Quote Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
So he left a series where the car is by far the most important ingredient for (according to you) a series where the car is by far the most important ingredient.

Certain drivers and teams have little to no shot of winning in NASCAR, just like certain drivers and teams have little to no shot of winning in F1... Le Mans, WRC, NHRA, etc. Of course the car matters in NASCAR. But no moreso than in F1, and I would say a good bit less. I mean, the same team hasn't captured nearly all the poles in NASCAR, has it?
At a given race the top 20 are race winners/race winning pedigree, that's how competitive the series has become.

In F1 you have to be in one of the top 2 teams in a given season to definitely win (yes, there are anomolies like Kovy/2008) or you have to be a special driver in a top 3 team (or even less in the case of Vettel/2008) in a given season to have a shot at winning.