F1 World Championship 2010 Thread

[ahmz]

Vettel is looking really good at the moment...

And how about those team orders from RBR to Torro Rosso!

GG Vettel, he deserved it.

[Mr. Gibs]

Congrats Vettel! Awesome race and season!

[Billus]

Congrats Vettel! Awesome race and season!

**** that, was perhaps the shittest race of the season. Should have been Webber.

[simonlang]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! :D

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ko9NSrane8&feature=related

vettel does it with an absolutely superb job! he was the man of the year and really deserves it so does redbull for having best car.

alonso just has proven again what a sore, bitter loser he is. complained to petrov after crossing the finish line. can this guy get any lower? what a lame crybaby. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Mr. Gibs]

**** that, was perhaps the shittest race of the season. Should have been Webber.

It was probably the most intense race of the season with 4 drivers all having a chance to win? Yeh I would have liked it if Webber won as well, but things didn't go well for him in qualifying and was downhill from there.

Hey at least Alonso didn't win =P

[simonlang]

imagine how massa took the wdc loss in 2008 and also the last lap engine blow in hungary that year.

and seeing alonso acting like a big fool today makes me hoping that:

- ferrari makes massa the teamleader for next year. you can say about this guy what you want but in decisive races he puts it on pole and wins.

- massa and his race engineer smedley leaving ferrari to replace redbulls webber.

[Scazza]

Alonso is a joke. Such a disgrace to the sport for his poor attitude! So glad he didn't win the title!

A great race from Vettel and Red Bull. Well done Vettel :)

[Richard Hammond]

YES!

I knew Hamilton never had a chance this was the best possible result, Alonso is such a big baby.

[chicken-royal]

Shame Webber didn't get it, but much rather Vettel over Alonso. :)

[ViZioN]

Shame Webber didn't get it, but much rather Vettel over Alonso. :)

My feelings also. Would've been nice for Webber to win but not to be.

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps; 305.355km;
Weather: .

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h39m36.837s
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     10.1s
 3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     11.0s
 4.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     30.7s
 5.  Kubica        Renault                    +     39.0s
 6.  Petrov        Renault                    +     43.5s
 7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     43.7s
 8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     44.2s
 9.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     50.2s
10.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     50.8s
11.  Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +     51.5s
12.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     57.6s
13.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     58.3s
14.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     59.5s
15.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   1m03.1s
16.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +   1m04.7s
17.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +     1 lap
18.  Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
20.  Klien         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
21.  Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    4 laps

Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1m41.274s

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              44
Schumacher    Mercedes                     1
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1


World Championship standings, round 19:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel       256        1.  Red Bull-Renault          498
 2.  Alonso       252        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          454
 3.  Webber       242        3.  Ferrari                   396
 4.  Hamilton     240        4.  Mercedes                  214
 5.  Button       214        5.  Renault                   163
 6.  Massa        144        6.  Williams-Cosworth          69
 7.  Rosberg      142        7.  Force India-Mercedes       68
 8.  Kubica       136        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             44
 9.  Schumacher    72        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         13
10.  Barrichello   47       
11.  Sutil         47       
12.  Kobayashi     32       
13.  Petrov        27       
14.  Hulkenberg    22       
15.  Liuzzi        21       
16.  Buemi          8       
17.  De la Rosa     6       
18.  Heidfeld       6       
19.  Alguersuari    5       

Awesome race, troll of the year award goes to Petrov and Renault :p awesome driving by the young russian (and Kubica) ! Honestly I'm disappointed in Alonso, that was a really poor showing what he did at the end there; this is racing and Petrov did really well. Shame for webber, but there just wasn't anything there from him all weekend and I can't help but think he was used as a decoy.

Bring on next year, lets hope it's just as good!

[san.W10]

now everyones happy :D

Congrats to Vettle, cool race from him, poor pit stop call from Ferrari as usual :p

not really a good racing track, coz there were nearly no overtakings.

most importantly, off all the races, Petrov HAD to finish this one :rofl:

[san.W10]

suspicion #1 :rofl:

was it really necessary of petrov to hold back WDC contenders, or did Renault help their customer team :p :p :p

[acnpt]

I love Alonso, he's like a pantomime villain. :laugh:

Would have liked to see Ham win, but overall I think Vettel deserved it more than Webber.

