Good driver. Career that roughly consists of two halves. 2002-2008 punching above his weight in midfield, including some stunning qualifying laps. At that time rated as a driver, who could potentially challenge for WDC in the right car. 2009-2013 the right car finally arrives as does the strongest team-mate he has ever faced. Lots of podiums and good results, but now viewed as "underperforming" compared to the first phase.

One of the main weaknesses I can see is that he seems a bit allergic to fragile tyres. From 02-08 period his worst season was 2005, when you had to drive the whole race on one set of tyres. Also he lost performance since the switch to Pirelli in 2011, finishing far behind Vettel in the championship every season compared to 2009-2010, when it was close.

A pity that the last season hasn't paint his abilities in the best light as he is far-far behind Vettel in the points. But that seems to be the usual story - drivers are usually already on a decline in their final season, that's why they retire. However, do we know anybody, who has exited F1 with a win? Alan Jones won the last race of 1981 and then retired (though came back a few years later). Mansell won at Adelaide in 1994, but of course he still went on to participate in two races for McLaren. Häkkinen won 2001 US GP, but it wasn't quite the last race. Winning your last race would be a unique achievement, considering mostly drivers are on a low while going out and retire with disappointing results.