It is go for the 2010 Formula one season! And it has been that way for four races now. In a long time perhaps this is the season that has the most number of competent drivers in a formula one season! If we take a stock of the current pile, then we have 4 world champions i.e Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and the legendary Michael Schumacher battling it out in this season. Champions notwithstanding, there are also the equally capable Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica.
This season was already too tough to call for me before it began. It’s the same way 4 races down the season. With the point’s structure being revamped, it’s a crowded top at the driver’s championship with Button leading, Rosberg at second and Hamilton and Alonso tied at fourth!
The surprise of the season for many people (read media and pundits) has been Team McLaren’s Jenson Button, winning two of the four races already. It’s not surprising at all actually, considering he is the defending world champion, has been in the sport for nearly a decade and has massive experience when it comes to strategy and timing. It was widely and, in some circles, is still believed that Jenson would play second fiddle to his brash and aggressive team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Wonder what they might be thinking now? Yes, Button might be a late bloomer, but no one can take any of his victories away from him. He’s a strong contender to watch out for in this season along with the highly unlucky Sebastian Vettel.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel could be asking every god why his luck is running the way it is. In lieu of his qualifying sessions he could have well been out-of-reach for most drivers already. But the three pole positions in four races did not convert into race victories and who knows, maybe that might come and sting him later in the season. But gear box and engine failures are beyond any drivers control and Vettel being the driver that he is surely has stronger performances to come. Team Red Bull have a very capable car this season and if technical failures can be put aside, we can see that car winning most of the races this season.
Coming to my home country’s Force India now (face gleaming!). Force India has impressed me massively. Almost every team which makes an entry into formula one claims that they are going to make a gradual improvement in terms of performance. A lot of them go bankrupt. And a lot of them stay at the back of the grid. However, Force India in their third year have easily become a middle ranked team. They have at least one car going into Q3 every time, have finished in the points (Excluding the Chinese Grand Prix) this season and who knows, maybe a podium is on its way as well. It’s a job well done for Vijay Mallya, Tec director Mark Smith and drivers Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi
But with 15 races still to go this season is open for most teams to claim as their own. With the exclusion of pit stop refuelling, tyre strategies and weather will play a crucial part in the races to come. Whoever puts the best brains forward, might speed off with glory!
May the force be with us!!!
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