It might be that any driver, who takes less points in wet races in a period of 2 years than Felipe Massa is able to. Isn't a rain master. (Massa scored most points of any driver in wet races in 07-08 combined)
And that fits quite well into my view of the grid today, that there ain't no rain masters. There are guys that are quick in rain, but no rain masters. Personally this is also down to the fact that we have parc ferme rules, and when rain is a big possibility, some gambles on wet setup, some on a hybrid setup, and some gambles on dry. Vettel at Monza is a good example of that.
Oh, and HRT looks great!!
07 traction control was still in effect. Not exactly a showing off driver skills in the wet.
Monza GP is a great way to compare Hamilton and Massa.
Qualifying
6th - Massa
15th - Hamilton
(Kubica, Hamilton, Raikkonen all failed to set a laptime in Q3, due to team mistake.)
Race
6th - Massa
7th - Hamilton
So while Massa got nowhere, Hamilton went on a charge through the field and ended up the race just
1 second behind Massa.
Monza was no question it was a rain race, everyone set up their cars for rain.
All three practice sessions was affected by rain, Qualifying was dripping wet. Race was dripping wet.
So you have to ask yourself here.. what was Massa doing during the race?
While Hamilton had to navigate traffic, fight with Kimi and still go 2 seconds faster then Vettel in the wet and then finished the race just 1 second behind Massa you have to ask yourself what would happen if Massa and Hamilton had started right next to each other?
I think you know the answer to that question.
Monaco GP, Massa starts first on a wet track, ends the race in 3rd place.
Hamilton starts the race in 3rd but ends in 1st.
British GP, let´s remind ourselves what Massa did in 2009, he broke the world record of most spins on a wet track ever.
but let´s jump back to Silverstone 2008, race was semi-wet, people started on Inters.
Hamilton qualified 4th, won the race in the wet.
Massa qualified 9th due to slow pitstop, ended the race 13th because he spun his car in the wet.
SPA GP
Hamilton qualified 1st
Massa 2nd
(should be noted that Hamilton put 4 tenths between him and Massa despite making a massive mistake in La Source)
Hamilton won the race but got penalized because of a stupid assesment that Hamilton cut a corner even though he fully gave back the spot right after.
Raikkonen was leading the race in front of Hamilton. But when rained started to fall heavily, Hamilton catched right up to him.
And eventually passed him after their epic battle.
Massa finished the race second. But on paper, after the 25 sec penalty Hamilton got it ment Massa won the race while Hamilton finished 3rd.
So who did the best wet race there? Hamilton without a doubt but because of the penalty, points were in favor of Massa.
Brazil GP was a race that started damp, dry tires coming on at lap 11, then massive showers hit at lap 66.
Massa did great there no doubt.
French GP, Not really a wet race. Some very light rain that did not affect the drivers.
Massa won the race because Kimi´s right exhaust pipe was damaged.
Maybe we should count the full on wet races?
Monaco - Silverstone - Monza
Monaco Qualifying
1st - Massa
3rd - Hamilton
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Monaco Race
1st - Hamilton
3rd - Massa
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Silverstone Qualifying
4th - Hamilton
9th - Massa (due to mistake)
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Silverstone Race
1st - Hamilton
13th - Massa
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Monza Qualifying
15th - Hamilton (due to mistake)
6th - Massa
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Monza Race
6th - Massa
7th - Hamilton
SPA Hamilton really won, Brazil Massa won. Both started and ended in rain.
It´s crystal clear Hamilton is the better wet weather driver of the two. crystal clear.
