tbh the brawn isnt just about aerodynamics, everyone thought the secret was the double difusser but it isnt, the brawn car is a great base car, no matter what the other teams do they wont be able to match it properly. its like saying that putting a wing on an mpv makes it handle like a caterham, i think not
Yes that's true, I didn't recognise the potential in Vettel as quickly as some others - in fairness, my view was based upon entirely reasonable observation up until that point. He had been driving like a total twonk, with his one potentially good finish turning to disaster and earning him the condemnation of his now team mate Mark Webber - who referred to him as a "damn kid with not enough experience".
On the flip side, there are plenty of drivers who's potential i've seen a lot sooner than others have recognised, it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
The problem with Button however is i've been lambasting him for years and have been entirely justified in doing so - but he's changed, he's got better, and he's got a car that allows him to show this - I still think the view i've expressed of Button over the years was entirely reasonable, but his skillset and natural driving style are ideally suited to this years tyre regs, and his car is good, and he's had so much damned practice in an F1 car that somewhere along the line he's developed some actual racing driver skills that where not previously evident.
I've no idea what he's like as a person now, I wont judge him on the brief time I knew him - hell, I regard myself back then as being something a lot less than I am now, so i'll extend that same courtesy to him and wish him the best with his new found sucess.
Likewise, the Hamilton I fancied as a real tenacious racer seems muted of late. The first few races he really showed some fight and was mixing it up, but now he seems content to follow other cars and not take risks. He has a real chance to show us what he's made of, and in the first few races he did that - but now he's become very low profile and seems intent on just waiting the year out. I dont care if he's fighting with a Force India, I want to see that Hamilton aggression back.
Becky you seem to be falling for the WDC illusion. The WCC is the real championship.
Button hasn't improved or got worse. I think I started to realise about 3 years ago that a driver like Button NEEDS a good car. His style only works when the car is next to perfect. When it's not his speed disappears. This for me is not the mark of a great 'driver'. However in terms of engineering Button is PERFECT for highlighting flaws in a car because he is unable to drive around them. He's very good, always has been but certainly not as great as some people suddenly are hailing him.
Hamilton drove his a**s of in the first couple of races because at that stage the WDC was still on and the MP24 may have been able to develop. Since then he and his team have realised that it's a 'boat'. Why take risks and waste money fixing a car up for the next race. Is it really worth it? His head is certainly down but you would expect that considering the car he has which is in no doubt the greatest turn around from a championship winning team I can remember.
McLaren don't SEEM to have any engineering heavy weights. They could be in some serious trouble if their wonder simulator doesn;t start delivering the goods sometime soon
Teams can't just stop their development on their current car and pull another Honda for next year because there aren't any rule changes for next year (well at least that would be the scenario if FOTA win the battle against FIA). Their 2010 car should be more of a evolution than revolution.
Alonso got lucky twice and Vettel had a VERY good car in the wet... just ask BOURDAIS who quailed 4th and bar some bad luck at the start set a VERY VERY good race pace in Monza. With 18-20 GPs you will get times when the front 4 cars might fall off the road or have problems. People get lucky... Panis Monaco 96 casing point
The actual driver championship is inherently flawed as the sport is SO car dependant.
I hope Button wins, I really do. IDGAF if it's like Schumacher - he's British [and in a British Car(ish)], a nice chap and deserves this fantastic run of races. It's not like he's driving badly in an amazing car - he's doing brilliantly
Vettels car was good in the wet, but he overperformed the situation, plus if you dont include that result 25 points from a Torro rosso is still insane.
Lucky wasn't Vettel in Monza, Lucky was Hamilton in Monaco 08.
Imo the Driver Championship is somewhat flawed and I hate it when people say, ''So n so is the best because they performing, with the best car on the grid by far''.
I don't know why but i Preferred it when the top teams were usually the same group of teams as the drivers that performed in the crap cars where given a chance to go to the top, now they have no idea where they stand and their chance at a WDC is based soley on that.
I still find it funny that it has taken you till this season to figure this out that since Hamilton is doing crap, in a crap car.
@evilpimp: You got a point there TBH, I don't freakin' care if he wins, but he needs a freakin' challenge. Or B(utton)rawn will win for the 6th time in a row... When was the last time this happened to a single driver???
I think you once again saw what was pretty apparent in Monaco - the Red Bull seems to have an incredible aero package, but it just doesn't have the mechanical grip that makes the Brawns so superior...
had a really strange dream last night, hamilton was challenging button for the lead at silverstone with murray walker comentating when they all stopped whilst a giant dog sniffed the cars with murray's voice going supersonic describing it
result of watching an advert when i've had a few to drink