the incubus wrote:
Armchair Expert wrote:
the incubus wrote:
Vergne, Pic, Ricciardo, DiResta, Maldonado, and Glock.
All I can say is LOL. At least 3 out of these 6 drivers would wipe the floor with Senna. One actually already has done it.
the incubus wrote:
So there's 6 guys I think he's proven to be better than. As well we have to remember this poor guy hasn't enjoyed any continuity in his F1 Career until this year where he finally got to run a full season, albeit handing the car off to Bottas on the ever important Friday practices and he STILL bested Maldonado over the entire season. Sure Maldonado got a win which was fantastic, but where was he at the rest of the season in comparison to Senna?
In what pararell universe Senna bested Maldonado? Can you point it out for me?
http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2012/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 14133.htmlthe incubus wrote:
I suspect that in a better car he would've surprised a great deal of people.
He already got great car this year, what does he need to 'surprise' people? Red Bull rocketship 1 second per lap quicker than the rest? Laugable.
I'm very happy Williams chose much better driver for 2013. Hopefully Senna and his pile of money won't buy him another seat in F1 and he will do something on his level of skills, like DTM or WEC.
I LOVE that your screen name says everything we need to know, to know you have absolutely no idea about the matter. Thanks for that.
Here are 2012's results.
Outside Maldonado's victory Senna outperformed over the entire season. 10 points scoring finishes for Senna vs just 5 for Maldonado. AND, Senna didn't wreck the car the way Maldonado did. I think Ray Charles in his current state could see who is the better driver and who deserves the seat more.
Posted this on another thread a few days ago.
Maldonado has fought for podium places in Spain, Valencia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Bruno has never done this.
Maldonado fought for a top 6 place in Aus, China, Bahrain (from the back of the grid), Silverstone and Germany, Bruno has in Malaysia, China, Hungary.
Maldo's points earned in just two races (Spain and Abu Dhabi) beat Bruno's total for the season. Picking up P8-10s not great when the car is capable of multiple podium-top 6 finishes.
Bruno had a clear pace advantage in only two races Hungary and Korea and the two times Bruno outQ'd Maldo was due to a KERS failure and a crash when Maldo was about to make it into Q3. Maldo reached Q3 13 times and had 5 top 4 Q's, Bruno reached Q3 once and only had 3 top 12 Q's.
The fact is both drivers have undeperformed the cars capabilties a lot, but Maldonado has way more potential. If Williams had two Bruno's people would be thinking the Williams car was nearly as bad as the Toro Rosso! Williams should really be P5/6 in the WCC with the car they have. Constant P8-10s not really great in a car capable of multiple top 6 finishes.
Was David Coulthard better than Mark Webber in 2007? Was Alex Wurz nearly as good as Nico Rosberg in 2007? Was Jenson Button nearly as good as Lewis Hamilton in 2012?