F1 2010 Season Finale
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:57pm
Sebastian Vettel did it!!! WooHoo!
He is now the youngest F1 World Champion!
Congratulations Seb!
Congratulations Christian Horner, Adrian Newey, Mark Webber, Helmut Marko, DC and the whole RBR!
I wrote a blog right after the race last Sunday but which wasn't posted on the net coz I ran out of internet connection. So this is a bit late already.
I was on vacation and went back to my home province in the Philippines. Knowing that it was a GP weekend, I was looking forward to watch F1 at night. And I assumed they got Star Sports back home since they have cable tv. When I was about to watch qualifying, I found out they only got Solar sports which unfortunately didn't air F1. It was airing a Pacquiao weigh-in session. (Hey, Congrats to PacMan btw.) Then internet connection was very slow since they only use prepaid connection with the plug&play USB. I cant connect though streaming and so I got no choice but watch or rather "read" from the Formula1 Live Feed. I planned to look for resources to watch the F1 season finale after my vacation, just to see how they all looked. But got some luck when I arrived at HongKong yesterday. Touchdown at the hotel, I turned on the TV and viola!, Star Sports was playing an F1 replay. However, the commentators are all Cantonese. I can't understand a word they were saying but am still elated that finally I was able to watch. It already started and was at lap 22 when Alonso was already having a hard time behind a Renault. Too bad i wasn't able to watch the poor pitstop call where he actually lost it all. But aside from that, I guess he can't race that well under extreme pressure. Instead he did some mistakes allowing Petrov to retain a gap. At Interlagos, he had a hard time overtaking William's Nico Hulkenberg and this time at Yas Marina he wasn't able to pass by Renault's Petrov at all. Making him lose 4 points to Vettel in the Driver's Championship battle. A sad day for Ferrari.
Then what happened to Mark? A lot of his fans must've been disappointed as I myself (thou not a fan) was. But it was overlaid by overwhelming happiness for the Sebi-win. I can't understand why on earth can't Mark find the right grip on the most important qualifying race this season. It seems that he forgot the race was a championship decider. He wasn't able to pull off the overtaking stunts he did in Singapore. Where was he when Alonso run wide? It's one chance missed since it was exceptionally hard to pass Alonso with Petrov just right infront of him. Better luck next year for him. For sure RBR will again deliver the fastest car and both driver's will again be given equal opportunities.
Then there goes Lewis Hamilton. He was driving like crazy. He was fighting with Vettel for the fastest lap and Horner looked a little worried and I guess one reason was him. He seemed furious and fast. And he is now accusing Kubica for preventing him to win. But whether Kubica helped Vettel or not, what happened was just right after the unpredictable Renault engine failure in Korea.
Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov; the Renault drivers who did a significant role in the championship race.
Thanks to Kubica for holding Hamilton behind him for some time.
Then bigger thanks to Petrov, he proved he has the capability to keep top WDC contender, Alonso trailing behind. I am not sure if this will win him a seat for next year's season but I am sure he must've won some smiles from the red bulls and angry faces from Ferrari camp. He just contributed to making Alonso the biggest loser!
And now the new youngest F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel!
He lead a wondrously clean race from pole to chequered flag. I was a little worried with Hamilton attacking but the gap was well managed. Kudos Sebastian! I was so so happy that my eyes were hot with tears but forced myself to stop as I realized was only reading thru live feed commentary. LOL! Then when I was watching the replay (in a language that I cannot understand), my eyes were wet once again when I saw Horner and Newey hugging each other and when Vettel on the team radio was crying and managed to say something like "unbelievable... thank you boys..." in between silent sobs. It was his moment of a lifetime. I believe he'll win more WDCs but the maiden will always be special. His mum and dad were there and at that moment they must've been the happiest and super proud parents in the world. Seb proved clear that he can be a winner and not a crash kid.
What happened in Abu Dhabi was a fantastic season finale for an amazing season mostly dominated by RBR. And for Vettel, it should have been a winning streak from Suzuka to end if not for the hapless engine failure in Korea. Nonetheless he prevailed against all odds.
Kudos to Vettel and RBR! It was a fantastic season.
