Can you put race sims of Rosberg and shumi on a chart by themselves?, i'm not so much worried about the times relative to other teams, but the trends over a long stint between the 2 drivers. Looking from here (i can't see the y axis too well) Rosberg looks to be on another program, I don't think his true pace is that inconsistent.
I can see how Level Micheal's times are though.
I'm a Shumi fan, not so much now since he left in 2006, but I don't see a healthy gap between him and Rosberg as it is. We can see a clear difference between Button & Lewis already, even though they run at different times of the day. Both did a race sim and we see Lewis with over a second on his team mate, leaving plenty of room to cut off variables like temperature, rubberizing of the track, weather etc. that offset the difference. Fuel will be the same at some point in a race sim as well, so there is less uncertainty.
In this case it is safe to say Lewis has a slight edge.
Now with Rosberg and Shumi, I am not too sure. They seldom mention each other and give little or no complements. Nico has shown glimmers of speed more often over the month and I can get a sense he wont be a push over.
Going off of the media reports, you could swear Micheal doesn't have a teammate, the way how Nico is overlooked for the WDC. The betting odds are a good example as well.
In a way I like how he is treated as the under dog, It just ferments the can of whoop ass even more
you're right though, absolutely stunning machine
