NathanOlder wrote: ↑20 Sep 2019, 23:29
izzy wrote: ↑20 Sep 2019, 22:10
Seb wanted to emulate Schumi didn't he, but he doesn't quite have that extreme level. Schumi was the best of his generation, and Lewis not Seb is the best of the next generation.
But Schumi didn't
build the team, it was a lot of people
wanted to be in his team, so the best people could get picked. Same with Lewis: he didn't build Mercedes, but a lot of people want to be in his team, because they know he'll maximise with the car. Having the best driver is a virtuous circle that makes the whole team work better, because the closer you are to winning the more motivated you are, and in that way Schumi and Lewis are on the same level. Across generations Lewis imo is a vastly better sportsman than Schumi, because he sees the difference between being the best and just accumulating wins any which way. But they both had/have that maximising effect.
With poor Seb the opposite has applied obviously, wasting an amazing car with mistakes year after year, must have been driving Ferrari people mad! Hence Charles not Kimi now.
Totally agree with this. spot on mate.
It's perplexing how in almost every field those officials who are responsible for scouting and hunting talents, willfully blind themselves in hiring a successful or famous person, even though all the time, for a regular follower of the sport, it has been very apparent that his success doesn't really reflect the CV.
And the worst part is, it's entirely true that a simple computer program with all statistics can easily predict the weaknesses, strength and thus the amount of luck factor and how being in the right place at the right time has biased the CV output.
I'm yet to see a field where people think rationally. I'm seeing this in all the field. Most obvious examples are the football managers, who despite being completely destroying a season of a club, is able to draw the dream offers without batting an eye, even after being sacked after consecutive incompetences.
Not only Ferrari was wrong to delude themselves by signing vettel but also degraded and delayed the progress of an obvious talent who in my opinion has the capability to supercede the greatest racers of all time.
