He was already beaten Ayrton in 1992...
Context my man.
Schumi - 1 mechanical DNF's
Senna - 5 mechanical DNF's (plus an added non-score due to Schumi t-boning him at France, and race hindering issues at Portugal)
Also, Senna had 2 DNF's due to racing errors. Whilst Schumi had 3. It was reliability that made the difference between the two that year
Michael at his very best would beat Fernando any time....
I have no doubt he would have won the 2007 and 2008 Championships with ease...
Disagree with the first part. But that will come down to pure opinion.
Second part, I think you have a strong case. If Schumi would have stayed on, it is highly possible he would have won the title in both 2007/2008. I don't think Massa would have closed the gap enough to consistently beat Schumi. I think Schumi would have enough in the locker to beat Kimi as well. It could have come down to a political war, and who had the car more to their liking. I think Schumi would have won that battle over Kimi.
That is a more direct comparison than my last - Button and Hamilton was evenly matched, with Button taking more points overall. If Alonso/Hamilton is so superior to Massa/Raikonen, then we will see Button match, or slightly beat Alonso?
I disagree that Lewis and Button were "evenly matched"
By no means did Lewis dominate Jenson. But Lewis out-raced Button by a significant margin in 2010 and 2012. When both finished, Lewis was ahead the vast majority of the time. Jenson did beat Lewis clean in 2011 (and scored more overall points), but the points score in 2012 was greatly distorted. Jenson had bad fortune himself in 2012, but Lewis had a lot more. All luck being even, I would say Lewis should have scored 50-75 points more than Jenson is 2012.
I would say Lewis was better by a modest margin. Again, by no means was it a domination. But I find the overall points do not reflect who was the better driver. As I have said previously, I think 2-1 is a fair score.
I think Jenson will do okay against Alonso. I think Alonso will finish ahead most weekends, but Jenson will not be dominated like Kimi was. Jenson is too consistent a driver to be truly dominated.
At the same time Hamilton was immense in 07, but haven't really progressed too much since 07. And there seems to be something every year.
Again, I disagree
Lewis has displayed a wide rang of talents since his rookie year. He manages tyres well. is good with fuel management, and has usually produced a great level of consistency.
Lewis is 7-1 against his teammates in years finishing ahead in the standings. Considering he had a year of Alonso, 3 years with Button, and 2 years with Nico, I think it is unfair to say "there is something every year". Lewis has been hard done by at times, but his results are still very impressive.
I think Lewis and Alonso are the correct choices for the two top spots (remember guys, just my opinion )
Edited by sennafan24, 22 December 2014 - 18:08.