McG wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 16:29
Bottas is as much a 2nd driver as Barichello and Massa/Schumacher and Massa/Alonso.
Extremely unfair towards Bottas. Barichello never harried Schumacher the way Bottas was able to with Hamilton, and at points he let Schumacher pass on the
goddamn finish line. How can anyone compare the two is beyond me.
As for Massa, he was at his prime when he was team mates with Michael, and they never treated him the same way they did with Rubens, who was a true number two. When he was partnered with Alonso, it was after his head injury and a lot of people agree that he wasn't the same as before, which forced him into a number two role. Again, doesn't hold any water at all if you try to compare Massa then, with Bottas now.