I disagree. First, Alonso clearly beat Trulli over their total common time as teammates despite being little more than a rookie. I don't buy conclusions based on selecting part seasons or specific races from the total available comparison. Otherwise, we could argue that Irvine beat Schumacher over the common race weekends they entered in 1999 - and I disagree with that as well. Second, while Trulli and Massa may be close, Bottas is very clearly quicker than Massa as evidenced by their time as teammates. So, altogether, I think it is highly unlikely that a mid- career Trulli would have the upper hand on a mid-career Bottas.

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Respectfully disagree - Trulli was one of the outright best qualifiers in his prime, and with the Merc it would not surprise me to see him racking up championships. With someone like Bottas as a teammate it isn't even a challenge tbh.

I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

I am very confident Trulli would have the upper hand - easily at that. The common thread between Trulli and Massa is Alonso, and Trulli still beat him in 2004 despite Briatore's overt and obvious favouring of Alonso (while Massa was destroyed by Alonso) - so I don't understand your line of thinking there at all.

I disagree. First, Alonso clearly beat Trulli over their total common time as teammates despite being little more than a rookie. I don't buy conclusions based on selecting part seasons or specific races from the total available comparison. Otherwise, we could argue that Irvine beat Schumacher over the common race weekends they entered in 1999 - and I disagree with that as well. Second, while Trulli and Massa may be close, Bottas is very clearly quicker than Massa as evidenced by their time as teammates. So, altogether, I think it is highly unlikely that a mid- career Trulli would have the upper hand on a mid-career Bottas.

You have already stated you disagree and why, so at this point you're just repeating yourself (including your absurd and nonsensical claim of Irvine somehow beating Schumacher - it's ok, Jenson beat Hamilton in their time together, get over it). Alonso in 2004 was in his third full season in F1 - and you think that's little more than a rookie? Hamilton was already a WDC by then. Schumacher was a WDC in his third full season. Alonso was getting beaten by Trulli despite having the full and unequivocal support of his team.

Trulli and Massa aren't close - you keep repeating it hoping people will somehow believe you if you do it enough, but the evidence clearly proves otherwise. Trulli was a monster at qualifying, and in the 2014-onward era he would be a monster in the Mercs.

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I am very confident that Bottas would regularly outqualify Trulli - and easily beat him in the races.
I don't think that Trulli was better than Massa, for instance.

I am very confident Trulli would have the upper hand - easily at that. The common thread between Trulli and Massa is Alonso, and Trulli still beat him in 2004 despite Briatore's overt and obvious favouring of Alonso (while Massa was destroyed by Alonso) - so I don't understand your line of thinking there at all.

I disagree. First, Alonso clearly beat Trulli over their total common time as teammates despite being little more than a rookie. I don't buy conclusions based on selecting part seasons or specific races from the total available comparison. Otherwise, we could argue that Irvine beat Schumacher over the common race weekends they entered in 1999 - and I disagree with that as well. Second, while Trulli and Massa may be close, Bottas is very clearly quicker than Massa as evidenced by their time as teammates. So, altogether, I think it is highly unlikely that a mid- career Trulli would have the upper hand on a mid-career Bottas.

You have already stated you disagree and why, so at this point you're just repeating yourself (including your absurd and nonsensical claim of Irvine somehow beating Schumacher - it's ok, Jenson beat Hamilton in their time together, get over it). Alonso in 2004 was in his third full season in F1 - and you think that's little more than a rookie? Hamilton was already a WDC by then. Schumacher was a WDC in his third full season. Alonso was getting beaten by Trulli despite having the full and unequivocal support of his team.

Trulli and Massa aren't close - you keep repeating it hoping people will somehow believe you if you do it enough, but the evidence clearly proves otherwise. Trulli was a monster at qualifying, and in the 2014-onward era he would be a monster in the Mercs.

So, first you accuse me of repeating my opinion and they you go on to repeat yours? Well, ...

I understand you think Trulli >> Massa but you fundamentally base this on a part season (selective data at your convenience) whereas you massively reject doing the same with Schumacher and Irvine. That's inconsistent. I reject both part season comparisons and thus I am consistent in that. In other words, you're reasoning does not convince me at all as it looks rather arbitrary.

I don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, although I think that Massa had higher highs and lower lows than Trulli.

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On Trulli - does anyone have any data on how he compared to other drivers in qualifying using cross comparisons?

In simplistic terms Kovallinen beat Trulli and Hamilton beat Kovallinen, no other driver could have won titles in the 2000 Ferraris if Schumacher had not been around?

No other drivers could have won the Red Bull titles, no other drivers could have won titles in the Williams cars in the 80s and 90s?

A retiring Trulli, it seems you're forgetting that important part - the fact that Kovalainen on qualy rankings rates so high up is due to this one simple fact. Tells you how strong Jarno Trulli was in qualifying - in the Merc era of qualify 1-2 and run away he would have been a huge title contender.

