Fair do's

Having re-read my last two posts, I have to accept that I seem to be having a go at Vettel - damning him with faint praise over his championship and taking the gloss off his new record of the number of pole positions in a season.  And that would be really unfair because he can only drive the race that's put before him - if he finds himself (as he so often did) on pole in the fastest car and therefore able to simply drive away from the opposition, that's simply the way things are.  I just wish I could feel more confident that he could cut the mustard if the chips were really down (and how's that for a mixed metaphor?).  And until McLaren or Ferrari or whoever come up with a competitive car I'm never going to know, am I?