Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix, Vettel Cracks as Button Wins Wet, Wild Race.

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Published: June 12, 2011

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Domination.

That's been the main talking point in Formula One so far this season. Sebastian Vettel has been utterly dominant so far this season, having qualified his Red Bull on pole position in five of the first six races and winning five of the six in the process.

Vettel has dominated so far this season, by starting from pole and being able to pull out huge gaps to the field in perfect weather conditions; there hadn't been a wet Formula One race in all of 2011. That all changed in Montreal. And Vettel's dominance seems to have been overrated.

I won't go to deeply into the details of today's race, because there's no reason for me to transcribe events that everyone saw live and in vivid color and sound on a page or on a computer screen. There are people much more skilled at that than me. What I want to highlight is why Jenson Button was able to finish first in a race that people had all but given away to Mr. Magic, Sebastian Vettel.

In short, I think that Sebastian Vettel is overrated.

In his short time in Formula One, he's had success, but he hasn't had to fight or earn that success. He's a talented driver who got put into a good situation. Namely, Vettel has had the privilege of driving three of Adrian Newey's better and more importantly reliable designs.

There is more to being a great Formula One driver than putting your car pole and then lapping the field; the good drivers, the ones we remember, have a quality that can transform any race into their favor. That quality is called racecraft, which is something that Sebastian Vettel is lacking. He is a racer, not a driver, much like Mike Tyson was a brawler and not a boxer.

That is the only crack in Vettel's facade: the lack of racing experience, the lack of grit and desire. Vettel reminds of me of Tom Cruise's character in the first half of Top Gun. He's Maverick; he's only out for himself and his team and to be fast, and if the wins ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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