Are we discussing over if 4 time F1 champion (all back to back) is good or not? I mean for the past 60 years or so, there has been only 2 people who have managed to get that achievement, Hamilton and Schumi.
I get that Vettel had some problems with some of the teams after that, which is totally understandable but that was literally the years where Mercedes just dominated the league so much that at one point they were averaging 30+ seconds to closest other team.
Sure Vettel had that one year, but aside from that it was usually not that easy for him to beat Mercedes, even if Mazepin drove Mercedes I say Vettel wins maybe 1-2 championship at the very most, that car was THAT good, hopefully it changes this year. He may not look like much right now to many newbies but he is one of the best driver in the F1 history, definitely top 10 in the history, some may even say top 5, but top 10 is definite.
^ It can be said that Vettel is quite good as a driver. If we look at Merc or Red Bull, they have both the good drivers and the best cars which accumulatively makes them the best F1 racers.
But drivers like Vettel don't get the car that Hamilton or Max get which is ways a big drawback for them. This is why I feel like if all the cars were the same, it would've been a fair game. Lemme know what you guys think about it.