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Half the article states the obvious (a good car is needed to win championships), and the rest is comically flawed. Prost ended his career in a car so dominant, it renders his argument moot. The Williams-Renault, with full active suspension, power steering, traction control, pre-programmed auto shift tranny, the best aero, and the best engine, was simply in another league, and ridiculously easy to drive. Mansell cruised to victory in the same car the year before.
Truth is, the modern Red Bull-Renault is a great car, but only Vettel is able to pull-out a 2 sec lead on the 1st lap of a race, or win a race by half a minute. Webber can't do it, and he's proven himself to be a top-tier driver over the years. Even those who out-qualify Vettel (Mercedes this year, or McLaren in previous years) can't do what he does in a race.
Explain to me how the top teams can qualify within a couple of tenths of pole, yet Vettel can somehow get right to the limit of his car on lap 1, leaving the rest in the dust, and yet he doesn't destroy his tires. Why doesn't Webber just do what Vettel does? Or Hamilton, or Alonso, or Raikonnen? And even after he presumably trashes his tires in his race-start getaway, Vettel continues to clock fastest laps throughout the race.
It's simple. If Vettel wasn't one of the greats, he'd be getting beaten by Webber, Hamilton, Rosberg, Alonso, Raikonnen, Grosjean and Massa, just as often as he wins himself.
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