The ten year test

When it comes to formula 1, there's inevitably a lot of debate among fans as to who are the best drivers. In fact right throughout the grid, there is discussion as to whether driver A would beat driver B if they were team-mates. As an example, I heard one fan recently claim that there isn't a single driver on the grid who would ever beat Max in the same car.

Nobody can give a definite answer to that, but when comparing two drivers, I like to use the 'ten year test'. To explain what I mean by that, imagine two drivers in the same car for ten years. What do you think the final score between the two would be?

For most drivers on the grid, as this fan kind of implied, if they were paired with Max then the score after ten years would be ten nil to Max. However, I don't think that applies to every driver on the grid. There are possibly two or three who, if they were Max's team-mate for ten years, would avoid a whitewash.

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