Comments on: Thoughts on the state of the championship

By: LeighJW

LeighJW — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000

If Button is not worthy, tell me who is?

By: F1 Fan

F1 Fan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:24:22 +0000

Top Driver fine their way into top cars regardless of contacts, re: Ferrari.

I do believe Button will stay at Brawn but he certainly wont attract top dollar and I think Rosberg will only lower his stocks next year (I’d be happy if he proves me wrong.

By: 955i

955i — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:15:59 +0000

Who is Nicky Haddon?

Did you mean Hayden?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:28:31 +0000

Er, he isn’t a target of one of the ‘top’ teams because the last time I checked they were full?

Button will stay at Brawn.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:41:47 +0000

Well I count Hungary as a crash too since he damaged the suspension by ramming into Raikkonen.

By: Steve Mc

Steve Mc — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:27:12 +0000

Quite right, James – I think that that is what most of us are trying to get across to a few, shall we say, more vociferous posters…

By: Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:15:15 +0000

Niko, your points are well made,but you make them with the benefit of hindsight. You use the word ‘fact’ quite often, but the only facts the history books will show are the leading points scorers in the WDC and the WCC and the Runners-up may get a small mention. The RBR problems & RB’s brake issues plus McLaren & Ferrari getting their act together is just the way it goes. If Vettel wins the WDC, fair play to him. I wonder what we would be discussing, had the Brawns won both titles by Singapore…Boring/predictable races maybe?

By: Stevie P

Stevie P — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:43:48 +0000

To Ahmad Albashrawi (I couldn’t reply directly to your point, so posted a new comment – I hope you get to see it)… ok, that’s a valid point about Kubica being slightly heavier and I take that on-board.

I’m up for debate and constructive ideas n thoughts, without it becoming a slanging match, so thanks for that

KERS is irrelevant though as neither BMW or Brawn use it.

Button was out of position due to his deserved penalty – both Brawn drivers were compromised in quali, yet that’s no excuse for “ignoring” yellow flags.

We’ve seen all season faster and lighter cars have been stuck behind slower and heavier cars, yet have not been able to get past on-track and thus they have their strategies utterly ruined. Why? Because the cars are ultimately designed to run in clean-air, rather than “dirty air”.

The aero has been clawed back as the season has progressed making over-taking much harder, regardless of fuel-loads.

I believe Liuzzi was very light in Singapore started near the back and couldn’t get past anyone… Sutil had a similar scenario and he clobbered people in Japan and Singapore. My point re: Button’s pass on Kubica, was how clean and precise the pass was.

I’m not saying Button is the world’s best driver… ever. Nor is he “always” out of position. I’m saying he makes places when he needs to… earlier in the season I was convinced this had something to do with the adjustable front wing… I figured Brawn had done something cagey that allowed them better aero, when stuck in the turbulence behind another car.

Any person who becomes WDC deserves it. Not at the start or the finish, but across the whole season and if Vettel “does a Kimi” and wins from miles back I’ll be happy too as it will have been an exciting end to an interesting season.

Button himself said “…we have low fuel and the cars in front have 25 kg more fuel than us, which is a lot of laps – 10 laps – makes tomorrow’s race very difficult”. He admitted that, knew what he needed to do and got a point – that, to me, deserves some credit.

By: monktonnik

monktonnik — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:33:41 +0000

Never said Button was the best of all time, although clearly I am a long term Button fan so I do think that he is talented.

Vettel is a very talented F1 driver, and will be a future champion. I genuinely like him.

By: Mike from Medellin, Colombia

Mike from Medellin, Colombia — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:34:40 +0000

Button will win the championship with a small margin. Then some fool will say something nonsensical such as “he’s better than Lewis Hamilton because Hamilton won by 1 point and Button by xx points”.

The driver market says it all. Button is not the target of one of the other top teams. If I am not wrong, he’s a free agent in 2010. If he was so good wouldn’t one of the top teams come running after him. Ross Brawn probably knows that in the longer term he will have to let Jenson go.