Well don't get me wrong, I like Kimi a lot but I'm not convinced he's doing as amazing a job as people think. Sure he's beating the heck out of grosjean in the races, but that says more about grosjean's year than anything. In pure pace in qualifying, Grosjean has had the upper hand in 5 out of 12 quali sessions which is a pretty even record, and he's not a guy that's shown electric pace or anything in the past. So I think what Kimi is doing is a good solid, consistent, buttonesque (if people don't mind me saying) drive in that lotus rather than anything exceptional or extraordinary.
That is true, but he is certainly doing much better than Schumacher who also had time out from F1. Next season will be more interesting to see how he does, now he is fully up to speed with the cars, tyres etc.