Vettel -like it or not,he's one of the best

Well it looks like the championship is down to Alonso and Vettel.

For me these are the best two drivers on the grid. Hamilton may be capable as going as quick, but for overall ability and consistent delivery, these two are in a class of their own imo out of the current drivers.

Im not a Vettel fan at all. Like most F1 fans, he is one of the drivers I least like to see winning.

It can not have escaped everyone's notice though, that whether we like it or not, he does keep winning.

He also keeps getting pole positions more consistently than any other driver.

I've seen people on here suggest that he is not even in the top 8 drivers in F1 today. Such an opinion is totally unrealistic and reflects an inability or unwillingness to make any sort of objective rational judgment.

People may forget, that before joining Red Bull Mark Webber was known as a highly talented and quick driver, and a qualifier extraordinaire. Yet Vettel consistently out qualifies him.

In his first full season in F1, having just turned 21, this guy won a grand prix - in a Torro Rosso.

In his second full season in F1 - and his first in a competitive car - he finished 2nd in the championship in spite of a catologue of mechanical failures, penalties and such like.

In his third and fourth full season in F1 he was world champion, and in the 2nd of those championships he secured 11 race victories and a world record 15 pole positions.

In his fifth full season, he is battling it out for the title again.

This is already one of the most extraordinary records in the sport's history. Whilst I dont want to single him out for criticisms, this record contrasts significantly with Hamilton's, who let's not forget almost contrived to give away his only title to date in the final race of that season.

People criticise Vettel for not being a wheel to wheel racer, but you dont have to race wheel to wheel in order to be quick. Vettel proves time and time again, that he is lightning quick, and like it or lump it, he is on course to being one of the greatest, and no matter how many times any self professed expert says he's rubbish, he just isnt.