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Originally Posted by Pierre

What, you mean the same way Hamilton only won because his car was better than everyone elses?

People seem to forget that, at the start of the season, while Jenson was doing well because he had the best car, Hamilton was at the other end of the grid because his car wasn't any good.

Only when his car improved did Hamilton start moveing up the grid.

Very rarely has a driver with an inferior car won a championship, in fact the only person that regularly made a car outperform itself was Schumacher in the late 90's when he raced the arse off an inferior Ferrari, but he still failed to beat the Williams of Villneuve and Mclaren of Hakkinen. Only when Ferrari got the car right did Schmacher start winning his championships.

IMO, all these people who are saying that Button only won because he had the best car do not understand F1 very much.

Yes, he had the best car and yes he won, he should have been winning. Later in the year when the other teams caught up he still managed to hang in there and continue to score points, that's what won him the championship.

Towards the end of the year Redbull had the best car -guess what - they started winning.

We'll see next year. I don't think Hamilton will dominate button. As long as they have identical equipment.

very true, and until the powers that be remove the over reliance on the car and the wind tunnel programme we are stuck with never really knowing who is the best driver each year