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On Trulli - does anyone have any data on how he compared to other drivers in qualifying using cross comparisons?

In simplistic terms Kovallinen beat Trulli and Hamilton beat Kovallinen, no other driver could have won titles in the 2000 Ferraris if Schumacher had not been around?

No other drivers could have won the Red Bull titles, no other drivers could have won titles in the Williams cars in the 80s and 90s?

A retiring Trulli, it seems you're forgetting that important part - the fact that Kovalainen on qualy rankings rates so high up is due to this one simple fact. Tells you how strong Jarno Trulli was in qualifying - in the Merc era of qualify 1-2 and run away he would have been a huge title contender.

Is pole that important?

Rosberg had 12 poles in 2014, he won 3 of them.
Rosberg had 7 poles in 2015, he won 4 of them.
Rosberg had 8 poles in 2016, he won 6 of them* majority with Hamilton breaking down or taking penalties.

27 poles, 13 wins from pole. 48% which is bolstered largely by 2016 when Hamilton broke down in qualifying 3 times and took grid penalties in another race as well as messing up his start and falling way down the order in a couple of other races too. Overall, Hamilton still won more races with Rosberg starting on pole than Rosberg did himself.

Bottas had 4 poles in 2017, he won 2 of them
Bottas had 2 poles in 2017, he won 0 of them
Bottas had 4 poles in 2019, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 5 poles in 2020, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 1 pole in 2021, he won 0 of them

16 poles, 4 wins from pole. 25%

Hamilton also won way more races with Bottas on pole than Bottas won himself. Bottas has won 2 races in which Hamilton started on pole (Russia 2020 when Hamilton got a penalty and Australia 2019 when he beat him to turn 1 and Hamilton had floor damage)

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On Trulli - does anyone have any data on how he compared to other drivers in qualifying using cross comparisons?

In simplistic terms Kovallinen beat Trulli and Hamilton beat Kovallinen, no other driver could have won titles in the 2000 Ferraris if Schumacher had not been around?

No other drivers could have won the Red Bull titles, no other drivers could have won titles in the Williams cars in the 80s and 90s?

A retiring Trulli, it seems you're forgetting that important part - the fact that Kovalainen on qualy rankings rates so high up is due to this one simple fact. Tells you how strong Jarno Trulli was in qualifying - in the Merc era of qualify 1-2 and run away he would have been a huge title contender.

Is pole that important?

Rosberg had 12 poles in 2014, he won 3 of them.
Rosberg had 7 poles in 2015, he won 4 of them.
Rosberg had 8 poles in 2016, he won 6 of them* majority with Hamilton breaking down or taking penalties.

27 poles, 13 wins from pole. 48% which is bolstered largely by 2016 when Hamilton broke down in qualifying 3 times and took grid penalties in another race as well as messing up his start and falling way down the order in a couple of other races too. Overall, Hamilton still won more races with Rosberg starting on pole than Rosberg did himself.

Bottas had 4 poles in 2017, he won 2 of them
Bottas had 2 poles in 2017, he won 0 of them
Bottas had 4 poles in 2019, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 5 poles in 2020, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 1 pole in 2021, he won 0 of them

16 poles, 4 wins from pole. 25%

Hamilton also won way more races with Bottas on pole than Bottas won himself. Bottas has won 2 races in which Hamilton started on pole (Russia 2020 when Hamilton got a penalty and Australia 2019 when he beat him to turn 1 and Hamilton had floor damage)

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Tue May 04, 2021 1:07 pm

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Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:09 pm

pokerman wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:32 pm

JN23 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:59 am

On Trulli - does anyone have any data on how he compared to other drivers in qualifying using cross comparisons?

In simplistic terms Kovallinen beat Trulli and Hamilton beat Kovallinen, no other driver could have won titles in the 2000 Ferraris if Schumacher had not been around?

No other drivers could have won the Red Bull titles, no other drivers could have won titles in the Williams cars in the 80s and 90s?

A retiring Trulli, it seems you're forgetting that important part - the fact that Kovalainen on qualy rankings rates so high up is due to this one simple fact. Tells you how strong Jarno Trulli was in qualifying - in the Merc era of qualify 1-2 and run away he would have been a huge title contender.

Is pole that important?

Rosberg had 12 poles in 2014, he won 3 of them.
Rosberg had 7 poles in 2015, he won 4 of them.
Rosberg had 8 poles in 2016, he won 6 of them* majority with Hamilton breaking down or taking penalties.

27 poles, 13 wins from pole. 48% which is bolstered largely by 2016 when Hamilton broke down in qualifying 3 times and took grid penalties in another race as well as messing up his start and falling way down the order in a couple of other races too. Overall, Hamilton still won more races with Rosberg starting on pole than Rosberg did himself.

