My respect for Rosberg has gone up enormously after this race, the way he has conducted himself all weekend, top bloke. Just not quite as quick.
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Just to backtrack a couple of pages to the Button discussion, you can only really compare yourself to you team-mate right? Well, Hamilton beat Alonso and Button beat Hamilton. I think Mclaren would be nuts to get rid of JB, not just in racing terms, but as Eddie Jordan kept saying over and over again he’s a great ambassedor for both Mclaren in particular and F1 in general, hopefully Honda will make them keep him, he’s big in Japan.
I’m not a Hamilton fan at all, but well done to him. I think the driver of the year has to be Ricciardo though, beating Vettel so comprehensively and being such a nice chap at the same time. Is it just me who thinks Red Bull always favoured Vettel when they knew a title was at stake, but this year they knew couldn’t win so gave the drivers equal treatment to maximise constructors points, and then Vettel threw a hissy fit about being beaten fair and square and ran away to somewhere he won’t get shown up so badly?
Disappointment of the year, definitely Raikkonen, I wouldn’t employ him if I was running a team, far too many ‘can’t be arsed’ races.
Great drives from both Williams drivers all year and Vergne in the second half, hope someone takes him on, Sauber maybe?