Richard wrote:prince wrote: So, statistically, Nico has better numbers, but that in no way tells he has been superior to Lewis in qualifying.
eerr.... the point of the competition is to get to the line first and score the most points. There's no point in being 'fastest' if you also make mistakes, there are no points for artistic interpretation.
Rosberg has been better meeting the objective of the qualification sessions than Hamilton. However, Hamilton has been better than Rosberg on the ultimate objective of getting to the finish line.
In 6 instances in qually Lewis didn't or was not in the position to put in his fast lap, so the notion that Nico is faster or better in qually is plain rubbish. While some of it where his own mistakes (Silverstone) he's been a bit unlucky.
* Bahrain lockup.
* Silverstone not putting in a fast one.
* Monaco Nico parked it.
* Austria has a massive rear lockup wich the team admitted was technical.
* Spa glazing on his brakes. massive lockups on his fast lap in T1.
* Hungary his car catches fire in Q1 fails to set a time
* Germany again has a critical brake failure and end up in the barriers at full speed.
Nico has been a lucky boy. Lewis is imo still the fastest man in F1 but i think particuly this year he has focused more on racepace setup rather than qually setup. Even with Nico's perfect lap in Singapore, Lewis was still faster while he had a massive lockup in T1. When all is said and done we all know who's the faster driver.
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