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Vettel's case is very simple. When the car has massive rear grip, he is damn near unbeatable. When the car does not have massive rear grip, he is mediocre at best.

He and Webber were relatively well matched until EBD, when Vettel handled that extra grip much better. Then when EBD was banned, they were relatively evenly matched, with maybe a small tilt to Webber (which was overturned by team favoritism in 2010). By the last half of 2012 and all of 2013, RBR was extra fine tuned on coanda blown exhaust, recreating what they had lost by banned EBD, and Vettel soared off in the distance again.

Now, in 2014, there is less downforce, no rear difuser aid, smaller wings, massively more torque, and harder compound tires. Are we all shocked that he's struggling? This is exactly the OPPOSITE of the environment he's good with and exactly what us "Vettel haters" have been saying all along.

I like Alonso, because he can take a piece of shit car and put it in WDC contention. Just like he did today by taking that garbage truck Ferrari and putting it on podium, ahead of two Red Bulls despite qualifying behind both of them. And it's why I keep saying over and over, the likes of Alonso (and Hamilton) are better drivers than Vettel, because they can adapt so well to changing cars and changing conditions. But he definitely showed his true colors today with his "tough luck" comment. Maybe someone should be telling him "tough luck" that Daniel finished 25 seconds ahead of you.

To be fair, it seems Raikkonen is a lot like Vettel too. Immensely fast in a car he is comfortable in, but just OK in a car he is not 100% comfortable in. And his performance showed that too.