SimRacer

Ferrari which was 1.5 seconds slower than RedBull cars in that era.
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@patrickl
In THOSE CONDITIONS a Mclaren was still on the front row and a tenth from pole. A good half second quicker than anyone other than Vettel.

In the race, the next best Red Bull car was half a minute […]

@patrickl
Kovalainen was half a second and 8 tenths quicker than those on the second row. The other Red Bull cars finished nowhere in the race. The other Toro Rosso had nowhere near the race pace of Vettel, and […]

Ferrari is not only the most well-rounded car for all tracks (2017 car as well)
This year maybe, but in 2017, Mercedes took 15 poles and 12 wins out of 20. That says all you need to know @amg44

So the conclusion is that Vettel was marginally better than Kovalainen. great.
A Kovalainen driving a significantly better car @patrickl

@freelittlebirds
Yeah, so it’s pretty clear you’re not being serious if you’re justifying your comment by saying “Vettel didn’t meet the stewards during the race”.

Ferrucci refused to attend the stewards h […]

Yes, because a proven World Champion and a driver who could be leading the championship if not for mechanical issues are “mediocre”. And Ricciardo who is being out-qualified every week is currently doing so much better.

@freelittlebirds
Ferucci failed to meet the stewards afterards, and had a number of other incidents through the weekend. Not comparable.

@carlosmedrano – Yes, and he has a far better record than Villeneuve in any case.

Actually the Webber/Vettel crash won the title for Kimi Raikkonen. Had Webber and Vettel finished 2nd and 3rd, Raikkonen would have been 5th, and Hamilton would have won the title.

Agreed RB13

@mashiat
There you go forgetting about unreliability again. Alonso inherited 2 wins and more points from Red Bull’s unreliability in 2010, whereas Mercedes’ only mechanical failure in 2017 was Bottas when he was […]

Luckily you can run traction control on all cars in the Codemasters Games ;)

Their cars also weren’t in the same league. Verstappen was driving a midfield car and tripled his teammate’s points while challenging some faster cars than his own. Hamilton was driving a frontrunning car and […]

The two Finns are an accurate measure of where the cars are I think, and if Kimi is outqualifying Bottas by 3 tenths at Silverstone that says it all really.
Okay then:
If Bottas is outqualifying Kimi by 4 tenths […]

@carlosmedrano Not gonna happen buddy. If Vettel has the quicker car, he’ll win. If Hamilton has the quicker car, he’ll win.

Which older spec cars? The last three years with the narrower cars Mercedes were overwhelmingly dominant. The final year before the hybrid era Red Bull were dominant.

@coldfly @ivan-vinitskyy
And Bottas’ start was better than Kimi’s too.

And what was that exactly?
Podium finish?

Only a few races ago he did what is basically unthinkable if you’re not driving a Ferrari, Mercedes or Red Bull.