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Originally Posted by Artemis
The most significant is perhaps the analysis by ex-Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug (71): The Pforzheimer, who headed Mercedes' racing activities from 1990 to 2012 after his career as a journalist, is actually not known for comparing drivers. He therefore surprised F1-Insider.com with his personal conclusion. Haug: “I have been involved in Formula 1 for almost 50 years now and have experienced the era of Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. But none of them were as dominant as Max Verstappen.”"
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Sure, but it’s the extremely rare confluence of variables. A perfect storm of sorts. And neither variable by itself or a combination of all but one would’ve yielded the same results. An exceptional driver, an exceptional car, an exceptional car that suits said exceptional driver’s skills, regulations that suit both exceptional car designer and driver, a perfectly weak second driver, and the rest of the field caught flat-footed with the new regulations.
Verstappen in a Ferrari, or Hamilton or Leclerc or Alonso in the Red Bull, or Newey (and Verstappen?) going to Mercedes, pick any promising permutation, no, no and no, would not be as dominant. Victorious ? Perhaps. Dominant ? No.
We’re witnessing the stuff of legend. Enjoy it. It’s coming to an end soon.