[dyyni]

Also, a good driver might not be a good team member which might put them in a disadvantage. Räikkönen was considered one of if not the fastest on the grid during his best years but iirc wasn't very good as a team member in the car's development phase which hampered his and his car's performance

[ethbro]

Nothing will ever be as great as Räikkönen's press conferences, though.

"Kimi!!! How did you feel the car was today?!"

"Car was good." walks off

[ezconnect]

One of Räikkönens great skill is giving feedback to the engineer that's why he is still driving and good at developing cars.

[otherme123]

But always against his teammate.

You can put whatever driver you name in a Mercedes from 2014 until today, and he will end at least in second place in the championship. I cannot imagine a single driver, not even Maldonado, that would end worst than 2nd except due to incredible bad luck with the car reliability.

Verstappen is an incredible good driver that probably deserves to win multi-championships. But as it is now, Bottas is closer to that achievement than him.