"I meet fans and read the feisty comments people like to amplify on X, saying what a boring season it was, presumably because one combination dominated."
This season had 50 overtakes per race on average: the 4th highest value since 1984! Would have been 44 without Zandvoort (186 overtakes, the all-time record!) Ground effect helped 2011 (when DRS was introduced) has the record: 66 overtakes/race Made via @JMP_software #YesJMPcan
"From my perspective I don't believe I've ever witnessed such a level of close racing, overtakes, and jeopardy through the entire field, which further closed as the season progressed."
"He's very direct and honest, what you see is what you get, and he clearly doesn't care all that much what others think. I can't help but feel that a little more diplomacy and balance would be more fitting to the legacy he will leave, and after all, we are all only guardians of this great sport as we pass through."
"Of course, he was feisty and a little wild as a teenager when first racing in F1, but he sorted that out and is mostly a model of calm out on track now, and as fair as anybody else when it comes to hard racing."
"I don't understand why he's still seen as the villain, but the fans will make up their own minds."