Bottas had 4 poles in 2017, he won 2 of them
Bottas had 2 poles in 2017, he won 0 of them
Bottas had 4 poles in 2019, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 5 poles in 2020, he won 1 of them
Bottas had 1 pole in 2021, he won 0 of them

16 poles, 4 wins from pole. 25%

Hamilton also won way more races with Bottas on pole than Bottas won himself. Bottas has won 2 races in which Hamilton started on pole (Russia 2020 when Hamilton got a penalty and Australia 2019 when he beat him to turn 1 and Hamilton had floor damage)

That's a fair call out - I would have to look at the numbers in detail to understand how/why the pole conversion is so low, but your argument is a valid one. Will come back to this when I have had a chance to look at this in more detail.

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I am very confident Trulli would have the upper hand - easily at that. The common thread between Trulli and Massa is Alonso, and Trulli still beat him in 2004 despite Briatore's overt and obvious favouring of Alonso (while Massa was destroyed by Alonso) - so I don't understand your line of thinking there at all.

I disagree. First, Alonso clearly beat Trulli over their total common time as teammates despite being little more than a rookie. I don't buy conclusions based on selecting part seasons or specific races from the total available comparison. Otherwise, we could argue that Irvine beat Schumacher over the common race weekends they entered in 1999 - and I disagree with that as well. Second, while Trulli and Massa may be close, Bottas is very clearly quicker than Massa as evidenced by their time as teammates. So, altogether, I think it is highly unlikely that a mid- career Trulli would have the upper hand on a mid-career Bottas.

You have already stated you disagree and why, so at this point you're just repeating yourself (including your absurd and nonsensical claim of Irvine somehow beating Schumacher - it's ok, Jenson beat Hamilton in their time together, get over it). Alonso in 2004 was in his third full season in F1 - and you think that's little more than a rookie? Hamilton was already a WDC by then. Schumacher was a WDC in his third full season. Alonso was getting beaten by Trulli despite having the full and unequivocal support of his team.

Trulli and Massa aren't close - you keep repeating it hoping people will somehow believe you if you do it enough, but the evidence clearly proves otherwise. Trulli was a monster at qualifying, and in the 2014-onward era he would be a monster in the Mercs.

So, first you accuse me of repeating my opinion and they you go on to repeat yours? Well, ...

I understand you think Trulli >> Massa but you fundamentally base this on a part season (selective data at your convenience) whereas you massively reject doing the same with Schumacher and Irvine. That's inconsistent. I reject both part season comparisons and thus I am consistent in that. In other words, you're reasoning does not convince me at all as it looks rather arbitrary.

I don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, although I think that Massa had higher highs and lower lows than Trulli.

I am not arguing that Trulli was a better driver than Alonso, or that he beat Alonso over their time together as team-mates (neither did he outscore Alonso over their time together, the way Button did to Hamilton in their 3 years together). The 2004 season Trulli outscored Alonso as his team-mate - despite Briatore explicitly favouring Alonso (even making comments that they couldn't give both drivers the same car every race) - - and Alonso did not miss races in the season due to accidents, or move over to let Trulli pass for the championship. Your attempt to try and equate the two completely different situations is transparent (and might I add, a bit sad)

You can state till the cows come home that you don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, but the facts say otherwise. Even if you consider their whole time together, Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was. And this is without even considering your debunked assertion about Alonso being a near rookie in his third season in F1 (by which time Hamilton and Schumacher, the main protagonists of this very thread, were or about to be WDCs) - a season in which Trulli beat him during their time together despite the odds being stacked against him. He would be easily qualifying up front and racing to wins in the all-conquering Mercs (which we recently learned were running on idle modes at the start of the hybrid era to hide the true extent of their domination) no matter who he was teamed with, never mind a third-rate driver such as Bottas.

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I disagree. First, Alonso clearly beat Trulli over their total common time as teammates despite being little more than a rookie. I don't buy conclusions based on selecting part seasons or specific races from the total available comparison. Otherwise, we could argue that Irvine beat Schumacher over the common race weekends they entered in 1999 - and I disagree with that as well. Second, while Trulli and Massa may be close, Bottas is very clearly quicker than Massa as evidenced by their time as teammates. So, altogether, I think it is highly unlikely that a mid- career Trulli would have the upper hand on a mid-career Bottas.

You have already stated you disagree and why, so at this point you're just repeating yourself (including your absurd and nonsensical claim of Irvine somehow beating Schumacher - it's ok, Jenson beat Hamilton in their time together, get over it). Alonso in 2004 was in his third full season in F1 - and you think that's little more than a rookie? Hamilton was already a WDC by then. Schumacher was a WDC in his third full season. Alonso was getting beaten by Trulli despite having the full and unequivocal support of his team.

Trulli and Massa aren't close - you keep repeating it hoping people will somehow believe you if you do it enough, but the evidence clearly proves otherwise. Trulli was a monster at qualifying, and in the 2014-onward era he would be a monster in the Mercs.

So, first you accuse me of repeating my opinion and they you go on to repeat yours? Well, ...

