This season really goes to show you that the cars are #1 reason people win races, drivers #2...
Last year Button was an also-ran, and nobody tried to rescue him from a floundering Honda... Look at him now, smelling like roses and destroying Barichello, too! Good for the guy, really! On the flip side, Semi-God (according to the press anyway) Hamilton has to be happy with just missing the podium !
I think this season is "funny", but not all that "interesting"... Last year was interesting with the races fought more or less on equal terms... KERS has proven to be somewhat crap (unreliable, heavy, super expensive and it prevents passing between cars that should pass each other). The new aero rule does not seem all that good at improving passing either, according to the drivers anyway, but it sure made the cars fugly...
I'm happy to see Button and Vettel thumbing their noses at Ferrari and McLaren, but at the end of the day it's also a little sad to see BMW finish 19/20th and the big teams mid pack... It's kinda like watching GRAND AM where an RX7 beats a 997GT3, you know there's been some unfair tweakingof the rulebook going on ;-) The fact that the FIA took 4 races to decide who was legal is a joke ! That said, methink that the RedBull is almost as good as the Brawn already, wait till Newey cooks a super-diffuser that fits the car for it and it'll be all Vettel for the title!
Pretty sad about Sea-Bass too, he's out for sure (along with Piquet, but I never liked piquet)!
Last edited by Deschodt; 04-27-2009 at 11:09 AM..
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