Andres125sx wrote:This said, to me Rosberg is not a great, he´s a very good driver (as most F1 drivers) but to me most drivers in the grid would have managed to win this title. It was Lewis mechanical failures togheter with some mistakes on his own wich made Rosberg dreams reality. Ok he was good enough to take the opportunity and beat a three times world champion, that´s true, but as stated, to me most drivers in F1 grid are good enough for that. He drove the best car by far so when his teammate had those problems he didn´t need to prove anything, only to be consistent and keep the gifted advantage.
Like many others I think you overestimate the difference between Hamilton and Rosberg. If you look at their 4 seasons as team mates, the differences are quite small. In 2013 Hamilton scored 189 points while Rosberg scored 171 points. 18 points difference is not much, considering that Rosberg suffered 3 retirements, to Hamilton's 1. In 2014 Rosberg was 18 points behind with one race to go. This race would award double points, which meant that Rosberg did have a real chance of winning the championship in the final race. Interestingly, all the things that are used to excuse Hamilton from being beaten this year happened. First of all, with the championship on the line, Rosberg took pole position. Then Rosberg had a bad start. Then Rosberg's car failed him and he was actually asked to retire in the end, but insisted on crawling home in 14th place. Of course, Hamilton whould have clinched the title by taking second place behind Rosberg in the race, but only by 4 points. Anyway, the match was pretty even. In 2015 Hamilton beat Rosberg more convincingly, scoring 381 points to Rosberg's 322 points. Hamilton retired once, Rosberg retired twice. In 2016 Rosberg scored 385 points to Hamilton's 380 points. Rosberg retired once and Hamilton retired twice. However, with 4 races to go, Rosberg knew that he could let Hamilton win the rest of the races as long as he scored at least 68 points. Normaly, Hamilton couldn't be expected to beat Rosberg 4 times out of 4. But in this situation Rosberg could afford to be beaten and just made sure he scored enough points himself.
To summarize, Rosberg scored 1195 points, Hamilton scored 1334 points. Rosberg retired 8 times (9 if we count the Abu Dhabi race which cost him as many points as a retirement), and Hamilton retired 7 times. Interestingly, these numbers also go against the explanations put forward by some, that Hamilton's driving is harder on the car, while Rosberg is better at managing (or actively avoiding) problems.
If we take the points difference ,139 points, and divide it by 4, we get 34.75 points per season. This is actually not much, knowing that one retirement could loose you 32 points in a single race. That's basically the whole difference between Hamilton and Rosberg. In other words, if Hamilton and Rosberg had continued as team mates for another 4 seasons, it is probable that Rosberg would have scored more points than Hamilton in at least one of those seasons. So in the end, it is too simple to claim that Rosberg one his title through luck, while Hamilton won his titles through skill. According to the numbers, there is a difference between them, but that difference is so small that it is more likely to result in a 3 - 1 win for Hamilton than 4 - 0.
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