Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso each deserve to win the 2012 title.<\/p>\n
A debate has simmered in the F1 paddock lately about who is the more deserving triple world champion: Ferrari’s ‘samurai’-style Spaniard Alonso, or the back-to-back title winner Vettel, at the wheel of the faster Red Bull.<\/p>\n
“They are both giants and I congratulate them both,” F1 legend Niki Lauda is quoted by Spain’s EFE news agency.<\/p>\n
“But Red Bull is half a second faster and that’s the key.<\/p>\n
“For me, in terms of overtaking ability and strategy, they are evenly matched.\u00a0 Alonso has the advantage of more experience.<\/p>\n
“I think Vettel will win the championship but Alonso will not make it easy and will fight to the last breath,” added the great Austrian.<\/p>\n
But there are rumblings in the paddock that, although acknowledging Vettel’s advantage, most people in F1 would prefer if Alonso triumphs.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think so,” Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg told Sport1.\u00a0 “Sebastian is very popular.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s just the psychological games that are always there in a championship fight.\u00a0 Red Bull is a good team with a good driver and a good crew.”<\/p>\n
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