Who is the best driver in the 2009 season?

May be...

Felipe Massa in a dog of a 2009 Ferrari barring bad luck he would have been on the podium in Shanghai
and put in a stellar performance at Monaco in again a poor car strong in a poor car at Barcelona holding off the very good Red Bull for nearly all of the race and only told to let Vettel go due to a pitstop mess by Ferrari
he came from 11th on the grid to 4th at Silverstone and 8th on the grid to 5th at the last time out in Germany so my vote goes to Felipe 'Baby' Massa

Its hard to say really.
Personally I don't really rate Jenson Button as high as his points are showing. I think that the Brawn car has alot to do with it all, compared with last years Honda results.
Nico Rosberg has proven consistant in practice but it seems that he can't quiet pull it off in qualifying and in the races he manages a decent result.
I might sound bias but I think that the Red Bull team have the best drivers. I mean Vettel broke records last year in Italy with a pole and win in a less than competative Toro Rosso car. He's won several races this year and helped to bring the fight to Brawn.

Mean while Mark Webber (whose career I've followed a fair bit being a fellow Aussie) at the start of his career he had the likes of Sir Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Sir Jackie Stewart saying that if he had a world class car that he could be a world champion.
He has struggled with some pretty bad cars during his career and finally now he has a competitive car his talent is really shining through. I know I said that Jensons position is mostly his car but Mark has had the talent to win just his not had the second part of the formula and that is a decent car.

So in the end I'm saying Webber. Without even getting to the fact that the effect that his injury would have had at the beginning of the year and the recovery needed I think that he has been a real standout of the field. Pole and a first win which included a drive through penalty plus 2 other stops really showed me he has impressive talent.

EDIT: Umm Kurt you might want to do a little more research. Vettel has won 2 races this year in the Chinese and British GP. So essentially Vettel was the one to stop Button from winning not Webber.

mmm...well it would be Jensen Button, Sebastian Vettel or maybe even Mark Webber...but defntly not Lewis Hamilton..

Honestly, i dun think its the driver, but the cars...cz they use all these new stuff to make them go faster n to keep them on the ground..Like K.E.R.S, and the new diffusers..n that is why Jensen Button from Brawn GP kept winning until Mark Webber from RedBull racing just beat him...but Jensens' still leading with 65 points i think...n Mark Webbers 45.5

adrian sutil

Im going on the assumption you mean F1

I believe its Nico Rosberg

It's a toss-up between Jenson Button-the biggest surprise by far-or Sebastien Vettel. Both have shown a great turn of speed this year. If I had to pick one, it would be Button, not because he is leading the World Championship, but because his success was completely unexpected. Vettel has been tipped as a future star for a while, so his success is not unexpected.

I would have to say Sebastian Vettel, I don't think the red bull is a better car than the brawn and yet he keeps on pilling the points and wins

Who notably this year has made the least amount of mistakes? The first who come to mind are Button and Massa.

Button was able to make the best out of the best car until cold temperatures have made his car second only to the RedBulls. But he hasn't committed any mistakes, been smooth and calculated.

But I must agree with Music fan in saying that Massa has excelled while driving an inferior vehicle. After the drama of the end of last season, any driver could have cracked. Instead Massa started professionally with no hang-ups. He did not commit any mistakes this year (unlike in the past). He got the best out of a terrible Ferrari and outperformed his teammate. He kept his composure, has been a team player and never complained about an inferior car. He hasn't shown the mental cracks that Lewis the WC has shown in similar situations. He keeps pounding and getting better results than expected this year.

While Vettel has impressed, Sebastian has also committed three big mistakes in the 9 races so far. In two cases he earned zero points, and in another he lost a possible win.

Unexpectedly Massa is for me the best driver so far this season. Button right behind him. The season is not over, so this is just a temporary ranking!!!

It is hard to tell since I am so distracted by how clownish the cars look now...

My vote goes to Sebastien Vettel...

Red Bull is not the quickest car....
It doesnt have sufficient aerodynamics....when compared to the BrawnGP cars...

Still he manages to snatch victories and podiums every now and then...its simply amazing...and he is very good in wet condition too...
He is a typical pole setter...and he has that capacity to convert poles to wins...


~Cheers!~

That does not mean the driver with most pointsfantastic four 3d