Wish we could re-start next week, now the cars are so closely matched.

[.mcman]

What a fantastic season it was! Congrats to Red Bull and Sebastian, well deserved titles.

[Kerm]

Good race to finish the best season of F1 i've watched.

So glad Vettel won, I think Hammy could of put in a challenge on him if he could of jumped past Kubica but the track didn't seem to lend it's self to overtaking much.

Loved Alonso stuck behind Petrov, why would he move over? It's racing! Petrovs little nudge after the finish was quality.

Webber was very subdued. I really think the most deserving driver won!

Congrats Vettel! Party on.

[Richard Hammond]

suspicion #1 :rofl:

was it really necessary of petrov to hold back WDC contenders, or did Renault help their customer team :p :p :p

He didnt hold them back, he wasnt a back marker he was racing for position as well, so called 2 times world champion Alonso with all his "skill" couldnt pass him.

[simonlang]

alonso showed paytrov (lol, gotta love THAT name) the middle-finger. thats telling ... if he doesnt change his character he wont win any wdc anymore. since 2007 he is a broken guy and acts like a princess. :p

or like some1 has put it:

When Felipe was beaten by Lewis at the last race at Interlagos 2008 he helped the Toyota crew get out alive from the circuit because of Glock's unfortunate position at the last ccorner.

When Alonso was beaten by Sebastian at the last race in Abu Dhabi 2010 he was shaking his fist at Petrov, a driver that was fighting him for position almost all race.

Funny to get to know the characters in F1 when everything is balancing on a knife's edge. That's when the real faces show themselves.

massa > alonso.

long way to go for slowlonso. i also think ferrari guys will notice very well how each of them behaves and reshuffle their support for 2011.

[StealMySoda]

To me, it looked like Red Bull as a team played a great race.

They KNEW that Ferrari would react to Webber's pit stop, and they stopped KNOWING that Webber would come out behind Petrov/Rosbert etc. etc, very very smart move by Red Bull IMO, however they could never admit it was on purpose because I think that would be the last straw for Webber.

Red Bull also smart not putting all their eggs in one basket, had Vettel moved aside last weekend to let Webber through, neither of their drivers would have won and Alonso would be champions.

As much as I wanted Alonso to win, and how well he's done coming back from 40+ points down, I have to hand it to Red Bull that they have been fantastic this year, being able to keep 2 drivers in competition for a world championship (especially with Ferrari only backing Alonso, which is a bit of a shame for Massa) has been phenomenal.

Massa is a great guy, but he's just not got the pace any more. Kubica at Ferrari next year I reckon.

Great season, really enjoyed it, bring on next year.

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

<3 Petrov. The renaults did wonderful! Kept ferraris and mclarens back. Gutted that Webber didn't win and ended up behind Alonso but congratulations to Vettel (Y)

[san.W10]

LMAO @renaultards

source -http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=135088&pid=4717831&st=520entry4717831

[simonlang]

LMAO @renaultards

source -http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=135088&pid=4717831&st=520entry4717831

hahahhahahhahaha :laugh: i bet the renault drivers looked exactly like this under their helmets all the race long ... :woot: :cool:

[Dark_ph0enix]

'tis the one problem not having a TV licence - while I don't mind not paying for 99% of the crap the BBC produces / shows, waiting for the F1 to appear on iPlayer, especially when it's a championship deciding race - Had to avoid the internet from around 1pm, so as not to spoil it :)

Boo Fernando - Big Cry Baby, if you wanna get past, you've gotta get past - Team Orders means the other driver in your current team helps you out, not the people in your old team. Gonna watch the F1 forum for the last time, just to see if Eddie Jordan makes a ###### of himself. Again.

[Crazysah]

I'm so glad that Vettel one! I'm so happy for him. Such a deserved win!

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

i am the only one upset it's gone for 16 weeks? :(

BBC's 2010 summary.