Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
Unfortunately, that is an impossible way of determining greatness. In any equipment-based competition, competitors would use different equipment of various degrees of performance. This is usually due to poor choices or a lack of adequate funding. The level of funding available to competitors mostly translates to perceived talent by the backers of the competitor. Even among those with the best equipment, one individual always stands out and dominates his category. And he is respected and revered for his achievement. That has always been the nature of competition through the ages. And that is also how the world we live in works. Where some with advanced technology, sophisticated military might and wealth dominate and undermine others with lesser in comparison. You would not hear anyone saying if you give every nation the same technology, military capability and the same wealth, then we would be able to determine which is really the greatest nation ever.
Impossible? Maybe for those that didn't follow the sport, but in reality often the great drivers will at some point find themselves in equal machinery over time. Right now Verstappen is the only WDC on the grid to have not faced another previous or future WDC in the same car. So no, it's not even close to any impossible comparison. With any car superiority taken out of the picture, often they suddenly become much more equal, so fans of any particular driver tend to shy away from such comparison.

With so few choices on the grid, every driver makes their limited choices based on seats available to them and the attached conditions. None has just jumped team to team at will, but usually the best have at least some choices over time. Compare any driver you wish to the other top drivers in equal machinery, and show me domination. It really doesn't exist and if often the reason one of the drivers leaves a team.


Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
While that is clearly nonsensical, it is clear that competitors that succeed do so because they have inherent exceptional talent, a judgement that is calculated to ensure success and an ability to deliver exceptional performances when the opportunity to shine presents itself. That is the common attribute of the greatest in whatever equipment-based sport there is. But you would not know this as you have not achieved anything of that stature else you would not say these things. There is luck and there is pure genius, l hope one day you can see the difference.
What is nonsensical is thinking that any driver on the grid is psychic. They make their choices and hope for the best. They might walk into a declining team, walk into a rising team, or walk into a stagnant team. If it were pure genius with such amazing insight, most would have as many WDC's as they have years in the sport.

As for your personal jabs, you need to understand something. To insult someone they must give worth to your words. Being you know nothing about me or my personal accomplishments, I give your statement no worth, thus am not at all insulted. It just goes to show what a childish level you will go to when others differ in opinion from you.



The F1 grid isn't going to turn sideways because your favorite driver is unhappy. If he reaches the point of looking elsewhere, he might get offers. But the same if true of most other drivers. If pure genius was involved, he would have left Merc before last year started.