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2010 Abu Dhabi Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: It's human nature to say the most recent experience is "the best" or "the greatest" or "the <fill in superlative here>." However, when history looks back on this season, it's probably safe to say at the very least the 2010 Formula 1 season will be considered a thrilling one, if not at least one of the best.

EVENT: This certainly is one of the grandest sports facility, never mind race tracks, on the globe. However, it still doesn't deserve to be the final race on the F1 calendar. Good thing they fixed that for next year.

QUALIFYING: The set up for the grand finale.

RACE: The tough to pass track is always a factor in this race. This year, it was the factor in the championship.

TRACK: Please Tilke, don't make this layout the basis for the Austin track.

START: Unintended, and unknowingly at the time, Schumacher's fubar was the deciding factor in the championship.

VETTEL: After so many wrote off Sebastian, including Deep Throttle, as a driver incapable of displaying the discipline needed to win a World Championship, he did just that combined with his never questioned speed and talent down the stretch to steal it all from those more experienced.

RED BULL: Perhaps the end does justify the means. By not manipulating the results, we wound up with the most deserved driver, who was never handed any favors, taking the title.

ALONSO: Don't go waving your fist at Petrov. Wave your fist at your own team for pulling a complete boner for telling you to pit at the time they did. Besides, if you couldn't get by Petrov, what makes you think you could have gotten by Kubica and Rosberg who are a heck of a lot better than Petrov?

FERRARI: What were they thinking? Perhaps, that was the problem. They over thought the situation. And choked under pressure.

WEBBER: Sadly for Mark, this well may have been his one and only chance to win a World Championship. And his performance all weekend in the moment of truth was stunningly unimpressive.

HAMILTON: A fine run to end the season. Lewis must be wondering what might have been if not for those two successive brain fades when he led the points.

BUTTON: A great start put the first dagger into Alonso's championship hopes. A strong run to finish out a strong season when most felt his teammate would embarrass him all year. That never happened.

ROSBERG: Excellent drive, especially since Nico ran all the green flag laps with one of tires.

KUBICA: Let's hope Renault (or whatever the team is called next year) makes some strides for Robert to really show off his stuff.

PETROV: Vitaly was fighting for a position ... and his career, so he was under no obligation to give way to Alonso. Besides, Petrov said he would not have fought if Alonso made a move. Alonso never even came close, so Fernando, take your sore losing fist waving back to Spain and cry in your Ferrari pajamas.

ALGUERSUARI: However, unlike Petrov, Jaime was in a different situation. When your senior team member, Webber, has a slim championship hope, you've got to move over right away. That killed any chance Webber had.

MASSA: In the end, Felipe was no help to Alonso's fight for the championship.

BARRICHELLO: Experience gets to stay at Williams.

HULKENBERG: Young talent does not.

KOBAYASHI: Kamikaze-Koba returns.

SCHUMACHER: What a piss poor mistake in a piss poor return for a seven-time World Champion.

LIUZZI: Can Vitantonio be anymore unlucky?

GP2: Now we see if the match up of nationalities -- Sergio Perez (Mexico) and Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) -- respective fellow countrymen money mogels and talent are good enough to make it in F1. We'll find out just like we did this year with Petrov and Senna.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Weltmesister!

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 9 -- The number of changes for the title lead this year among six drivers.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: When Emerson Fittipaldi became the youngest F1 driving champion back in 1972 (25 years, 303 days), it held up for 33 years. Then, a trio of drivers over the ensuing six years continuously dropped that mark -- Alonso in 2005 (24 years, 59 days), Hamilton in 2008 (23 years, 300 days), and now Vettel (23 years, 134 days). Michael Schumacher just missed breaking the record back in 1994, but he was 11 days older than Emmo.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Sebastian Vettel on the tense moments after the end of the race, "Crossing the line he [race engineer] came on the radio very silently and said 'it is looking good, but we have to wait until the cars finish.' I was thinking, 'what does he mean?'"

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Sebastian Vettel, unable to contain his excitement starts the post-race press conference saying, "I am a bit speechless. I don't know what you are supposed to say at this moment." And then proceeds to talk longer than he ever has at a press conference.

SCHEDULE: Just four months till the 2011 season begins back in the Middle East at Bahrain. Can next year possibly top this season?

Copyright © 2010 by Deep Throttle. All Rights Reserved.



RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Vettel 55
2. Hamilton 55
3. Button 55
4. Rosberg 55
5. Kubica 55
6. Petrov(R) 55
7. Alonso 55
8. Webber 55
9. Alguersuari 55
10. Massa 55
11. Heidfeld 55
12. Barrichello 55
13. Sutil 55
14. Kobayashi 55
15. Buemi 55
16. Hulkenberg(R) 55
17. Kovalainen 54
18. di Grassi(R) 53
19. Senna(R) 53
20. Klien 53
21. Trulli 51
R Glock 43
R Schumacher 0
R Liuzzi 0

Time of Race
1:39:36.837

Margin of Victory
10.162 sec.

Safety Car
1 for 5 laps

Lead Changes
2 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders
Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button

Fastest Race Lap
Lewis Hamilton

Pole Position
Sebastian Vettel

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Vettel 256
2. Alonso 252
3. Webber 242
4. Hamilton 240
5. Button 214
6. Massa 144
7. Rosberg 142
8. Kubica 136
9. Schumacher 72
10. Sutil 47
  Barrichello 47
12. Kobayashi 32
13. Petrov(R) 27
14. Hulkenberg(R) 22
15. Liuzzi 21
16. Buemi 8
17. de la Rosa 6
  Heidfeld 6
19. Alguersuari 5

  Team Pts.
1. Red Bull 498
2. McLaren 454
3. Ferrari 396
4. Mercedes 214
5. Renault 163
6. Williams 69
7. Force India 68
8. Sauber 44
9. Toro Rosso 13
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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