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Oh good grief, this is the most ridiculous debate ever and getting sooooo old.
Of all of the drivers in RWD cars, 3 are seeing success. 2 are in a highly experienced world class team in WSR, and the combination of those drivers, team and manufacturer have been working together for a decade or more. Their teammate is hardly blowing anyone out of the water.
The 3rd guy is in a manufacturer supported, well funded team and is a rising sensation. His teammates have hardly blown anyone else out of the water.
Shedden is also in a manufacturer team which he has a long pedigree with.
If there was a RWD bias/dominance, there would be 7 RWD cars in the top 7 places. Turkington would have been 5 time champion by now. Oh, that's if Rob Austin hadn't wiped the floor with everyone else in his RWD Audi.
The fact is that the most professional set ups are 'dominating' - that means professional in terms of funding, support, team management, experience, driving skill etc. They know what they're doing, do it well and have done for years.
I think it's fine to have favourites and to feel aggrieved when they aren't doing so well, but I hate this blame culture that plagues society these days. Some people have worked incredibly hard and are incredibly talented and are reaping the rewards. BOP does its best to even out the playing field and it ebbs and flows as it tries to do that, but it can't balance out how a whole package works and performs. If some people are more successful, the rest have to up their game. Simple. Always has been. That's the reason that Honda have spent some seasons having an 'unfair advantage' and others being 'unfairly disadvantaged' and still end the seasons there or there abouts. Same with Turkington.
Can we just stop this now?
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