[bella]

maybe he does and i'm just lost in a haze of apathy, but yeah, amazing driver and spectacular car control but the world champion god factor? not sure.

edit: another way to look at kvyat is in the vandoorne/magnussen context. when it came down to it in the eurocup, vandoorne wasn't as quick (or as privileged with his preparation) as kvyat but stoffel edged him by not over trying, not screwing his tyres up, going for banker results not hero performances etc. equally, magnussen had the better situation last year, but vandoorne had him beaten when the opportunity was there with considerably less car experience. so now kvyat effectively has two more seasons (f3 and gp3 campaigns last year) he seems to have mellowed and improved. would he beat vandoorne in a similar situation to the eurocup if it happened now? i think so... and that's saying something.