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Random_Matt said:
potato_hamster said:

I actually think the opposite. What kind of strong character does it take to walk away from a sport where people are legitimately asking if he's the most undeserving champion ever? Vettel got in another car and proved that his wins at Red Bull were no fluke. What has Rosberg proven? That he was an average driver in a spectacular car and only won a championship because his team mate got incredibly unlucky.

Bravo Nico. I personally won't miss seeing him on the grid.

Vettel has proved he is like Button, only amazing in an amazing car. 

Well I mean, he's not like Alonso where he gets absolutely everything out of the car, but he has certainly punched above his weight in that ferrari.



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WagnerPaiva said:
Very wise, do not want to have such tragic ends as Senna or Schummacher. Congratulations on a beautiful championship and may he have a cool rest of life.

Schumacher suffered his injury while skiing.



all I'm getting from this thread is: the fastest car wins duh.
Isn't that the same reason why Hamilton won the last few WCs and Vettel before him? All these drivers are on pretty much the same level. The fastest and most reliable car wins. What driver you put in the seat is almost irrelevant.



potato_hamster said:
Random_Matt said:

Vettel has proved he is like Button, only amazing in an amazing car. 

Well I mean, he's not like Alonso where he gets absolutely everything out of the car, but he has certainly punched above his weight in that ferrari.

I dunno, kind of expected him to outscore his teammate convincingly. 



potato_hamster said:
WagnerPaiva said:
Very wise, do not want to have such tragic ends as Senna or Schummacher. Congratulations on a beautiful championship and may he have a cool rest of life.

Schumacher suffered his injury while skiing.

Really? Wow... =(



My grammar errors are justified by the fact that I am a brazilian living in Brazil. I am also very stupid.

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Random_Matt said:
potato_hamster said:

Well I mean, he's not like Alonso where he gets absolutely everything out of the car, but he has certainly punched above his weight in that ferrari.

I dunno, kind of expected him to outscore his teammate convincingly. 

Kimi Raikkonen, while past his prime, isn't exactly a slouch. A lot of people who thought Vettel was a good driver in a great car expected Vettel and Raikkonen to be going toe-to-toe. That clearly hasn't been the case.



WagnerPaiva said:
potato_hamster said:

Schumacher suffered his injury while skiing.

Really? Wow... =(

... I take it you don't really follow F1 that closely?



potato_hamster said:
WagnerPaiva said:

Really? Wow... =(

... I take it you don't really follow F1 that closely?

As most brazilians I was a real fanatic in the Senna days and followed Barrichelo for almost a decade. Then gave up afterwards. I still like it but it has a bitter taste to me to watch it every sunday like in my childhood. I still think it looks awesome, but I have a hard time connecting to it like before.



My grammar errors are justified by the fact that I am a brazilian living in Brazil. I am also very stupid.

Very very surprising announcement. Blew up my phone like crazy earlier today. That said, I understand the move, and wish him and his family the best going forward. He's really a very genuinely nice guy, and he's been incredibly hard working, and persevering in his pursuit of a championship. Hats off to him for achieving his dream, and now devoting his time to his other great love.


As for his replacement.....I'd really like to see Hamilton and Alonso going at it again in the same car, now that they are both older, wiser, and have a much greater respect for each other than they did in Lewis' rookie year. I think that would be a really epic pairing, that would deliver amazing races. They're, in my mind, unquestionable the fastest drivers on the grid, and if Mercedes can make that happen, even just as a stop gap to get one of their rookies into the other car, then they absolutely should.



WagnerPaiva said:
potato_hamster said:

... I take it you don't really follow F1 that closely?

As most brazilians I was a real fanatic in the Senna days and followed Barrichelo for almost a decade. Then gave up afterwards. I still like it but it has a bitter taste to me to watch it every sunday like in my childhood. I still think it looks awesome, but I have a hard time connecting to it like before.

It seems you forgot about Felipe Massa . He retired after the end of this season, and really did well for himself this year.