[Deschodt]

What's good about this is a reminder for new fans that F1 is mostly about the car.. of them could be WDC given the dominant car, 5 more would have a chance on a good year.

Was Hamilton's talent alone worthy of 7 WDC ? Was Schumacher's ? In both cases I vote "not without the best car".
Vettel was 4x WDC and yet once the double diffuser went away, trashed by Ricciardo at RB, destroyed by Leclerc at Ferrari (and to a degree embarrassed by Stroll at Aston) - in the same car.
Hamilton isn't looking all that impressive vs Russell this year. he was also beaten once by Britney (as Webber once called Rosberg). The only time we got a fair comparison of champions was Lauda vs Prost then Prost vs Senna, arguably the best drivers of the era in the same car. And even that was not as clear cut as people thought.

Now that Sir Lewis has to start mid pack and not lead from turn one most races, we're seeing that he's great, but just as whiny as the rest of them when having a bad day - and maybe not walking on water. I truly believe Verstappen, Leclerc, Alonso, Russell, Hamilton, (who am I forgetting?) would all win in this year's Red bull (or in the Ferrari w/o Ferrari's strategists.)