I understand you think Trulli >> Massa but you fundamentally base this on a part season (selective data at your convenience) whereas you massively reject doing the same with Schumacher and Irvine. That's inconsistent. I reject both part season comparisons and thus I am consistent in that. In other words, you're reasoning does not convince me at all as it looks rather arbitrary.

I don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, although I think that Massa had higher highs and lower lows than Trulli.

I am not arguing that Trulli was a better driver than Alonso, or that he beat Alonso over their time together as team-mates (neither did he outscore Alonso over their time together, the way Button did to Hamilton in their 3 years together). The 2004 season Trulli outscored Alonso as his team-mate - despite Briatore explicitly favouring Alonso (even making comments that they couldn't give both drivers the same car every race) - - and Alonso did not miss races in the season due to accidents, or move over to let Trulli pass for the championship. Your attempt to try and equate the two completely different situations is transparent (and might I add, a bit sad)

You can state till the cows come home that you don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, but the facts say otherwise. Even if you consider their whole time together, Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was. And this is without even considering your debunked assertion about Alonso being a near rookie in his third season in F1 (by which time Hamilton and Schumacher, the main protagonists of this very thread, were or about to be WDCs) - a season in which Trulli beat him during their time together despite the odds being stacked against him. He would be easily qualifying up front and racing to wins in the all-conquering Mercs (which we recently learned were running on idle modes at the start of the hybrid era to hide the true extent of their domination) no matter who he was teamed with, never mind a third-rate driver such as Bottas.

My reference to Alonso being in his second and third season points to Trulli being the more experienced one (and the incumbent driver at Renault). A more experienced and developed Alonso (like the one Massa had to face) would likely have put a bigger distance between him and Trulli.

My stance is that you can reliably only look at the total time that two drivers were teammates. Any incomplete selection is meaningless - and mostly chosen at the convenience of the one who selected it. I have been consistent with that opinion.

And, yes, taking everything together there is really no evidence that Trulli was much better than Massa, as you claim. And Bottas is most likely better than both of them. That is becoming even clearer with the ongoing discussion.

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The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist.

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You have already stated you disagree and why, so at this point you're just repeating yourself (including your absurd and nonsensical claim of Irvine somehow beating Schumacher - it's ok, Jenson beat Hamilton in their time together, get over it). Alonso in 2004 was in his third full season in F1 - and you think that's little more than a rookie? Hamilton was already a WDC by then. Schumacher was a WDC in his third full season. Alonso was getting beaten by Trulli despite having the full and unequivocal support of his team.

Trulli and Massa aren't close - you keep repeating it hoping people will somehow believe you if you do it enough, but the evidence clearly proves otherwise. Trulli was a monster at qualifying, and in the 2014-onward era he would be a monster in the Mercs.

So, first you accuse me of repeating my opinion and they you go on to repeat yours? Well, ...

I understand you think Trulli >> Massa but you fundamentally base this on a part season (selective data at your convenience) whereas you massively reject doing the same with Schumacher and Irvine. That's inconsistent. I reject both part season comparisons and thus I am consistent in that. In other words, you're reasoning does not convince me at all as it looks rather arbitrary.

I don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, although I think that Massa had higher highs and lower lows than Trulli.

I am not arguing that Trulli was a better driver than Alonso, or that he beat Alonso over their time together as team-mates (neither did he outscore Alonso over their time together, the way Button did to Hamilton in their 3 years together). The 2004 season Trulli outscored Alonso as his team-mate - despite Briatore explicitly favouring Alonso (even making comments that they couldn't give both drivers the same car every race) - - and Alonso did not miss races in the season due to accidents, or move over to let Trulli pass for the championship. Your attempt to try and equate the two completely different situations is transparent (and might I add, a bit sad)

You can state till the cows come home that you don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, but the facts say otherwise. Even if you consider their whole time together, Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was. And this is without even considering your debunked assertion about Alonso being a near rookie in his third season in F1 (by which time Hamilton and Schumacher, the main protagonists of this very thread, were or about to be WDCs) - a season in which Trulli beat him during their time together despite the odds being stacked against him. He would be easily qualifying up front and racing to wins in the all-conquering Mercs (which we recently learned were running on idle modes at the start of the hybrid era to hide the true extent of their domination) no matter who he was teamed with, never mind a third-rate driver such as Bottas.

My reference to Alonso being in his second and third season points to Trulli being the more experienced one (and the incumbent driver at Renault). A more experienced and developed Alonso (like the one Massa had to face) would likely have put a bigger distance between him and Trulli.

My stance is that you can reliably only look at the total time that two drivers were teammates. Any incomplete selection is meaningless - and mostly chosen at the convenience of the one who selected it. I have been consistent with that opinion.

And, yes, taking everything together there is really no evidence that Trulli was much better than Massa, as you claim. And Bottas is most likely better than both of them. That is becoming even clearer with the ongoing discussion.

