No one can really. Perhaps the ability to be the fastest right out of the gates with the least amount of information.
I dunno man, everyone has this opinion about Vettel and it still seems odd to me at times. Sure, kimi has blindingly fast hands, Alonso can drive a shitty car fast, and Hamilton can drift anything and is pretty good in the wet, while also being great at qualifying.
However when Vettel is pushing in open air, you'll see his lap times decrease by the exact amount that should result from a fuel reduction in the previous lap, I've seen him do 5 laps+ in a row that were within a hundredth of a second of what the predicted lap time would be if if you calculated his coming lap based on slightly reduced fuel and his previous laptime, he's rarely had a slower Q3 time than his Q2 time. When it comes to preparation and precision Vettel seems to take the cake, but all these people constantly slag him and they know more about racing than I do. He controls tire temp and tire wear better than his teammate. He drifts through a corner while keeping his foot in then pulls fastest lap without being shaken the next lap. So part of me doesn't get it. I'd love to analyze all the telemetry of every driver to figure out who the best is but I don't have that info, so I have to take other people's word for it.
According to them he's nothing special and it's all Newey.
