sorry Vader i dont agree. Last year Raikkonen in the last 3 races:
Monza: He was nowhere came in 4th 12 seconds down after Montoya was right with Schumacher the whole race challenging for championship
USA: Came in second 18 seconds behind due to circumstance ie. Montoya having a bad race and many others dropping out Raikkonen on pace was way behind
Japan: Could not even remotely challenge Schumacher for title on pace and came in 11 seconds behind
additionally before the last 3 races he was also considered an outsider for the title due to the fact he was only just in contention with the points he had.
That year was nothing special as far as his performance goes, apart from that what has he done? NOTHING, he has proved very little based upon his own merits.
Alonso is another driver who i think is over hyped. What really has Alonso proved? not much really and he is being shown the way by Trulli at present. Alonso won in Hungary last year but he has not blown people away apart from that, however i do think he is good and better than Raikkonen.
It annoys me the hype over drivers and the way they are built up through peoples immagination half the time (mainly the fault of the press, they do it with Button too)
Lastly i cant believe you say that Raikkonen is one of the best drivers you have seen since you watched f1 in the mid/late 70's i find that with the greatest respect a ludicrous statement, are you saying you put him with the likes of Senna, Prost, Piquet, Mansell, Schumacher? i find that amazing if you do, but you are entitled to your opinion of course.
Well thats my two penneth no doubt you will disagree
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