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist. Massa has never looked even close to outscoring Alonso as a teammate, while Trulli did that in their final season together.

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:56 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 8:18 pm

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 5:15 pm

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 12:05 pm

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 9:33 am

So, first you accuse me of repeating my opinion and they you go on to repeat yours? Well, ...

I understand you think Trulli >> Massa but you fundamentally base this on a part season (selective data at your convenience) whereas you massively reject doing the same with Schumacher and Irvine. That's inconsistent. I reject both part season comparisons and thus I am consistent in that. In other words, you're reasoning does not convince me at all as it looks rather arbitrary.

I don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, although I think that Massa had higher highs and lower lows than Trulli.

I am not arguing that Trulli was a better driver than Alonso, or that he beat Alonso over their time together as team-mates (neither did he outscore Alonso over their time together, the way Button did to Hamilton in their 3 years together). The 2004 season Trulli outscored Alonso as his team-mate - despite Briatore explicitly favouring Alonso (even making comments that they couldn't give both drivers the same car every race) - - and Alonso did not miss races in the season due to accidents, or move over to let Trulli pass for the championship. Your attempt to try and equate the two completely different situations is transparent (and might I add, a bit sad)

You can state till the cows come home that you don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, but the facts say otherwise. Even if you consider their whole time together, Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was. And this is without even considering your debunked assertion about Alonso being a near rookie in his third season in F1 (by which time Hamilton and Schumacher, the main protagonists of this very thread, were or about to be WDCs) - a season in which Trulli beat him during their time together despite the odds being stacked against him. He would be easily qualifying up front and racing to wins in the all-conquering Mercs (which we recently learned were running on idle modes at the start of the hybrid era to hide the true extent of their domination) no matter who he was teamed with, never mind a third-rate driver such as Bottas.

My reference to Alonso being in his second and third season points to Trulli being the more experienced one (and the incumbent driver at Renault). A more experienced and developed Alonso (like the one Massa had to face) would likely have put a bigger distance between him and Trulli.

My stance is that you can reliably only look at the total time that two drivers were teammates. Any incomplete selection is meaningless - and mostly chosen at the convenience of the one who selected it. I have been consistent with that opinion.

And, yes, taking everything together there is really no evidence that Trulli was much better than Massa, as you claim. And Bottas is most likely better than both of them. That is becoming even clearer with the ongoing discussion.

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist. Massa has never looked even close to outscoring Alonso as a teammate, while Trulli did that in their final season together.

Alonso beat both Trulli and Massa over their total time together. How much closer was Trulli actually points-wise, with respect to qualifying duel, qualifying speedwise, etc? That would convince me more than arbitrarily selecting a part season as "evidence".

F1Tyrant wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 9:34 pm

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 8:18 pm

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist.

I feel that's a little bit unfair because Trulli having 6 seasons under his belt before being paired with Alonso would give him a huge advantage in experience. I think the comparison with Alonso does flatter Trulli in that regard.

It's similar to Mark Webber having 4 seasons under his belt before pairing with a rookie Nico Rosberg, I don't think anyone seriously claims Webber was better than Rosberg and actually the fact Rosberg was so close (12-6 to Webber in qualifying, 5-3 to Webber in races excluding mechanical DNFs and 7-4 to Webber in points) would actually be a comparison in his favour.

I'd put Trulli here:

Hamilton <--- Rosberg/Button <- Trulli <- Bottas <- Kovalainen

I reckon he's in the lower Rosberg/Button/Vettel tier.

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:09 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:56 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 8:18 pm

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 5:15 pm

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 12:05 pm

I am not arguing that Trulli was a better driver than Alonso, or that he beat Alonso over their time together as team-mates (neither did he outscore Alonso over their time together, the way Button did to Hamilton in their 3 years together). The 2004 season Trulli outscored Alonso as his team-mate - despite Briatore explicitly favouring Alonso (even making comments that they couldn't give both drivers the same car every race) - - and Alonso did not miss races in the season due to accidents, or move over to let Trulli pass for the championship. Your attempt to try and equate the two completely different situations is transparent (and might I add, a bit sad)

You can state till the cows come home that you don't think there is much between Trulli and Massa, but the facts say otherwise. Even if you consider their whole time together, Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was. And this is without even considering your debunked assertion about Alonso being a near rookie in his third season in F1 (by which time Hamilton and Schumacher, the main protagonists of this very thread, were or about to be WDCs) - a season in which Trulli beat him during their time together despite the odds being stacked against him. He would be easily qualifying up front and racing to wins in the all-conquering Mercs (which we recently learned were running on idle modes at the start of the hybrid era to hide the true extent of their domination) no matter who he was teamed with, never mind a third-rate driver such as Bottas.

My reference to Alonso being in his second and third season points to Trulli being the more experienced one (and the incumbent driver at Renault). A more experienced and developed Alonso (like the one Massa had to face) would likely have put a bigger distance between him and Trulli.

