K-D look at the talent pool available, ask yourself why eg., DC, ...JV etc are still being paid Megabucks and still driving ok, but when is the last time they went to 10 tenths. The only drivers out there who will do the gladiatorial thing that F1 used to be, and still draws us to F1( and if this makes anyone feel uncomfortable, go look in the mirror and be honest with yourselves) at this time are Alonso, Kimi, Webber, in alphabetical order, possibly Fisi and maybe Sato ( Long live the Samurai Code)
DC is being paid megabucks because he is a VERY good F1 driver, but David Coulthard could never rise to the challenge of being
THE driver, when in a team that was fighting for championships. This season he is showing us exactly why McLaren had him as a race driver for those 9 seasons. He is a better driver than the young guns, promoted by Red Bull. Klien for all his good results are behind Coulthard basically from the beginning of the season. In his second season Klien should be showing us all, how good he really is, but to me he is showing all of us that he ain't THTA good. Since an "old driver thrown away by a top team as no longer good enough" is performing better is basically every department.
The teams os F1 are despite all the words to the contrary all running a number 1 driver, number 2 driver setup. They may claim differently from now until Hell freezes over, but Hakkinen was The number 1 at McLaren, and R?ikk?nnen stepped right into his number 1 seat.
Because Hakkinnen and R?ikk?nnen are better F1 drivers than Coulthard ever was, but Coulthard is still one of the top talented drivers in the world. Maybe "only" the 10th best driver in the world, but that ain't bad, and is the reason that he is paid hansomely.
RB is a driver of very compareable talents as DC. And he is a GREAT number 2 driver in a top team, and he is a very talented driver, maybe the 10th best driver in the world, but that is not the driver that BAR needs to start winning races and championships. They need a driver that is in the top 5 of talent.
JV is a mistake by Sauber, times have passed JV by. He was once one of the best 5 drivers in the world, but that is now a long time ago, and if Sauber had an alternativem he would cut JV lose, pay him out and have this soapopera over and done with. But there is no driver that you can put in JV's seat, that will perform better than JV the balance of this seaosn.
Sato is not a good F1 driver. Fisichella is less talented than both DC and RB. MW is showing us sofar this season that he was hyped a little more than the talent available can cover. At best, on his best days MW is the equal of DC and MW.
Kimi and Fernando are the two drivers completely dominating in F1 right now, they are on another level than all other drivers except Michael Schumacher.
