Justin: No F1 for 4 months now and I'm not going to be carried through that period on a wave of "Fernando Fever", as he didn't claim his third world crown as we all know. I felt thoroughly flat as we watched the race unfold (thanks to our reader's folks for providing a posh lunch spread).
What can one say that hasn't been said about the race already? With Webber and Alonso pitted early and stuck behind Petrov on a track (plus aerodynamics) that is difficult to overtake on, you had Alonso driving off the circuit to try and get past Petrov. I counted around 5 actual overtakes by people during the race and there were plenty of people calling to alter the track layout after the race.
Fair play to Vettel for winning the title, but he hasn't been the best driver this year. I still think that accolade goes to either Webber or Alonso - Andrew Benson agrees about Alonso http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/11/who_were_the_top_10_f1_drivers.html
, as does DC. The guy in the quickest car won it, but the guy in the second quickest car (third quickest for the first half of the year) essentially lost it (or his pit crew did anyway) in the last race....he continually outdrove his car in the first half of the year, when he made some errors, then he started relentlessly pounding in wins and podiums once the car was more up to standard.
This is a fairly flat blog to round off the year, and for that I must apologise, but I still cannot believe that of all people Vettel won it. Weasel!
Oh well, it gives us 5 champions on the grid next year and a Fernando Alonso who will be more determined than ever to get his third world crown.
Incidentally, I wonder if my co-blogger watched the James Hunt/ Barry Sheene documentary on ITV the other day? Classic stuff there.
See you all in 4 months. What will we do without F1?? I for one am hoping for an f1 book or two for xmas.
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