Monday, October 19, 2009

F1 Brazil

The Brazilian Grand Prix lived up to its reputation for deciding championships once again as Button and Brawn GP clinched their respective titles. Button turned an awful grid position into a truly world championship drive with some of the best passing manoeuvres of this season. Brawn GP topped off a fairy tale season as the constructor's champions.

An incessant downpour made a mess of qualifying but Barrichello somehow managed to get poll position at his home race. He was in a perfect position to continue the championship fight with Button only in fourteenth. However in the race, Barrichello chances were dashed by bad luck, by poor strategy, and ultimately by Button's better performance. Button gained nine place over the course of the race while Barrichello lost seven. That says it all really.

Webber showed us his talent once again by qualifying second place on the grid under the atrocious conditions, and then by driving a perfect race for his second career win. Here's hoping we hear more of the Australian anthem in 2010.

I'm talking like the season is over when of course there is still one more race. After such an exciting season, it feels strange now that everything has been decided. Hopefully, Abu Dhabi won't be too anticlimactic.

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