My stance is that you can reliably only look at the total time that two drivers were teammates. Any incomplete selection is meaningless - and mostly chosen at the convenience of the one who selected it. I have been consistent with that opinion.

And, yes, taking everything together there is really no evidence that Trulli was much better than Massa, as you claim. And Bottas is most likely better than both of them. That is becoming even clearer with the ongoing discussion.

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist. Massa has never looked even close to outscoring Alonso as a teammate, while Trulli did that in their final season together.

Alonso beat both Trulli and Massa over their total time together. How much closer was Trulli actually points-wise, with respect to qualifying duel, qualifying speedwise, etc? That would convince me more than arbitrarily selecting a part season as "evidence".

Since you care enough to ask for it (but apparently not enough to look for it), I'll help you with the stats. The "part season" you talk about was actually 15 races, as compared to 16 races in total for the season prior (but hey, don't let facts get in the way of your story, no matter how ill-informed it may be).

2003:
Qualifying - Dead heat between Alonso and Trulli (8-8)
Points - 55 - 33 in favour of Alonso

2004: Trulli well and 'truly' turns the tables
Qualifying - Trulli wins the qualifying battle 8-7
Points - 46-45 in favour of Trulli

In their time together, Trulli outqualified Alonso 16-15 (for comparison, Hamilton was 9-8 against Alonso as his teammate).


How did Massa fare in qualifying against the mighty Alonso?

2010: 15-4

2011: 15-4

2012: 17-3

2013: 11-8

Overall, Alonso outqualifies Massa 58-19 - but sure, in your fantasy world this is the same as him being beaten 16-15.

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:53 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:09 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:56 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 8:18 pm

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 5:15 pm

My reference to Alonso being in his second and third season points to Trulli being the more experienced one (and the incumbent driver at Renault). A more experienced and developed Alonso (like the one Massa had to face) would likely have put a bigger distance between him and Trulli.

My stance is that you can reliably only look at the total time that two drivers were teammates. Any incomplete selection is meaningless - and mostly chosen at the convenience of the one who selected it. I have been consistent with that opinion.

And, yes, taking everything together there is really no evidence that Trulli was much better than Massa, as you claim. And Bottas is most likely better than both of them. That is becoming even clearer with the ongoing discussion.

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist. Massa has never looked even close to outscoring Alonso as a teammate, while Trulli did that in their final season together.

Alonso beat both Trulli and Massa over their total time together. How much closer was Trulli actually points-wise, with respect to qualifying duel, qualifying speedwise, etc? That would convince me more than arbitrarily selecting a part season as "evidence".

Since you care enough to ask for it (but apparently not enough to look for it), I'll help you with the stats. The "part season" you talk about was actually 15 races, as compared to 16 races in total for the season prior (but hey, don't let facts get in the way of your story, no matter how ill-informed it may be).

2003:
Qualifying - Dead heat between Alonso and Trulli (8-8)
Points - 55 - 33 in favour of Alonso

2004: Trulli well and 'truly' turns the tables
Qualifying - Trulli wins the qualifying battle 8-7
Points - 46-45 in favour of Trulli

In their time together, Trulli outqualified Alonso 16-15 (for comparison, Hamilton was 9-8 against Alonso as his teammate).


How did Massa fare in qualifying against the mighty Alonso?

2010: 15-4

2011: 15-4

2012: 17-3

2013: 11-8

Overall, Alonso outqualifies Massa 58-19 - but sure, in your fantasy world this is the same as him being beaten 16-15.

Thank you very much.

Indeed, prime Trulli was much closer in qualifying to young Alonso than Massa was to prime Alonso. Only 2013 comes somewhat closer - but is also not there. Good to see that, with some help, you found a more convincing way of reasoning.

The tragedy with Massa is really that the more and the deeper you look into his career, the weaker he appears to be. An interesting question is now race performance. Is Trulli ahead in this regard as well or not? The (incomplete) numbers you brought suggest that he should be closer here as well but maybe with a smaller difference, which may be explained by experience differences (and a smaller data-set).

Anyway, in total, I agree that Trulli was probably overall better than Massa, and definitely in qualifying. Since Bottas convincingly outperformed Massa in every dimension in a direct comparison, a hypothetical Trulli vs. Bottas duel is not determined. Still, my guess is that Bottas would have the upper hand overall.

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:51 am

some staty goodness on Trulli on this thread here

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:06 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:53 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:09 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:56 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Tue May 04, 2021 8:18 pm

The simple fact that Trulli was much closer to Alonso than Massa ever was is evidence enough - you choosing to ignore it because it doesn't suit your agenda doesn't mean the evidence doesn't exist. Massa has never looked even close to outscoring Alonso as a teammate, while Trulli did that in their final season together.

Alonso beat both Trulli and Massa over their total time together. How much closer was Trulli actually points-wise, with respect to qualifying duel, qualifying speedwise, etc? That would convince me more than arbitrarily selecting a part season as "evidence".

