No... In honesty.. For anyone outside of Britain... Hamilton is probably the last person you would want to be the current F1 Champion in order to bring people to the sport.... He is rude, obnoxious, disrespectful, and has a fast car under him... He is no Senna, Hunt, Mansell & co that have charisma and charm
If you look at drivers that are naturally talented, and exceed in car craft. Then you have Alonso, Ricciardo.. Even Vettels four Championships were given to him with an unbeatable platform. But with the new cars, he struggled, as he actually had to control them..
Hamilton is naturally talented. I think suggesting otherwise is pretty laughable. In fact they are all naturally talented, though some are able to extract more than others. IMO, Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel are the current top 3. If you put any of those 2 in the same car, things would be very close.
Having a fast car helps of course although that hasn't always been the case for Hamilton. He's always been at a top team with massive resource, but I don't think he can be criticised because of that.
I'm not a fan of his by any means by the way, although I don't mind him. In fact i like him a lot more since he left McLaren.
In Vettel's case, I'd dispute that the 2012 Championship was given to him - he had to work bloody hard that year. Same in 2010 when you consider the bad luck he had and there were races in 2011 and early 2013 where getting the job done wasn't straightforward. I think you are being disingenuous towards both of them.
Edited by Jon83, 06 July 2015 - 11:33.