Blatman Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 100% agree with kev. The Hamilton haters will be out in force saying it's the car but as Kev says. in identical equipment Bottas has flashes of brilliance whereas Hamilton impresses for 90% of the time and has bagged 7 championships. The question this raises is how does Bottas compare to George Russell? On this showing, not well, but over a season? We'll likely never know and despite a lot of enthusiasm for George Russell, we have the same question. On that race on that day he was brilliant. But if he was team-mate to Hamilton, or Vertsappen, or Alonso or Vettel, would he fare so well race after race? Vettel stared down the Aussie grit of Webber. Vertsappen has seen them come and go on several occasions. Alonso never quits and Hamilton is the current benchmark setting a high bar, even for a 6 footer... We are hugely optimistic that George can bring the fight to any of them in equal equipment, but until he's alongside one of them for more than just a weekend we will never actually know. He might turn out to be the heir to the Hamilton crown, or he may fold like Bottas. Time will tell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Its just a rumour of course ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 2 hours ago, kevip6 said: I think that's a bit unfair? You can't say it's 100% the car as there has been another driver in an identical car that he has beaten consistently over the course of each season. Had Russell been his team mate through those championships it may have been a lot closer but you can't assume because someone is faster than Bottas they are faster than Hamilton. So many Hamilton haters all of a sudden this year, he's still an amazing driver and I still believe one of the best in F1, but I don agree there are a few that would be in the mix if everyone was in a Merc They are all brilliant drivers not just Hamilton or they wouldn't even get a drive in a F1 car. Maybe not 100% the car .....99% then. The sun does not shine out his preverbial exhaust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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