Saturday, November 13, 2010

Will we look back and say... that was a good year?


The 2009 Grand Prix season was a cracker. If it was a fine wine it would be one of the best vintages to savor.

Short memory? 2009 was the year Jenson Button won the championship in the all-new Brawn F1 team.
As the sun sets on the 2010 championship tomorrow will fans view this as an equally vintage year for Formula 1 Grand Prix racing?

This year is certainly no beaujolais nouveau (which is released this Thursday and another story). In so far it has been a rough year of unending team dominance. For the championship to head "down to the wire" in the final race is thrilling for the spectators and armchair enthusiasts world-wide.
My 6 year-old has cheered loudly for her "Blue Babies" (Red Bull), jumped up and down when the silver car would lead a race (McLaren), and loved the red cars, as they are as close to pink, her favorite color (Ferrari). At least this year has given us all variety.

I cannot recall as interesting a season-end as Prost-Senna in Japan if I recall correctly who took each other out at the start of the race to decide a championship in an unorthodox fashion.

Alonso (Ferrari), looks to take the drivers championship through his consistency this season.
Webber (Red Bull) the number one driver in the team on points is playing a supportive role to Vettel who while on a lower number of points appears to be a favorite by a team who have not declared who their number one driver is year-long. Yet their actions appear contary to their postion.
Hamilton (McLaren) mathematically stands a chance to win, but probabilty is against him. But on the last race of the season and starting on the front row there is every possibility something will happen, or break, or a pit stop go wrong, or a pig flies over the track (just checking to see if you are reading this).
Regardless, enjoy what will be one of the most memorable races for a long time to finish a season that perhaps will not be as unique as last year but every part as interesting.

That racing!









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