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Yeah, it's only when you start crunching the numbers that you see just how good Lewis is. And even when his McLaren was less than stellar, he could still get a damn good tune out of it, getting results that were far better than they had any right to be - *THAT* is the hallmark of a top quality driver. And that seems to be the same this year, as the Red Bull is clearly the better car.
Schumacher is really the one you can compare Lewis to, ideally, in terms of outright results. And also when it came to car reliability. Prior to that, you do have to take into account that you were lucky if you got a dozen finishers in a GP from a grid of 26.
The start to Prost's career was rather iffy - one poor year at McLaren before three seasons at Renault. He should have won the title the title at Renault, but lost out to Piquet. It was only when he went back to McLaren in '84 that things finally clicked. Second in 84, 4th in 87 when arguably Williams had the best car, and WC in 85, 86 and 89. Ferrari was a bust (although watching him wind Mansell up was hilarious), but then WC again in 93 in a Williams.
Senna is a funny one, because he was only truly fast in a car that someone else had worked hard to develop. He couldn't develop a car for toffee. Ruthless and only sometimes a genius, I'd say that the closest analogy to him really, is Vettel.
Schumacher is really the one you can compare Lewis to, ideally, in terms of outright results. And also when it came to car reliability. Prior to that, you do have to take into account that you were lucky if you got a dozen finishers in a GP from a grid of 26.
The start to Prost's career was rather iffy - one poor year at McLaren before three seasons at Renault. He should have won the title the title at Renault, but lost out to Piquet. It was only when he went back to McLaren in '84 that things finally clicked. Second in 84, 4th in 87 when arguably Williams had the best car, and WC in 85, 86 and 89. Ferrari was a bust (although watching him wind Mansell up was hilarious), but then WC again in 93 in a Williams.
Senna is a funny one, because he was only truly fast in a car that someone else had worked hard to develop. He couldn't develop a car for toffee. Ruthless and only sometimes a genius, I'd say that the closest analogy to him really, is Vettel.
