A good historical comparison
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Il_leone
World Champion
Massa is a very good driver but not what you would call "world class driver"
He has not shaken off the tag at Ferrari that he was one of Todt's legacy...he has not got many people backing him
Arnoux was naturally talented but it was his application a bit more like Trulli or Raikkonen post 2007
He has not shaken off the tag at Ferrari that he was one of Todt's legacy...he has not got many people backing him
Arnoux was naturally talented but it was his application a bit more like Trulli or Raikkonen post 2007
TN23
Rookie
I've always thought that:
Derek Warwick=Martin Brundle (These two were good enough to win, but fate intervened Warwick: '84 Brazil and '89 Canada, Brundle '92 Canada and Belgium)
Nick Heidfeld=Nico Rosberg (Lack of wins in cars that aren't quite championship contenders)
Thierry Boutsen (1988)=Jenson Button (2004) (Stifled by one dominant team. Boutsen by McLaren, and Button by Ferrari)
Jacques Laffite=Rene Arnoux (Remarkably similar paths. Both were mechanics and were late F1 starters. Remarkably similar attainment, close-ish to a WDC, and retired in their fourties)
Giancarlo Fisichella (2005 and 2006)=Mark Webber (2011) (Really should be doing more and taking more wins, but team orders taking effect)
Vitantonio Liuzzi=Christian Klien (Both Red Bull drivers who didn't impress against an ailing Coulthard, and in last-chance saloon at HRT)
Alan Jones' comeback=Michael Schumacher's comeback=Nigel Mansell's 1995 comeback (Catastrophic efforts that will seriously damage their reputations)
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RevMaxPower
Banned
Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. "Give me the right car and I WILL win..."
Fernando Alonso = Alain Prost
Renault, McLaren and Ferrari driver. More wins than poles. Left McLaren after falling out with yellow helmeted team-mate. Only World Champion from his country.
Renault, McLaren and Ferrari driver. More wins than poles. Left McLaren after falling out with yellow helmeted team-mate. Only World Champion from his country.
Robert Kubica = Jean Alesi
Everyone see's the talent they have and predicts them as the next big thing but it never quite works out like that(yet)
Adrian Sutil = Pierluigi Martini
loved by the back of the grid team he joined so much that he stays there for an enternity putting a couple of excellent drives a season that makes people wonder how they'd do in a car higher up the grid.
Paul Di Resta = Jan Magnusen
Lots and lots of hype but no product!- ok its a bit early for this one!
Everyone see's the talent they have and predicts them as the next big thing but it never quite works out like that(yet)
Adrian Sutil = Pierluigi Martini
loved by the back of the grid team he joined so much that he stays there for an enternity putting a couple of excellent drives a season that makes people wonder how they'd do in a car higher up the grid.
Paul Di Resta = Jan Magnusen
Lots and lots of hype but no product!- ok its a bit early for this one!
The Artist.....
Champion Elect
I think that's really harsh on di Resta.... He has incredible speed - but his racecraft in the Force India has been a little lacking! Remember that he was racing in the DTM for 4 years, and so almost has to re-learn how to race single seaters!
To be fair, Mansell's 1994 comeback appearances at least featured a win, but have to agree with the disastrous 1995 McLaren (non) effort...
Incubus
Champion Elect
One comparison that might seem surprising would be old team-mates Niki Lauda and Alain Prost, due to in one particular aspect: (apart from winning title after coming back from retirement): the latter made no secret he changed his attitude to racing 1985 after learning from the former that it's better to finish second than risk not finishing at all.
Prost was a far more aggressive driver pre-Lauda (as a team-mate) than post-Lauda.
Prost was a far more aggressive driver pre-Lauda (as a team-mate) than post-Lauda.
TN23
Rookie
I was very careful I wrote 1995. I thought, considering the circumstances, that Mansell adapted back to F1 in 1994 well after being in much more 'agricultural' CART cars.
Ouch! old Bruno might show some fight back yet ya know what I mean Harry?
Mark Webber = Ricardo Patrese.
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