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Originally Posted by GuidoK
Absolutely true. Also they were in an era that can't be compared to how rookies now enter F1.
Back then, drivers and rookies got unlimited/unrestricted testing time. So rookies had lots and lots of hours of testing experience in the car they got to drive, unlike now, where they might get 1 or 2 FP's and maybe a tyre testing day (so with different tyres than they get to race).
The rest of the rookie's experience is build up by simulator work and cars from years past.
So Bearman and Lawson getting dropped in an F1 car as replacement and still scoring decent results is also quite the achievement. No one knows how Villeneuve or Hamilton would've done in their place.
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They would be sucessful because they are actually good. If they are a product of their era, why didn't anyone else replicate it before or since? If they are a product of the "best car" (which unironically is Max's entire career) why did Ham go on to win his second year? How was he able to overcome a X2 WDC in his ROOKIE season.
The hardest competition Max faced in the same car was a guy who never placed more than 3rd in the WDC. Such talent.