While I set up my blog last year, I have not done justice to it and I hope with this piece I’ll get serious about it!
The 2010 F1 season has so far turned out to be interesting more due to rain, the new points system and a couple of racing incidents than any exciting racing itself. In the past pit stop strategy, especially if there are 2 or three stops, added to the excitement and uncertainty and kept the teams guessing as to when their competitors would pit and for how long. Now it is extremely bland with mainly 1 stop to change tyres.
The new points system has shaken things up a fair bit due to the larger gap between 1st and 2nd and also 1st and 10th. Currently it is a hot battle between Webber, Vettel, Hamilton, Button and Alonso with Kubica, Massa & Rosberg not far behind. If Michael Schumacher gets a couple of wins under his belt and a few more top 5 finishes he could be in the running too this year but I feel he will treat most of this year more as an R&D exercise and will be top of the charts next year.
It is also interesting to watch 4 champions competing in this season and would have been extremely fascinating if Kimi Raikkonen had stayed on this year and Jacques Villeneuve had managed to get a drive making it 6 in all!
Mark Webber has been the revelation of this season and he is truly living up to his potential. He finally seems to have ridden himself of the bad luck plaguing him for so many years, seemingly capped off by the horrific accident he had towards the end of 2008 while riding in his own charity event in Tasmania.
Among the teams Force India have shown tremendous improvement over last year and are now seen fairly regularly in Q3 and are ahead of established teams like Williams, Sauber and Toro Rosso in the constructors standings. Vijay Mallya’s golden touch seems to have brushed off on Force India too. If the maiden Indian GP does get off the ground next year, Force India will be a brilliant ambassador for the sport in India as a team which is currently a serious contender for points and not just a back marker!!
With only 7 out of 19 races run so far the 2010 season is wide open and one hopes that the weather continues to play a part in keeping the excitement alive.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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3 comments:
this is fun
who is your pick for the next race ?
cool!
I would pick Mark Webber again. I think he truly believes that he is a title contender this year. He is in the zone and has the team and the car to help him realise his dream!
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