See you next year! Good Luck!
He is now the youngest F1 World Champion!
Congratulations Seb!
Congratulations Christian Horner, Adrian Newey, Mark Webber, Helmut Marko, DC and the whole RBR!
I wrote a blog right after the race last Sunday but which wasn't posted on the net coz I ran out of internet connection. So this is a bit late already.
I was on vacation and went back to my home province in the Philippines. Knowing that it was a GP weekend, I was looking forward to watch F1 at night. And I assumed they got Star Sports back home since they have cable tv. When I was about to watch qualifying, I found out they only got Solar sports which unfortunately didn't air F1. It was airing a Pacquiao weigh-in session. (Hey, Congrats to PacMan btw.) Then internet connection was very slow since they only use prepaid connection with the plug&play USB. I cant connect though streaming and so I got no choice but watch or rather "read" from the Formula1 Live Feed. I planned to look for resources to watch the F1 season finale after my vacation, just to see how they all looked. But got some luck when I arrived at HongKong yesterday. Touchdown at the hotel, I turned on the TV and viola!, Star Sports was playing an F1 replay. However, the commentators are all Cantonese. I can't understand a word they were saying but am still elated that finally I was able to watch. It already started and was at lap 22 when Alonso was already having a hard time behind a Renault. Too bad i wasn't able to watch the poor pitstop call where he actually lost it all. But aside from that, I guess he can't race that well under extreme pressure. Instead he did some mistakes allowing Petrov to retain a gap. At Interlagos, he had a hard time overtaking William's Nico Hulkenberg and this time at Yas Marina he wasn't able to pass by Renault's Petrov at all. Making him lose 4 points to Vettel in the Driver's Championship battle. A sad day for Ferrari.
Then what happened to Mark? A lot of his fans must've been disappointed as I myself (thou not a fan) was. But it was overlaid by overwhelming happiness for the Sebi-win. I can't understand why on earth can't Mark find the right grip on the most important qualifying race this season. It seems that he forgot the race was a championship decider. He wasn't able to pull off the overtaking stunts he did in Singapore. Where was he when Alonso run wide? It's one chance missed since it was exceptionally hard to pass Alonso with Petrov just right infront of him. Better luck next year for him. For sure RBR will again deliver the fastest car and both driver's will again be given equal opportunities.
Then there goes Lewis Hamilton. He was driving like crazy. He was fighting with Vettel for the fastest lap and Horner looked a little worried and I guess one reason was him. He seemed furious and fast. And he is now accusing Kubica for preventing him to win. But whether Kubica helped Vettel or not, what happened was just right after the unpredictable Renault engine failure in Korea.
Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov; the Renault drivers who did a significant role in the championship race.
Thanks to Kubica for holding Hamilton behind him for some time.
Then bigger thanks to Petrov, he proved he has the capability to keep top WDC contender, Alonso trailing behind. I am not sure if this will win him a seat for next year's season but I am sure he must've won some smiles from the red bulls and angry faces from Ferrari camp. He just contributed to making Alonso the biggest loser!
And now the new youngest F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel!
He lead a wondrously clean race from pole to chequered flag. I was a little worried with Hamilton attacking but the gap was well managed. Kudos Sebastian! I was so so happy that my eyes were hot with tears but forced myself to stop as I realized was only reading thru live feed commentary. LOL! Then when I was watching the replay (in a language that I cannot understand), my eyes were wet once again when I saw Horner and Newey hugging each other and when Vettel on the team radio was crying and managed to say something like "unbelievable... thank you boys..." in between silent sobs. It was his moment of a lifetime. I believe he'll win more WDCs but the maiden will always be special. His mum and dad were there and at that moment they must've been the happiest and super proud parents in the world. Seb proved clear that he can be a winner and not a crash kid.
What happened in Abu Dhabi was a fantastic season finale for an amazing season mostly dominated by RBR. And for Vettel, it should have been a winning streak from Suzuka to end if not for the hapless engine failure in Korea. Nonetheless he prevailed against all odds.
Kudos to Vettel and RBR! It was a fantastic season.
See you next year! Good Luck!
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