Originally Posted by
journeyman racer
I don't consider it strange. Results aren't always a result of straight out talent. How a driver mixes within a team and their status within it contributes.
With Raikkonen. He'd have a much bigger presence within lotus, therefore his qualities would make a bigger contribution to the results. At Ferrari, he's a smaller piece of the puzzle. Therefore his abilities contribute less to this results.
There heaps of examples where drivers are affected differently moving to different teams, or a change of teammate, or other piece of the puzzle.