adrianjordan wrote: ↑12 May 2021, 14:45
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑11 May 2021, 11:13
Jolle wrote: ↑11 May 2021, 10:38
Schumacher was kinda forced out. We’ve seen in the past that you can stay relevant in your late thirties and even early forties with the right training and diet. He’s super fit and still looks as hungry as he was at 22.
Fangio was 46 when he won his 5th title. And he was 40 when he won his first title. But Fangio was the true GOAT.
But Fangio had a teammate literally hand over his car. Lewis has never had that [\sarcasm]
no driver from late nineties onwards had to contend with the fact that, he wouldn't walkout alive from the car. every single race. that makes it easy to drive an f1 car.
statistics doesn't make a driver goat. skills displayed in various situations make and to that extent, the drivers of fangio's era, each one of them is a goat. 95% of the current crop would resign from f1 if they are asked to drive those cars on those tracks and under those dreadful safety conditions. the remaining ones hardly survive long enough to rack up the stats.
every grown up adult knows having a dominant car for prolonged time in modern cars helps easily racks up stats. lewis belongs to modern day greats for having displayed great driving skills in modern cars under various conditions that are considered challenging in modern times.
his stats are all achieved under dominant cars with a meak and feeble team mate. while his team mates didn't jump put to make way for him, but he has longer career in great cars unlike any other driver in history. he is undoubtedly a great driver, but not because of stats.
other than fangio, clark probably was the greatest driver of history. it was so unfortunate f1 couldn't witness him long. he was considered blinding fast and probably the fastest there ever was.