Originally Posted by
darkchild
First of all, no, I am not Alonso fan. If you are willing to go through my posts, I was very happy that we got Vettel since I think he is much better guy to build a team around. I also do not think Alonso is the best in F1, I do think Ricciardo or Max would be sufficient.
Other point is, no, Hamilton is not driving faster car this year. He matched Alonso in SAME car, but I do not think Alonso crashes in Baku or Germany, nor he ends up 4th in rain in Hungaroring. In any case, if anything, I am pure and simply Ferrari fan and Ferrari engineers have made masterpiece that is not being used properly. We literally have a car that has given competition such a headache that they are constantly on hot line with FIA. And what do our drivers do? Kimi finishes 3rd again, by losing another place at a start for 28 races in a row, and Vettel, after losing 42pts in Baku and Germany, qualifies 4th in rain after being overpowering in dry.
People are not even remotely arguing my points.
What the hell is this?
How? He is 53pts behind Vettel, and 67 behind Hamilton. He has not won a single race in his stint with Ferrari. EVERY. SINGLE. TOP. SIX. DRIVER. HAS. AT. LEAST. THREE. WINS. ON. THEIR. COUNT. Except Kimi ofcourse, he has none. Zlich. Nada. Zero.
He only had one single pole position. He hasn't won a place from start since 2016. That is shambolic. He was a passenger last year, even Bottas won 3 and could have taken 2 races this year but had literal freak accident in Baku and strat error in China while passing Vettel and leading the race. But he PUT HIMSELF in that position. In position to win. When did Kimi put himself in position to win this year? When was he there to chase Hamilton and Bottas like mad dog when Vettel wasn't there? Never. With him, Merc is safe. There is no fear. He will finish 3rd at best and his fans will love it. They will say, like LivingHitokiri said - he is having best season in long time. He is 40, what more do you want? Well, for start, I want Ferrari to be at top of their game in every single dept. If we are to win championship we cannot do it by having fractionally fastest car only. Drivers need to be at their absolute best, as well as strat team.
For Sergio, Kimi was a goner. Now? Well new boss is good with his family so he will stay. Had it not been for Sergio, we would still have Tombazis and Pat Fry. Why not? They are solid technical leads, we need stability for Christ sake.
In any case, Kimi got his seat straight out of Sauber as a young buck. Now his fans want him to drive till he is 50 and Leclerc to "learn a bit more and mature", but its for purely selfish reasons. They want him to stay because they like Kimi, not seeing that this guy spent half his life on the grid and is currently oldest guy here, while Leclerc is one of the most promising young drivers with Max since long long time, but yea, lets go with standard option, we need stability. 3rd is great. What does it matter if he hasn't won single place in full 2 years? He is clean driver and gets points home. Sheesh...
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