Button Versus Trulli - 2002

[bajo39 0]

Many of you seem to be under the mistaken impression that because Button scored more points in 2002 than Trulli, that he performed better and some of you even think he is better. A detailed analysis of the facts suggests otherwise. All me to explain.

QUALIFYING

Trulli outqualifies Button 12-5, a huge margin, at a time when qualifying was considered by many to be the most accurate measure of driver ability.

RACE PERFORMANCE

Button outscores his teammate 14-9 but as always reliability is massively in his favour, Trulli having mechanical failures nearly twice as often. If we exclude the races where one or the other suffered a mechanical failure and only count the races where they competed against each other, the reuslts are more sobering for the Button fan - Jarno beat Jenson 9-7!

CONCLUSION

But for a gross advantage in mechanical reliability, Jenson Button would not have beaten his more capable teammate. Any suggestion that Jenson demonstrated his dominance over Trulli in 2002 is complete rubbish. Unfortunately it is just the kind of thing that is routinely bandied about the forum by the Briton's followers.

[narain fan 0]

Many of you seem to be under the mistaken impression that because Button scored more points in 2002 than Trulli, that he performed better and some of you even think he is better. A detailed analysis of the facts suggests otherwise. All me to explain.

QUALIFYING

Trulli outqualifies Button 12-5, a huge margin, at a time when qualifying was considered by many to be the most accurate measure of driver ability.

RACE PERFORMANCE

Button outscores his teammate 14-9 but as always reliability is massively in his favour, Trulli having mechanical failures nearly twice as often. If we exclude the races where one or the other suffered a mechanical failure and only count the races where they competed against each other, the reuslts are more sobering for the Button fan - Jarno beat Jenson 9-7!

CONCLUSION

But for a gross advantage in mechanical reliability, Jenson Button would not have beaten his more capable teammate. Any suggestion that Jenson demonstrated his dominance over Trulli in 2002 is complete rubbish. Unfortunately it is just the kind of thing that is routinely bandied about the forum by the Briton's followers.

the same people also wrongly believe that ralf beat trulli this season...

[Jem of the Shire 0]

If we looked at points tallies down the years and took away all retirements, there would be different world champions, everything would look completely different. Its unconvincing. Plus rather than state facts you have written it yourself in an extremely biased way to make button look bad. I think you're obsessed with him

Plus no-one has ever said that button dominated trulli

[bajo39 0]

the same people also wrongly believe that ralf beat trulli this season...

That's right Narain, these are the people who follow F1 only casually and cannot remember the individual races but only the results at the end of the season. They therefore have only a cursory understanding of what happened in any given season. Fortunately, in joinging a forum with members like you and I, they have access to in-depth analysis that will provide them the story behind the numbers and lead them to greater understanding.

[Sato 0]

If we looked at points tallies down the years and took away all retirements, there would be different world champions, everything would look completely different. Its unconvincing. Plus rather than state facts you have written it yourself in an extremely biased way to make button look bad. I think you're obsessed with him

Plus no-one has ever said that button dominated trulli

Didn't you start a thread to prove Kimi was better then alonso this year? using the problems kimi had as a defence?

[bajo39 0]

Didn't you start a thread to prove Kimi was better then alonso this year? using the problems kimi had as a defence?

[Shadow 0]

the same people also wrongly believe that ralf beat trulli this season...

ralf himself said trulli performed better than him this season. i don't think there can be any debate after that

[narain fan 0]

ralf himself said trulli performed better than him this season. i don't think there can be any debate after that

some members are bent upon defending the undefensible(read ralf)