Driver of the Race

**jens** · 28th Mar 12, 17:49

Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante

Ferrari n.1 - hopefully this year Alonso will win the championship if Ferrari can sort out their car problems. Only a championship can make you all believers.

I have to tell you one thing. I have noticed forum members have been a bit confused lately with some of your comments. Perhaps it can be analyzed more thoroughly, what is the exact point you want to make.

I think most people acknowledge that Alonso is an absolute top driver, so there is not much for him to prove to F1 fans here, championship or not.

If it is about Ferrari, then they don't have an excellent racing car at the moment and haven't won a WDC for 5 years, so this has made people slightly sceptical. But going back further, you would find 10 years ago people were considering Ferrari virtually unbeatable. I see that Ferrari as an Italian team is important to you, but they are mostly rated based on evidence. And everyone has their ups and downs. If Ferrari starts producing cars-to-beat in future years again, then be sure they will be rated very highly again.

Also you said that Vettel is overrated - so with a similar phrase as yours I may answer to you that Vettel should win the WDC this year to make you a believer.

In any case, while driver of the race was Alonso, teams of the race were Ferrari and Sauber. Ferrari had an excellent strategy, excellent quick pitstops and a very good setup for the conditions. So the race team deserves highest praise for utilizing the maximum from the car! Now it is up to the guys at Maranello to produce something great.

**CavallinoRampante** · 29th Mar 12, 15:52

I mean, Vettel is the same guy who struggled to beat Webber in his first year with RB? Webber cannot be considered a champion. Vettel is also the same guy who is being outqualified by Webber so far this year.... He is a good driver, and had the luck to be driving an exceptionally fast RedBull for two years in a row, just like Button had the luck to be driving the Brown car which was unbeatable. I am not sold on Vettel just yet.... I hope he can make me a "believer" ... but I doubt it. Not this year at least.
LH is the best candidate for the Championship IMHO.