I think Vettel's 2010 season was a little more on par with Jenson's 2009. The difference is that Button did everything he needed to in the beginning, while Vettel did everything he needed to in the last half of the season to win.LionKing wrote:MnMRacer has a point when comparing Button's 2009 performance with Vettel this year. Barrichello seemed better than Button in the second half of that year, winning two races during that period.
Downforce helps in dry track tooJohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:With Fuel?
I must have been watching a different practice on friday morning then!
granted the fuel levels were unkown, but you can tell when they are laden with fuel when the times drop around 4.5 to 5.5 seconds a lap...and the Bulls where still rampaging down 130 flat.
You get the gist though Raymond, I dont think many can dispute that the RB7 has the most usable downforce of the field...and this does help in the wet.
Even though you are a moderator I have to disagree with you here. In all fairness, people who have opposing views should have a right to oppose as long as they do so reasonably, otherwise the thread would just turn into a driver worshiping thread. OR, if you mods want to keep the driver worshiping alone in this thread, the jealous posters should have a legitimate reason to make a Vettel 2xWDC violation thread.Giblet wrote:This thread was created to celebrate the champions season and championship. If you want to debate the merit of his championship, there are lots of other threads to do so.
Yes he had the best car, but he was also the best driver all season. When the car was not the best, he still got it on pole or won the race for the most part.
I had him as my desktop wallpaper at work since like April. It was mostly the car why I had it though, and there was no way I am putting Webber on my desktop for all to see.SP_F1 wrote:Yeah,he had a perfect season getting d best out of the RB7.
I must admit that i'm one of those who criticise him but he has just won my heart
I had to download his wallpapers immediately and made them my desktop wallpaper.
I must say he'll go ahead to break records.
Giblet wrote:This thread is here for anyone to congratulate Seb on the season. If you don't want to, don't post.
Fastest car, luck, whatever, he beat his teammate and that is the only measure that any other driver has.
He could have just as easily got the best car and lost himself the championship.
Red Bull was the fastest car throughout the season in 2010. Brawn was the fastest car for the first half of the season in 2009. I don't think the seasons are comparable. Jenson's win was more impressive.Giblet wrote:I think Vettel's 2010 season was a little more on par with Jenson's 2009. The difference is that Button did everything he needed to in the beginning, while Vettel did everything he needed to in the last half of the season to win.LionKing wrote:MnMRacer has a point when comparing Button's 2009 performance with Vettel this year. Barrichello seemed better than Button in the second half of that year, winning two races during that period.
The key similarity to me is that both drivers ended up in a position where they _had_ to produce to win the title. Seb did it in the last race, Jenson did it the race before.
What makes a champion comes down to a moment of make or break, and both drivers did this.
Red Bull still had the same dominance at Barcelona - one of the ultimate aero tracks. However, the relative strengths of the car has changed since mid season. Mclaren and Ferrari seem closer on the aero tracks, but Red Bull seems stronger mechanically, and they've finally cracked low downforce circuits too.raymondu999 wrote:archie - the car; relative to the opposition; has less of a time delta than it has ever had last year. Last year's car was a lot more dominant in terms of out and out pace. In a lot of the races the McLaren was even faster; Spain, Hungary, even Suzuka. These were, to add salt to the wound, circuits where RBR were at their best last year - with qualifying deltas of anywhere from 4 tenths clear to 1.2 seconds clear.
