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Originally Posted by BBri89
Hamilton has more than twice the years in F1. Experience is key.
Compare Max with twice the experience, or Lewis when he wasn't experienced.
Lewis's first 9 races were in a car that should have won the championship that year, and did the next year.
Max has never raced in a car that should have won the championship.
And Lewis lacked racing intelligence too in his early years... making simple significant mistakes, attracting a number of penalties, throwing away better places. He was raw, and needed refining.
But since then he has become a far more rounded racer, a polished diamond.
Max hasn't had the benefit of that time yet. He is also several years younger than Lewis was at the same stage. So he lacked a few years experience of competing in the lower but high-talent formulas. As well as the human factors too.
I'm not saying Max is a better driver than Lewis now, because he's not. Maybe over one lap in the same car he is. Over a race he doesn't have those honed skills Lewis does.
And I'm not saying in a few years he'll be a better driver then than Lewis is now, because we have no way of predicting the future. But you can't compare Lewis now and Max now, it's not a fair comparison.
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Mate .I couldn't agree more ,but as we know is predicting much easier in the best car of the decade ...
Bottas in the RB16 wouldn't finish one single race . But Bottas with ZERO RACECRAFT can win races in a MERC !
This is how good and fast the MERC really is ....