Doesn't tell the whole story. Button's less aggressive style is not as suited to one-lap qualifying as Hamilton's is. But over race distance, Button's smooth driving allows him to maximize his tire use.
This is not to say he's anywhere close to Hamilton in terms of raw pace, but Button's race craft, patience, strategy and experience mean that he's going to keep that McLaren seat for a long time.
Big ask for Alonso tomorrow. He's got to get past six cars to win. Of those six, he can realistically pick off two or three, but not much more than that unless both Red Bulls and McLarens suffer tire issues or other maladies tomorrow.
Oops. Now down to five (depending on why Vettel stopped). Much easier, now.
You know what. There are literally thousands of things in my life that are more important than whoever wins the F1 championship and I certainly don't hate Vettel. I do think that he is spectacular hotlapper but a mediocre racer though. I also hope that if RBR indeed got it wrong so that he in fact did run out of fuel, they won't find some way of getting out of the deserved penalty.
Dax, I like you, but please don't talk about F1, you're Hamilton bias is extreme. For a start, Button destroyed the field at Spa where Lewis just bitched about his setup. But of course, it was all because Hamilton had a bad setup and not because of a lack of speed...
Secondly, McLaren will be disappointed that Hamilton is gone, but he is not the be all and end all of F1, Alonso is better, Vettel is better, and who knows, maybe Perez will be better as well.
