Lewis won the race despite cruising for the majority of the race. However, Rosberg had to show Mercedes' hands in an attepmt to recover from his silly mistake. This showed how superior Mercedes are. I bet you could fit any driver into the Mercedes' seat, he would win.
I really miss days when two-three teams were fighting. I loves McLaren against Ferrari in 2007 and 2008 or before that Renault against Ferrari or Renault against McLaren, but even 2012 was better when McLaren were incredible towards the middle part of the year.
I think we are stuck with Formula Mercedes, unless Honda have produce something amazing. I would like to see more teams in the mix again, but I can't see it happening in the next few seasons.
One the quickest drivers in F1 is now in the quickest car in the field, and not just by half a second. I still think if Mercedes push their car it would sill be over one second clear of the rest.
I don't think Nico has what it takes to win a world championship anyway. To be honest I am not looking forward to Lewis Vs Nico part 2 next year, because I don't think it will be anywhere near as close as it has been this year.
Nico has done what Webber did in 2010 and kept his team mate honest, and made the most of the unreliability of the car, but then faded in the closing stages of the season. Then never really got close to his team mate again. I think the same thing will happen here with Nico.
Maybe I am underestimating Nico we shall see.
Edited by Massa_f1, 12 October 2014 - 14:21.