I've carried this over from the Hamilton / Rosberg thread as I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. It was mentioned on there that it was felt Rosberg was a good driver but he was just missing a bit compared to his more successful team mate.
To that end then, have a think about other great drivers (they may have even won a World Championship in the case of a driver like Button) and what would you say were their missing bits that just held them back from being a great, great driver?
Having said that, even great, great drivers have had their flaws. Remember Prost's comment on Senna "The trouble is he thinks he can't kill himself" or words to that effect.
We're not talking about the average drivers here or those that just paddled around at the back of the grid who were obviously out of their deapth or just plain bad.
As an example, for me I though Damon Hill was a great driver but what he lacked was ruthlessness which was percieved as a bit of a weakness because he was too nice. A bit too much of the 'plucky Brit' syndrome.
So who else was missing what ??
To that end then, have a think about other great drivers (they may have even won a World Championship in the case of a driver like Button) and what would you say were their missing bits that just held them back from being a great, great driver?
Having said that, even great, great drivers have had their flaws. Remember Prost's comment on Senna "The trouble is he thinks he can't kill himself" or words to that effect.
We're not talking about the average drivers here or those that just paddled around at the back of the grid who were obviously out of their deapth or just plain bad.
As an example, for me I though Damon Hill was a great driver but what he lacked was ruthlessness which was percieved as a bit of a weakness because he was too nice. A bit too much of the 'plucky Brit' syndrome.
So who else was missing what ??
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