Poll "Best of the Rest"

[Il_leone]

KekeTheKing

The poll you have there are that KR and JB are world champions and Webber is not ? So the next question why Webber is not when he's probably had a longer time in the best car than either of the other two

Also Webber did not really earn his drive at Red Bull - he was placed there conveniently by his manager Flavio Briatore who just happens to be in charge of Renault's F1 operations who decided to supply Red Bull engines at cheaper price along with Webber. Webber had a poor 2006 - the race pace was there occassionally but only mustered 6pts

Button had a poor 2008 but he was already contracted to the team for 2009 before Honda's decision to pull out -
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interesting note KR manager Dave and Steve Robertson were formerly JB's manager when he came into F1
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Put either KR or JB in the Red Bull no doubt they could give Vettel a better run for his money than Webber.

Webber's finishing positions are
4th, 3rd, 3rd, 6th, 5th* I'd like to believe its all bad luck but some of it has to be down to Mark when his teammate has racked up 36 wins and him only 9 wins in the same car then clearly there is a gulf in class between the two

For me Mark always seems to tail off or lose momentum at the wrong time for him
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KR - after his early season form it appears his distractions about not getting paid has led to a fall out and drop in performance

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Jenson Button by a mile,

who puts Kimi Raikkonen in a best of the rest poll he's up there with LH, FA and SV for me .

But Button is miles better than Webber and the likes and manages to get points out of a car when points are achievable.

 

[Il_leone]

Mark Hughes view in 2009 by placing Kimi 8th, Webber 4th and Button 2nd in his top 10

Kimi " The enigma can;t be decoded. No one least of all Ferrari understands what it takes to ignite Kimi's fire and keep it lit, When all is well he's a machine that spits out race wins ----he would be unbeatable. Throw him a curved ball of an understeering car with not enough tyre grip to allow him to upset the rear in compensation and he appears to lose interest"

Webber" An incredible competitor with a talent that has always been vastly underrated within the paddock. There have been drivers not nearly as good with much better reputations"

Button " His silky style was devastatingly effective when BRawn was at its best and several times he seemed to gain access to an elevated level of personal performance . But with a less competitive car ...he dropped to a less consistently brilliant level. Furthermore that minimum input driving style worked against his overcoming the car's achilles hell of not being aggressive enough with its tyres"