Sanchit f1fan wrote: ↑06 Jun 2021, 16:30
Well Honestly Seeing How Vettel Has Been Able to get the Grasp of the Aston Martin I would be happier with Vettel in McLaren then Riccardo ATM and I wouldn't be Surprised if Mercedes didn't take Russell , McLaren Would Definitely Look At Him
Lets examine Vettels track record.
Ric drove Vettels 2009, 2010, and 2013 redbull in tests and always topped the time sheets and was quicker in short and long run pace. Silverstone 2013 he did not even fit in the seat properly, very uncomfortable and was instantly quicker than Vettel, right out of the box. I called it back then Ric will beat Vettel in 2014 and I was banned off forums and considered a troll as Vettel back then had just won 4xWDC at only 26, and being compared to Senna and to even suggest Ric could match him was a joke, but to suggest Ric will beat him was considered trolling and sacrilegious.
yet from race 1 to the last race in 2014 Ric did not just beat vettel he demolished him in a car Vettel had been in for 5 years.
Ric won all 3 races from behind Vettel on track which is no easy feat. You need to be massively faster to achieve the this repeatedly.
In Spa Ric overtook Vettel on track then proceeded to lap 1-2 seconds a lap quicker the entire race to come first while Vettel was 54 seconds behind down in 5th not even on the podium. Look at the lap times below for proof
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 927&graf=3
Vettel could not get anywhere near the maximum out of the 2014 redbull while Ric in his first race could and did it all year long with 3 wins to Vettels 0.
Heck even in Vettels 2013 exhaust blown diffuser Redbhull Ric got more out of it in 1 test session at silverstone while not even fitting in the seat. So imagine how much more Ric would have got out of the 2013 redbull after a few race weekend to get fully up to speed.
vettel in 2020 got 33 points and charles 99 points. Vettel could not adapt and get anywhere near the maximum out of the 2020 Ferrari car but leclerc could. Even in 2019 Leclerc (who was not the priority according to binotto) got 4 pole positions in a row a record not seen since schumacher. Vettel could not get the maximum out of even the 2019 car. But the 2020 car Vettel struggled even more to the maximum out of it
Not sure why anybody would say Vettel can get more out of a car than Leclerc or even Ric can based on all the facts and data i just mentioned.
Lando is a very fast driver, Stroll is not (Perez made him look like a backmarker most of 2020) so the benchmark is completely different. Lando is top tier or very close to it, Stroll is backmarker or bottom tier.
On top the Mclaren seems very tricky to drive.
To even suggest Vettel who is a much inferior driver to Ric which we know first hand from 2014 and 2013 even, could somehow be beating Lando whos driving the wheels off that Mclaren and doing a better job than Ric is doing is a joke i say!
This year with budget cap and focus on next year means Mclaren cannot afford to make too many changes to that car. Maybe Ric struggles all year. Who knows at this point. But please do not even suggest Vettel would be doing a better job at Mclaren than Ric is currently doing after the absolute beatdown Ric gave him as team mates. Which Leclerc also did. Vettel never got the maximum out of the redbull nor Ferrari which faster team mates proved. Lando would also be giving Vettel at the very least a similar if not bigger beatdown in that very tricky to drive Mclaren
Ayrton Senna: Pure driving, pure racing, that´s what makes me happy.