Thread: F1 = Watersport
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:46 AM   #1
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The rain this year is giving McLaren a big advantage. I think you said before that rain is an equalizer.
I'll re-iterate this:
Rain is the great equaliser because it to a very large degree negates the various capabilities of the cars.
I still hold this. In the rain it is the driver who has a bigger proportion of determining where the car finishes.

Senna in Monaco in 1984 - you can't honestly tell me that that Toleman was a world beater. It was Ayrton himself that drove the wheels of that car, not the Toleman being brilliant in the wet.
Likewise Senna's drive at Donington in 1993 was brilliant and again because of Senna being brilliant, not the McLaren which by all accounts if not for Senna was a dog turd on a stick.

Schumacher's drive in the European Grand Prix of 2000 had nothing to do with the Ferrari he was driving, at one stage he was 50 seconds ahead of Hakkinen who looked distant and out of his depth. The only reason why the margin at the end was only 13 seconds was because he dawdled across the line and drive near the pit wall for the team - the offcial race result belies the fact that Schumacher in the rain was pure magic (the Ferrari was irrelevant).

I would agree with it however it seems that when it rains LH does not seem to equal to any other driver/team. So, it seems that so much rain is becoming a major player with a growing importance and concern amoung the different pilots and teams.
If Lewis isn't equal in the rain it's because of the relative ability of Lewis. Equally Vettel's win had very little to do with the Toro Rosso. Vettel's win although it had a little luck showed up the fact that Sebastian Vettel is hiding a storehouse of talent and if anything, the Toro Rosso is holding him back.
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