Since you care enough to ask for it (but apparently not enough to look for it), I'll help you with the stats. The "part season" you talk about was actually 15 races, as compared to 16 races in total for the season prior (but hey, don't let facts get in the way of your story, no matter how ill-informed it may be).

2003:
Qualifying - Dead heat between Alonso and Trulli (8-8)
Points - 55 - 33 in favour of Alonso

2004: Trulli well and 'truly' turns the tables
Qualifying - Trulli wins the qualifying battle 8-7
Points - 46-45 in favour of Trulli

In their time together, Trulli outqualified Alonso 16-15 (for comparison, Hamilton was 9-8 against Alonso as his teammate).


How did Massa fare in qualifying against the mighty Alonso?

2010: 15-4

2011: 15-4

2012: 17-3

2013: 11-8

Overall, Alonso outqualifies Massa 58-19 - but sure, in your fantasy world this is the same as him being beaten 16-15.

Thank you very much.

Indeed, prime Trulli was much closer in qualifying to young Alonso than Massa was to prime Alonso. Only 2013 comes somewhat closer - but is also not there. Good to see that, with some help, you found a more convincing way of reasoning.

The tragedy with Massa is really that the more and the deeper you look into his career, the weaker he appears to be. An interesting question is now race performance. Is Trulli ahead in this regard as well or not? The (incomplete) numbers you brought suggest that he should be closer here as well but maybe with a smaller difference, which may be explained by experience differences (and a smaller data-set).

Anyway, in total, I agree that Trulli was probably overall better than Massa, and definitely in qualifying. Since Bottas convincingly outperformed Massa in every dimension in a direct comparison, a hypothetical Trulli vs. Bottas duel is not determined. Still, my guess is that Bottas would have the upper hand overall.

Whatever man. You've been proven wrong here, your theories comprehensively debunked, and yet you go around putting up your guesses like they are somehow valid. You talk about "prime" drivers but leave out that Bottas was against a very much "past-it" Massa, and still couldn't pull out a gap over him the way Alonso did. The whole history of Alonso vs Trulli/Massa in qualifying is here, so your "incomplete" comment is nonsensical.

Your "guess" like many other of your arguments is plain nonsense, again. You can bury your head in the sand and pretend nobody can see you, but all evidence clearly shows that. You are wrong.

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:29 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

And this is exactly what was argued in the first place.

We finally got there!

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:26 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:06 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:53 am

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 9:09 am

Paolo_Lasardi wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:56 am

Alonso beat both Trulli and Massa over their total time together. How much closer was Trulli actually points-wise, with respect to qualifying duel, qualifying speedwise, etc? That would convince me more than arbitrarily selecting a part season as "evidence".

Since you care enough to ask for it (but apparently not enough to look for it), I'll help you with the stats. The "part season" you talk about was actually 15 races, as compared to 16 races in total for the season prior (but hey, don't let facts get in the way of your story, no matter how ill-informed it may be).

2003:
Qualifying - Dead heat between Alonso and Trulli (8-8)
Points - 55 - 33 in favour of Alonso

2004: Trulli well and 'truly' turns the tables
Qualifying - Trulli wins the qualifying battle 8-7
Points - 46-45 in favour of Trulli

In their time together, Trulli outqualified Alonso 16-15 (for comparison, Hamilton was 9-8 against Alonso as his teammate).


How did Massa fare in qualifying against the mighty Alonso?

2010: 15-4

2011: 15-4

2012: 17-3

2013: 11-8

Overall, Alonso outqualifies Massa 58-19 - but sure, in your fantasy world this is the same as him being beaten 16-15.

Thank you very much.

Indeed, prime Trulli was much closer in qualifying to young Alonso than Massa was to prime Alonso. Only 2013 comes somewhat closer - but is also not there. Good to see that, with some help, you found a more convincing way of reasoning.

The tragedy with Massa is really that the more and the deeper you look into his career, the weaker he appears to be. An interesting question is now race performance. Is Trulli ahead in this regard as well or not? The (incomplete) numbers you brought suggest that he should be closer here as well but maybe with a smaller difference, which may be explained by experience differences (and a smaller data-set).

Anyway, in total, I agree that Trulli was probably overall better than Massa, and definitely in qualifying. Since Bottas convincingly outperformed Massa in every dimension in a direct comparison, a hypothetical Trulli vs. Bottas duel is not determined. Still, my guess is that Bottas would have the upper hand overall.

Whatever man. You've been proven wrong here, your theories comprehensively debunked, and yet you go around putting up your guesses like they are somehow valid. You talk about "prime" drivers but leave out that Bottas was against a very much "past-it" Massa, and still couldn't pull out a gap over him the way Alonso did. The whole history of Alonso vs Trulli/Massa in qualifying is here, so your "incomplete" comment is nonsensical.

Your "guess" like many other of your arguments is plain nonsense, again. You can bury your head in the sand and pretend nobody can see you, but all evidence clearly shows that. You are wrong.

