Are we seeing a Vettel era?

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Are we?

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You sound very much like an Alonso-fan beelsebob. I'd wish people who know they are biased would not enter discussions like these, kind of makes the discussions pointless no?

I don't think I've ever heard a fan say "driver XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is just better than my idol"
"There is a credit card with the Ferrari logo, issued by Santander, which gives the scuderia a % of purchases made with the card...

I would guess that such a serious amount of money would allow them to ignore the constant complains of a car that was nowhere near as bad as their #1 driver tried to sell throughout the season.

Heck, a car on which Massa finishes in the podium or has to lift so that his teammate finishes ahead (As we saw often in the final races of the year) is, by no means, a "bad" car."

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jdlive wrote:You sound very much like an Alonso-fan beelsebob. I'd wish people who know they are biased would not enter discussions like these, kind of makes the discussions pointless no?

I don't think I've ever heard a fan say "driver XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is just better than my idol"
Uhhh, look at my avatar, and then think whether I'm an Alonso fan? Next time think a bit before you go around accusing people of being fanboys.

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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Regardless of wether its car or driver pace, Have we ever seen a driver make as few mistakes as Vettel in a season?

He is metronomic in everything he does with that race car. And for that alone he deserves his championship regardless of his Newey designed rocket. Maybe it won't be the same with Hamilton or Alonso alongside him, but then they have their own demons in this area too.
Maybe the RB7 is easier to drive too. Remember F60 and Fisichella who was surprised of how it was hard to drive and that Kimi managed to win Spa with that.

Nonetheless Vettel is at least a very good driver and as you said, we just don't know exactly how good he is.

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Exactly! Lets wait and see him with some threats to his skill.
For example... Lewis Hamilton... thought to be invincible. But his weakness is his mind and the people around him. Death of 2 friends and break up with Girlfriend showed that he is a man that is emotionally fragile. (Remember Lie gate?) and it affects him on track. (Sampson and Delilah? Achilles?).

VEttel now... I see those fist shakes he has been doing lately! Anybody here know Anakin Skywalker? He was all nice blond and bubbly as a kid.. but we know what he turned out to be...
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beelsebob wrote:
jdlive wrote:You sound very much like an Alonso-fan beelsebob. I'd wish people who know they are biased would not enter discussions like these, kind of makes the discussions pointless no?

I don't think I've ever heard a fan say "driver XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is just better than my idol"
Uhhh, look at my avatar, and then think whether I'm an Alonso fan? Next time think a bit before you go around accusing people of being fanboys.
Perhaps you should think before you accuse me of using rhetoric, the one who is actually basing his judgement on objective numbers, while you yourself base what you say on... nothing objective. If there's anyone using nothing but rhetoric here, it's you.

So far we have the numbers proving Vettel is head and shoulders above the rest. We are now waiting for your proof that the car is substantially (or even only a teenie weenie bit) better.
"There is a credit card with the Ferrari logo, issued by Santander, which gives the scuderia a % of purchases made with the card...

I would guess that such a serious amount of money would allow them to ignore the constant complains of a car that was nowhere near as bad as their #1 driver tried to sell throughout the season.

Heck, a car on which Massa finishes in the podium or has to lift so that his teammate finishes ahead (As we saw often in the final races of the year) is, by no means, a "bad" car."

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jdlive wrote:
beelsebob wrote:
jdlive wrote:You sound very much like an Alonso-fan beelsebob. I'd wish people who know they are biased would not enter discussions like these, kind of makes the discussions pointless no?

I don't think I've ever heard a fan say "driver XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX is just better than my idol"
Uhhh, look at my avatar, and then think whether I'm an Alonso fan? Next time think a bit before you go around accusing people of being fanboys.
Perhaps you should think before you accuse me of using rhetoric, the one who is actually basing his judgement on objective numbers, while you yourself base what you say on... nothing objective. If there's anyone using nothing but rhetoric here, it's you.

