Head To Head Jenson Button vs Sergio Pérez

[Hamberg]

What you mean like Lewis relied on it in Malaysia Hamberg...?

Yes

 

[FB]

I think the McLaren team just wanted to stuff up my Team Mate Prediction chances.

 

[Mephistopheles]

How was Perez better today Hamberg ? Perez lost 2 places from his starting position and Jenson came back from 17th to finish 8th how does that equate to Perez being better? He was only faster at the end because he was on fresher tyres and Button and Kimi were the only two drivers who could make a 3 stop strategy work..

 

[FB]

He was, without doubt, faster than Jenson all weekend Mephistopheles and only finished behind him due to a combination of team tactics and team orders.

 

[Hamberg]

Mephistopheles exactly as FB says.

 

[Mephistopheles]

The mercs were faster on Saturday then all the other teams but it is Sunday that counts....

 

[FB]

And this relevant to the discussion about Button and Perez because?

 

[Hamberg]

As FB stated, Perez was faster ALL weekend including today.

 

[Chasz]

Because of the weird logic you have when drinking mephs!

 

[Mephistopheles]

It's called an analogy....

It doesn't matter who was quicker on Friday or Saturday only what happens in the race on Sunday being quick on Saturday doesn't give a driver the right to beat his teammate on a Sunday.

 

[Hamberg]

Yes and what happened in the race was Perez was faster and only finished behind Button due to a combination of team tactics and team orders.

Although McLaren's official line is that Perez had unusually high deg.

 

[Brogan]

He was only faster at the end because he was on fresher tyres

So a better strategy then?
In which case the team should have let them race/him past.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Button should have been nowhere near Perez given that after the first lap there was 11 cars separating them the fact is Button drove a better race and made his strategy work and Perez didn't maximize his opportunities.

Strictly speaking 4 stops was the correct strategy not 3...

 

[Mephistopheles]

Still this is Button we are talking about so he must be crap...

 

[no-FIAt-please]

I fail to see how Button was better than Perez this weekend.

Button was beaten by Perez on Saturday.

Button would have been beaten by Perez on Sunday if not for the intervention of team orders.

Ergo Perez>Button this weekend.

 

[Hamberg]

Strictly speaking 4 stops was the correct strategy not 3...

Really? Of the teams with split strategy the 3 stoppers finished higher. Button did not drive a better race. Compared to Perez he was slower when they started and slower when they finished.

 

[Hamberg]

Still this is Button we are talking about so he must be crap...

 

[Mephistopheles]

I've already said how I saw it and can't be bothered to argue the toss anymore because we will never agree, so sod it...

 

[Mephistopheles]

Hamberg Kravitzs has just explained that if Rosberg had made 4 stops he would have probably been on the podium hence 4 stops being better than 3...

 

[Brogan]

Mephistopheles, you can't claim Button drove a better race if it took team orders to keep him ahead.

On the contrary, Perez drove the better race but he wasn't allowed past.