I'm sorry but that's a ridiculous comment. Throttle application is key to setting a good lap time, the driver needs the aggression to get on the throttle hard and early but at the same time have the touch and the delicacy not to oversteer the car. It wasn't a car advantage that got Vettel through there faster, it was balls, and the fact that Vettel had enough of them to take turn seven (was it?) in fourth and press his car against the wall, while Alonso took it in third and wanted a good two feet of fresh air between him and the barrier. Not only would this have made him slower through the chicane, but he also then carried a speed deficit down the straight until the next braking zone. Alonso had the car to do something about it in Canada, but Vettel did the better job when it mattered. Also, here's a still of them exiting the chicane. It wasn't a car advantage that put Vettel closer to the wall, it was confidence. please log in to view this image
Vettel out-qualified him 12-7 last year, and I think it was something like 15-2 in 2009, so it's not a recent development that Vettel is a lot faster than Webber. The gap has increased a bit, but Seb is driving better than ever, although Mark has had a few Kers issues which have contributed to it as well.
Only because of his car advantage. Currently he is in a position where his teammate can't get the tyres working and he has so much more downforce than all his rivals. He's still a good driver and good qualifier, but his car plays a bigger role in that. I wouldn't call his win in Spain special - once he got past Webber the race was his to lose. Lewis may have caught him, but Vettel's car pulled away in the high speed corners which made it harder for Lewis. Also I believe Hamilton should have attempted a late braking dive up the inside - his attack on Vettel was weak imo - that's not taking anything away from Vettel, as he successfully defended as he needed to, but just that Lewis could have done better. At Abu Dhabi and Spa they were evenly matched with McLaren imo, and I'm sure they had the best car in China. I don't think the number of rivals make it tougher unless the all the contenders have equally matched cars - which certainly wasn't the case for Vettel. If the MP4-22 was so dominant, why was it Felipe Massa getting so many poles, or Raikkonen winning the most races? I believe that the MP4-22 was equal to the F2007. It's not even slightly comparable to the RB6, which had a much greater advantage than any F1 car post-2004. Just the fact that Vettel and Webber could carry greater speed into corners was proof that the RB6 had more downforce than it's rivals.
