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I'm not so sure they are incapable of driving the cars... I think that its the overall amount of effort required to get the car working well.

If you look at J Villeneuve.. he was very quick with a well developed car (thanks D.Hill) and in 96 almost took the title. He did so in 97 with a Hill developed car and his success rate thereafter fell gently to almost nothing as it was clear that his skill lay in racing a car... not developing it.

Montoya was much the same... great racing spirit.. much less development talent. The recent WDCs however have shown above average racing spirit and above average development skill....they bring a better car to the grid than the others and so have an advantage.

I think SeaBass, in spite of his skills simply didn't 'get' the amount of work he was required to do to develop the car to his liking in order to maximise his racing skills.. he can't have been too bad a racer to win in the US.. they don't give race wins away in a Corn Flake packet...

But if the car isn't working well for you.. but its working better for your team mate you look like the weaker link..and so you go..