So far we have the numbers proving Vettel is head and shoulders above the rest. We are now waiting for your proof that the car is substantially (or even only a teenie weenie bit) better.
Oh? I was under the impression that I was the one citing that Alonso was beating Massa by more than Vettel is beating Webber. Here's the "actual numbers" for you if you like:
Alonso has 227 vs Massa's 98 – i.e. 231% of Massa's points haul.
Vettel meanwhile has 374 vs Webber's 221 – i.e. 169% of Webber's points haul.

The bottom line is that what we're seeing is 4 WDC quality drivers, and 2 less good drivers in 3 teams. The 4 WDC quality drivers are all arrange in order of how good their car is, and the 2 less good drivers are similarly arranged in order of how good their car is.

Notably, while Vettel has 165% of the points that Alonso has; Webber has 226% of the points that Massa has. This indicates that Vettel is rather "capped" where he is – the RB7 is capable of outscoring the F150° by 226%, but Vettel simply can't do any better than winning (pretty much) all the time.

My conclusion from this – Vettel, Button, Alonso and Hamilton are all great drivers. Massa and Webber are having pretty crappy seasons, and are not WDC material. Vettel is winning overall because the RB7 is better than the MP4-26 and the F150°.

Aside - you brought up the schumacher years as an example of former dominance. I completely disagree that this was down to Schumacher – again, this was caused by the car he was driving. As soon as Mika Hakkinen had a decent car under him he equally whupped Schumacher's ass. Then the car played the majority of the role, as it does now.

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Vettel is filling up the records book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fo ... er_records

It is very impressive to see a 24 yr old snatching so many records. Alonso and Hamilton must be wondering what can they do to stop this? Remember those 2 were really hot for breaking records in their own respective years.

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Red bull may come up with their own mp4-24 dog in 2012. Making 3 hit cars in a row isn't a given be any means, especially as the exhaust ban may have an effect.
This could have implications on vettels quest just as it does with hamilon/alonso.

Funny how webber was closer to Vettel before all these exhausts became prevalent, and at silverstone this year where they where clipped.
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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:This debate could go on forever.

But can we all agree that Vettel is very good, we just don't know exactly how good he is?
he`s double world drivers champion good....
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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Funny how webber was closer to Vettel before all these exhausts became prevalent, and at silverstone this year where they where clipped.
Important to note that it was blowing that was clipped in Silverstone rather than the exhausts - no ebd is a different set of criteria to no blowing. In 2009 before EBDs Seb had the better of Mark.
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raymondu999 wrote:
JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Funny how webber was closer to Vettel before all these exhausts became prevalent, and at silverstone this year where they where clipped.
Important to note that it was blowing that was clipped in Silverstone rather than the exhausts - no ebd is a different set of criteria to no blowing. In 2009 before EBDs Seb had the better of Mark.
Of course ray :D
I didn't want the details to detract from the point.
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Arguably though JET - an EBD with blowing is more similar to no EBD at all; rather than it is to EBD without blowing, no?
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jamsbong wrote:Vettel is filling up the records book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fo ... er_records

It is very impressive to see a 24 yr old snatching so many records. Alonso and Hamilton must be wondering what can they do to stop this? Remember those 2 were really hot for breaking records in their own respective years.
Pretty obvious, they know that thier respective teams must build a better car.

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raymondu999 wrote:Arguably though JET - an EBD with blowing is more similar to no EBD at all; rather than it is to EBD without blowing, no?

Eh? Sorry mate, we should talk about this on another thread. Perhaps a thread with a technical look at why Vettel uses the system better than webber? Unless such a thread already exists?
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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:
raymondu999 wrote:Arguably though JET - an EBD with blowing is more similar to no EBD at all; rather than it is to EBD without blowing, no?

Eh? Sorry mate, we should talk about this on another thread. Perhaps a thread with a technical look at why Vettel uses the system better than webber? Unless such a thread already exists?
There was a BBC article on it last year by Mark Hughes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 127533.stm