Whatever your view on It, you can't knock his ability to drive a car round a circuit.

Yes he's driven the best car for a few years now but he's always had a team mate in the same machinery and generally he's been faster, especially on qualifying laps.

What would be great from a spectators point of view is an absolutely top notch team mate. Max V would probably be my choice. Clearly the Merc f1 team would never put themselves in that position though as it just wouldn't work