whitbyviking
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Did you forget the 5 years where Hamilton had Bottas as teammate who is now getting crushed by Zhou? Main difference was that Bottas was good in Q, so he could start from the front and ease his way the podium. While Perez is worse in Q and therefore have it less easy in races. Mercedes had the most dominant car ever by far for 8 years. Red Bull in on year 1.5 now so we have to wait another 6.5 season of this before its equal to what Hamilton and Mercedes in terms of cruising at the top!
If Bottas were in Max seat with Perez as teammate we might have 4-5 different drivers duking it out for the title this season.
We are at year 1,5 of this now and people are going crazy. Imagine at year 4, holy smokes!
My memory is less than perfect but Rosberg and Vettel were competitive in a lot of the Championships Hamilton won, Bottas wasn't quite at his level but challenged him and Massa at least had a year or two where he challenged. Alonso was also a factor in the earlier years. Merc might have had the best car, but the gap was nowhere near what it is now.