I agree with that car plays to big role in modern F1. There are differences between top drivers and others (Alonso outpaced Fisichella, Schumacher and Raikkonen theirs team mates), but if top driver dont have top car, cant win.

Massa is good example, and Villeneuve mybie even better - in top car, he almost won his first race in career and had pole position on this race. After winning world championship, he didnt won race again, because he didnt have top car..

I like champcar rules - most teams have same chassis, same engine, manual gearshift, slick tyres.

BTW: Nice quote from Eccelstone:

Schumacher also 'lacked opponents', Bernie charged. "If Villeneuve had stayed in a good car," the Englishman continued, "or Mika (Hakkinen) had kept on going, who knows if he would have had dominated like he did."




Easyrider: Very nice written