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I don't know about the first part. Mika was definitely fast, there's no doubt in that. I still remember the day I saw him lose the race after his engine blew up on the last lap with a 20s lead. When kimi first started racing for McLaren, you could see he was quick. It probably helped that his teammate DC had gotten really slow towards the end of his career with McLaren but there were often times when Kimi was untouchable during the race. The thing about him has always been the setup. If the car was perfectly setup for him, he was untouchable. You could see him overtake everyone, set the fastest lap and comfortably win the race unless something blew up or broke down on his car (which happened quite often). There is a reason I was a huge kimi fan during the early 2000s. Him being the successor of Mika was definitely one reason but the bigger reason was how fast he was when it was his day. Schumacher often had the best car and was dominating. It was too boring to support him. Alonso didn't really stand out until 2005 when he was finally in a competitive car. It was Kimi and Montoya for me. Both had absolute raw pace but often shitty luck. Alonso's strength was his consistency. He wasn't a very exciting driver for me to watch though. He didn't pull out insanely fast laps or absolutely dominate a race. He was just always there on the podium. Even if he didn't win, he'ld be there on the second or third step. With Kimi it was more of he either wins the race or its a DNF! It was very frustrating supporting him but it was also very exciting as you knew when it was his day and he'ld be on a charge, the only thing that could beat him was his car!  

I have to say Kimi no longer seems to have that blistering pace anymore (though the last race gave us glipse of the old Kimi!). But he seems to have become a better racer. He's a lot more patient now, doesn't make stupid moves and is much more smoother. Its a more mature driving style than his early days.   

I have to agree Bottas doesn't have that excitement though. Heiki Kolvaneinen was pretty exciting the one year he was with McLaren but too bad he didn't really do anything after that. I would like to see a new super fast Finnish kid replace Kimi when he retires.
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