A friend(?) of mine and I are having a disagreement over a bet we made on the F1 2014 Championship. (Before you ask, yes... alcohol was involved)
He postulated (and I quote) that: "I do however believe Hamilton will keep Nico on the "back foot" for the entire season."
I accepted his challenge.
My Perspective:
Nico Rosberg lead the 2014 F1 Championship in points from Australia though Italy with only once exception, Spain.
Lewis Hamilton lead in Spain, Japan, Russia, US, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
That means Rosberg lead for 12 of 19 races and Hamilton only 7.
Therefore, it is my contention that one can hardly reason that Hamilton kept Nico on the back foot for the entire season as he only lead the championship for 7 races.
My adversary's perspective:
Rosberg had only 5 wins to Hamilton's 9
Rosberg finished with 317 points to Hamilton's 384
Therefore, Hamilton "kept Nico on the back foot for the entire season" because he won the championship.
So, it looks like it comes down to a question of how one interprets the meaning of both "on the back foot" and "the entire season"
My question to the Racing Comments forum is which perspective prevails?