Now that he has won his fourth world championship, Vettel is now more than even compared with his countryman and 7-times worldchampion Michael Schumacher. I have to admit I never liked this comparison, and I still don't. How can you compare Schumi with his early 2000's car and Vettel's 2013 car? Formula 1 has changed a lot in those 10 years, the cars, the tyres, the rules, the competition. It's impossible to compare them so it's also impossible to say who of them is the best driver. If Vettel would break Schumi's record of 7 titles, does that mean he's better than him? Is it just about numbers of victories and titles? Can we just say, Vettel won more races than Lauda, so that means Vettel is better than Niki Lauda?
My answer is no. You can't compare drivers from different times. Juan Manuel Fangio won five titles in the 1950's, so can you say he's better than Niki Lauda, who won 3 titles in the seventies, or better than Ayrton Senna, who won his three titles around 1990. It's impossible to compare all these great champions. They all were the very best, the best of their time. They aren't new versions of each other. Schumacher wasn't the new Senna and Vettel win never be the second Schumacher, he is just the first and only Sebastian Vettel, it's as simple as that.
Catya Leroux
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