Bottas had a larger gap to Massa in qualifying than Alonso did, no? I am sure I've read that numerous times.

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:29 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

And this is exactly what was argued in the first place.

We finally got there!

F1Tyrant wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:40 am

I hope the once Bottas leave Mercedes at the end of the season we can see him against a Ricciardo or Perez to establish his true level. Kovalainen did well against Fisichella pre-Hamilton and against an Trulli post-Hamilton when both at 10+ seasons of experience.

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:45 am

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:29 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

And this is exactly what was argued in the first place.

We finally got there!

Finally got where? I've made 2 comments in this thread on Trulli and never disputed that Trulli was quick over 1 lap. I think everybody that watched that era knows Trulli was in the top 3 drivers over 1 lap in that decade.

The original comment was that Trulli would dominant in the Mercedes because he would always get pole - which is a silly point because almost any driver would get pole in the 2014 onwards Mercedes. So Trulli's greatest strength (qualifying) is actually removed by having such a dominant car. It also means his team mate would likely be in P2 right behind him.

The rules of the early 2000's era suited Trulli perfectly. Being quick over 1 lap but not so quick in the race, qualifying on race fuel and strategy locked in, no DRS and near impossible to overtake.

In the era of DRS, undercuts, significantly more tyre strategy and significantly more SC/VSC influence, having track position is much less important now than the early 2000's. If you could put the car on pole with a heavy fuel load back in the early 2000 and lead after the first corner it was almost certain you would win.

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:45 am

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:29 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

And this is exactly what was argued in the first place.

We finally got there!

Finally got where? I've made 2 comments in this thread on Trulli and never disputed that Trulli was quick over 1 lap. I think everybody that watched that era knows Trulli was in the top 3 drivers over 1 lap in that decade.

The original comment was that Trulli would dominant in the Mercedes because he would always get pole - which is a silly point because almost any driver would get pole in the 2014 onwards Mercedes. So Trulli's greatest strength (qualifying) is actually removed by having such a dominant car. It also means his team mate would likely be in P2 right behind him.

The rules of the early 2000's era suited Trulli perfectly. Being quick over 1 lap but not so quick in the race, qualifying on race fuel and strategy locked in, no DRS and near impossible to overtake.

In the era of DRS, undercuts, significantly more tyre strategy and significantly more SC/VSC influence, having track position is much less important now than the early 2000's. If you could put the car on pole with a heavy fuel load back in the early 2000 and lead after the first corner it was almost certain you would win.

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:11 am

Trulli train wouldn't work nowadays, what with DRS "push to pass". That's how I think it would be. Mind you, DRS doesn't guarantee a pass and Trulli was a master of defence, but it feels like he would not be as successful

A.J. wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:52 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 11:45 am

Siao7 wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:29 am

Johnson wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 10:08 am

Alonso was better than Trulli in 2004, Alonso had 5 DNFs, Trulli had 3. Alonso also made a mistake in the one race Renault had the best car and Trulli out scored him 10-0 in that race. If you re-watch 2004, Alonso is still clearly the better driver but Trulli did have great 1 lap speed.

And this is exactly what was argued in the first place.

We finally got there!

Finally got where? I've made 2 comments in this thread on Trulli and never disputed that Trulli was quick over 1 lap. I think everybody that watched that era knows Trulli was in the top 3 drivers over 1 lap in that decade.

The original comment was that Trulli would dominant in the Mercedes because he would always get pole - which is a silly point because almost any driver would get pole in the 2014 onwards Mercedes. So Trulli's greatest strength (qualifying) is actually removed by having such a dominant car. It also means his team mate would likely be in P2 right behind him.

The rules of the early 2000's era suited Trulli perfectly. Being quick over 1 lap but not so quick in the race, qualifying on race fuel and strategy locked in, no DRS and near impossible to overtake.

In the era of DRS, undercuts, significantly more tyre strategy and significantly more SC/VSC influence, having track position is much less important now than the early 2000's. If you could put the car on pole with a heavy fuel load back in the early 2000 and lead after the first corner it was almost certain you would win.

This was my original comment: "I would have loved to see Jarno Trulli in those Mercs - can only wonder how many titles he would have won with his qualifying prowess when the "Trulli train" didn't have to hold anyone up"

There are people arguing on this thread that Trulli wasn't a great qualifier, was at Massa's level, and would somehow be outqualified by a Bottas - when all evidence points otherwise.

In the Merc domination era Trulli would have been truly interesting to watch, as Merc explicitly favoured the driver that was ahead when it came to strategy. If Trulli could qualify ahead of his teammate (no matter who it was) and manage to lead into the first corner (which would also be likely because he was a great starter, but this is purely based on my memory of things) - he would get preferred strategy, and his team-mate would not be allowed to undercut him (as we saw during the HAM-ROS years). This is the perfect situation for someone fighting for titles up front.