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Originally Posted by rice_classic
Vettel's domination was/is boring, but really... it's not Vettel's domination, it's RedBull's. If Vettel won 2, then switched teams and won another 2, I'd be really impressed.
For those 4 years RedBull had both engineering and aero superiority. So 4 WDC's were won in RedBull's car but here's where I give credit to Vettel.. Webber is a damn fine driver and I think if Vettel wasn't as good as he is, Webber would have at least 1 maybe 2 WDCs.
What I'm saying is if Webber's teammate at Rebull for those 4 championship years would have been Massa, Button, Hammy or Alonso then Webber would have at least 1 WDC (maybe 2). That's the "Vettel Difference" IMHO.
The ink in the water... The tint in the otherwise perfect glass... Is the car. The RedBull was... always... the... best... car. So when it comes to measuring Vettel's true brilliance, when declaring his greatness in the face of 4 WDCs, I feel there's still an asterisk next to his name.
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I remember doing some number crunching a while ago and I came up with that from 2010 to 2013, a RBR car took pole 65% of the time (50/77) and won 53% of the time (41/77).
I remember doing some more crunching on Newey designs and that his cars have won 10 world constructor's championships with 6 different drivers on 3 different teams in just 21 years. The only thing that really stopped him in the middle was the Shumi domination, but he was a God among men (who also had the fastest car a few of those years). So the X factor with Vettel isn't as much the driver or team, it's Newey. It still takes a good driver to win a championship, but when your car drives like a traction-controlled videogame and everyone else struggles with wheelspin.... well we all know how I feel. LOL. It was fun seeing Vettel kick the back out accidentally and go off roading a little during free practice. All those little quirks that everyone else is used to dealing with will be new to him.