JoeRockhead:

Alonso:

"When [Ayrton] Senna won the championships and the races, he had the fastest car. When I won the championship, I had the fastest car. Michael [Schumacher] had the fastest car. Lewis broke all the records and pole positions because he had the fastest car. 

"Today, Lewis is driving super well and he's P13. It's Formula 1."
 

https://racingnews365.com/alonso-wades-in-on-hamilton-debate-amid-mercedes-struggles
 

 

And he is absolutely correct.

Formula 1 is a team competition first. Teams are trying to build the winning car each season. They then try and find the best drivers available to deliver that championship to them. Which normally in the process, their drivers, well one of them, will win the driver's title. Not always however. 

One look at how the prizes are structured tells the truth. Prize money are given out on where the teams finished, not where individual drivers finished. Top drivers of course will get paid still, but by the teams, and retained.


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