Twists and turns in Formula 1
No one can really tell who will win the 2010 Formula 1 season at the moment – it is very close.
With three races
remaining, the season is turning out to be the most unpredictable in
recent times. Five drivers – Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Lewis
Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button are ranked one to five
with 31 points separating the drivers.
At a point in the
season, it seemed that Hamilton was ready to run away with the title
but three crashes in three races have downplayed that enthusiasm. Now
it is the turn of Red Bull-Renault, who have staged a charge to the
forefront and they proved they were the ones that had the energy
towards the straight.
Sebastien Vettel and Mark Weber controlled the Japan race and came in first and second.
Changing times
Race leader, Webber understands that the dynamics of the leader-board can change even with three races to go.
“Two weeks ago it
was Lewis Hamilton, and then it was Fernando (Alonso). It’s chopping
and changing, but the most important thing is that the gap is going the
right way. I need to keep it like that.”
The new system
awards 25 points to the race winner and 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and
1 points for the second to the tenth positions respectively. An earlier
tweak to the system would have awarded 25 points to first place and 20
to second, but further consideration by both F1 and World Rally
Championship (WRC) opted instead to give race winners a wider point
margin than second place in a bid to encourage drivers to push for the
win instead of taking a calculated second place points finish.
As it stands there are still 75 points up for grabs.
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