with regard to driver abilities, unfortunately due to the concord agreement we can never see the top drivers in design freeze and identical machinery. they are trying to kerb advancements via the resources restriction also and doesnt appear to be working.

for me the best way to prove the best driver would have been a cart blanche design car, same tyres, same fuel load , same engine, 5 of your best laps and away you go and no aero tuning allowed. unfortunetaly the closest they get to that is The Race of Champions.

another strange thing i noticed recently too is that both Hammy and Button were the only top drivers to not attend the Mugello tests and strangely enough are no longer in WDC contention. Maybe there is a lesson to be learnt there. Granted all the bad luck in the world cant be mitigated against with practice but it wouldnt have hurt.