Vettel raced like a true champion today absolutely dominating the field.
As many have said though, the race boring. I fell asleep briefly.
I really never understand this , guy in fastest car, starting from basically the front, in clear air which is a freaking monumental advantage under current car style/tyres/aero effects, is fastest? What part of clear track, fastest car, no one could come close to him makes it a "raced like a true champion"?
People always say stuff like, the way he controlled the race from the front. No, being in the fastest car and at the front isn't control, it's having the fastest car which no other car can touch.
Being in the slowest car out front and using pure driving skill defensively to keep others behind is real control, having no other car comparable and driving away into the sunset isn't difficult, outside of Webber(clearly) and probably the back 4 guys on the grid I don't think many drivers would have a problem driving that car into the distance, maybe not by as big a margin but still a comfortable margin over the rest.
Honestly, the longer this goes on the worse and worse a driver I think Webber is. For 4 years to be unable to improve his starts is pretty pathetic, to have around 1/3rd of the points when that car is capable of finishing behind Vettel in every single race is pathetic.
I'm NOT saying Vettel is bad, but nothing he did today showed anything but the car was completely unmatched by any other car around him.
We've also got to a point where almost every driver/team has worked out(maybe 6-7 races ago after 3 years, it's embarrassing) that downforce doesn't mean **** unless you're out front in clean air. Everyone (except Merc it seems) has realised higher gear ratio, less downforce and the ability to actually use DRS is the only key thing. You effectively can't overtake in corners, braking zones or anywhere else but DRS without hurting your tyres so everyone is now geared for slow corners and high straight speed(except ******** Merc who are the worst by far under DRS these days).
This is also effectively enlarging the gap to Vettel he's got one of the only cars geared for fastest lap time and not being stuck behind people, everyone else is sacrificing lap times for high straight speed and being able to pass with DRS. It gives Vettel an even bigger advantage.
He's miles, absolutely miles better than Webber, he's done nothing short of embarrassed Webber for the last 2 years and that might be why the team don't give a crap about Webber who frankly should have gotten at least 50% more points in the previous two years and secured Vettel's titles a damn sight earlier in the process.
I'm not sure how good Ricciardo will turn out to be but if he's even half decent he'll do better than Webber and maybe we can get a real clue as to how good Vettel is. Ultimately I want a Kimi/Alonso/Hamilton or even Button/Massa type to be in that second car so we can judge a known quantity vs Vettel. If he's 2 seconds faster a lap in the same car than any of those, it's impressive, Webber is just crap. The frequency he makes contact, his frequent inability to pass, his poor judgement calls on pit stops(when they "pulled" him in with Vettel behind a couple races ago Webber said it was also his choice and he just didnt' realise he wasn't in the window yet.... what other top driver would be unaware and let that happen?), everything about his racing shows he's poor in an excellent car.
