Yardstick.

Sebastian Vettel’s detractors claim that he has the fastest car on the grid and, therefore, has it easy, while the likes of Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen perform heroics week-in-week-out in lesser machines.

But that doesn’t really stack up.

Not to take anything away from Alonso, Hamilton and Raikkonen, but Vettel has been mightily impressive this year, out-qualifying team-mate Mark Webber 7-0 and outscoring him by 63 points.

It’s not too far a stretch to say we are witnessing one of the greatest drivers of all time in his prime, yet few people appear to be enjoying it.