One word that describes this year’s F1 season so far is topsy-turvy. No driver has won more than a single race in the six races that have occurred in this season so far. No team looks dominant enough that it can be backed to bag the World Constructors Championship.
Six races six different winners. It's been a new record and the season has just started.
This year's F1 was already made exciting by the presence of six former & current World Drivers Champions on the grid namely: Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikonnen and Sebastian Vettel. The fans had a lot of expectations from this star studded line up and they haven't been disappointed so far.
While F1 2011 was a single driver and team show (Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing), F1 2012 is open season. It is anybody’s championship to win or lose. There are more than six teams which are strong and have the potential to cause an upset as seen in the races so far. The usual suspects namely Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari are present, but matching them pace for pace and strategy for strategy are smaller and newer teams like Lotus, Mercedes and Williams.
Pastor MalDonaldo and Williams sprung a surprise on others by winning in Barcelona. Others like Kimi Raikonnen and Sergio Perez have been hovering on the edges threatening potential upsets given the right conditions.
All the teams are evenly matched and the winners are those who are clearly able to manage their cars and tyres better. This season the Pirelli tyres are causing most of the upheavals with the teams struggling to adapt their cars to the tyres to get the best performance out of them. While this has caused a lot of frustrations within the teams it is clearly a win-win for the spectator who gets to see lots of racing and overtaking maneuvers up and down the track as opposed to just one driver or team dominating the race.
With 20 tracks in the season it is the longest ever F1 season yet and there is still time for the teams to make up ground or get an edge over their rivals. That being said if the current status quo of no driver dominating the season continues we may be in for a cracker of an end to the season, with the Championship decided on the racing track as it should be rather than in the pits or the garage as has been the norm in the past few year.
All in all it is shaping to be the best F1 season yet.
Six races six different winners. It's been a new record and the season has just started.
This year's F1 was already made exciting by the presence of six former & current World Drivers Champions on the grid namely: Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikonnen and Sebastian Vettel. The fans had a lot of expectations from this star studded line up and they haven't been disappointed so far.
While F1 2011 was a single driver and team show (Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing), F1 2012 is open season. It is anybody’s championship to win or lose. There are more than six teams which are strong and have the potential to cause an upset as seen in the races so far. The usual suspects namely Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari are present, but matching them pace for pace and strategy for strategy are smaller and newer teams like Lotus, Mercedes and Williams.
Pastor MalDonaldo and Williams sprung a surprise on others by winning in Barcelona. Others like Kimi Raikonnen and Sergio Perez have been hovering on the edges threatening potential upsets given the right conditions.
All the teams are evenly matched and the winners are those who are clearly able to manage their cars and tyres better. This season the Pirelli tyres are causing most of the upheavals with the teams struggling to adapt their cars to the tyres to get the best performance out of them. While this has caused a lot of frustrations within the teams it is clearly a win-win for the spectator who gets to see lots of racing and overtaking maneuvers up and down the track as opposed to just one driver or team dominating the race.
With 20 tracks in the season it is the longest ever F1 season yet and there is still time for the teams to make up ground or get an edge over their rivals. That being said if the current status quo of no driver dominating the season continues we may be in for a cracker of an end to the season, with the Championship decided on the racing track as it should be rather than in the pits or the garage as has been the norm in the past few year.
All in all it is shaping to be the best F1 season yet.
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