[Roman]

It's the car. Period. Full stop.

There is a greater disparity between cars than there is between drivers. On a scale of 1-10, the worst driver on the grid is a 6 or 7 but the worst car on the grid is a 2. Lewis Hamilton will never win a race in a Williams.

Let's take the 2020 season as an example. Mercedes is dominant (and that's an understatement). Williams is not. Lewis Hamilton is untouchable in his Mercedes. George Russell is constantly a back marker in his Williams. Lewis Hamilton gets covid and is forced to miss a race. George Russell gets to drive his car. If not for a botched pit stop, George would have won that race. How do you go from always finishing P19 or P20 to P1 in the span of a week? Did he suddenly develop driving skills? Did he take a class during the week to improve his driving?

IT'S

THE

CAR.

To be clear, I'm not taking anything away from anyone's favorite driver. Just take the blinders off and look at the objective facts. Why did it take 3 years for Lewis to win a race? Valteri used to win races when he was with Mercedes but he hasn't won squat with Sauber and he didn't win squat when he was at Williams. So he was only a good driver when he was at Mercedes? Nonsense.

It's the car.