And Lewis Hamilton matches Michael Schumacher's 7 titles!

Alibaba99 · 21 Dec 2020 at 18:57

adam cool dude said:
2008 is really the last year where two manufacturers competed. 2009 on has pretty much been who can get the rule changes right. It is sad that it has been over decade since.

What about 2010 when drivers from Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren all had a chance of winning the championship at the last race?

adam cool dude · 21 Dec 2020 at 19:02

Alibaba99 said:
What about 2010 when drivers from Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren all had a chance of winning the championship at the last race?

2010 was only like that because Webber and Vettel were battling. The Redbull was in a different league really.

Alibaba99 · 21 Dec 2020 at 20:30

The Red Bull only got its act together once Renault started to understand how to get the off throttle blowing working for the diffuser. Even then, Vettel only won the championship as Alonso pitted in response to Webber getting a slow puncture and so became stuck behind Vitaly Petrov.

adam cool dude · 21 Dec 2020 at 21:20

Alibaba99 said:
The Red Bull only got its act together once Renault started to understand how to get the off throttle blowing working for the diffuser. Even then, Vettel only won the championship as Alonso pitted in response to Webber getting a slow puncture and so became stuck behind Vitaly Petrov.

That is in isolation of the final race. If Webber wasn't allowed to race like Massa it would have been totally different over the course of the season. Mercedes allowed their drivers to Race in 2016 and still blew everyone else out of the water.

jonneymendoza · 22 Dec 2020 at 09:44

adam cool dude said:
Done that to make sure Lewis gets his 8th championship.

adam cool dude said:
Yes but his wins comes from his skill and not his Mercedes snooker cue.

so how come his team mates in the same merc only beat him once ?

Junglist · 22 Dec 2020 at 09:59

adam cool dude said:
2008 is really the last year where two manufacturers competed. 2009 on has pretty much been who can get the rule changes right. It is sad that it has been over decade since.

I think 2017 and 2018 were also competitive... Until Seb started bottling it. I'd argue a more consistent driver in those years would've won the title

pallys · 22 Dec 2020 at 13:58

Junglist said:
I think 2017 and 2018 were also competitive... Until Seb started bottling it. I'd argue a more consistent driver in those years would've won the title

Yes people forget both years 2017 and 2018 at the halfway point vettel was leading the championships.

Merlin5 · 13 Jan 2021 at 02:02