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Originally Posted by javadog
Absolutely nothing different. He didn’t design the car, he didn’t build it; read the story of what happened and you’ll see that point. Michael was about the same number of hours away from the factory as Ayrton and said that he kept himself on European time when back in the states, so what’s the point? Ayrton didn’t live in the factory, either.
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The defense of Michael is noble. It is, however, rather silly to equate the ability of a F! rookie to simply "jump in and drive" equally with Aryton Senna, who had 10 years of F! experience with 3 WDC Titles at the time.
Yes, Michael suffered from the limitations on testing and practice, but was not he also lapped by Senna (in Spain, I believe). We bemoan Bottias for being a tenth or two off of Hammy's pace. Michael needed to work three times as hard, and twice as long to approach competitiveness against Senna. YMM, of course V.
