Outside the main five do any of the other drivers have a chance of the title in 2010?
With Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Vettel filling the top five on almost everyone’s odds what chances to the others have? Here we’re talking about Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Mark Webber mainly as I don’t think that any of the other teams could pull the championship off.
Nico Rosberg doesn’t have much hope of securing the championship even if the Mercedes ends up being the dominant car because of his team mate, Michael Schumacher will not let Rosberg beat him – whatever the team say. To be in a position to take the title he’d have to be head and shoulders above Schumacher and the only way I can see that happening is if Mercedes win almost everything with honours even between the two drivers and Schumacher has a couple of DNFs in the last few races. With the apparent strength of Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull I just can’t see this happening.
Mark Webber might just manage something as on his days he is unbeatable. He’ll need to put Vettel in the shade in the first part of the season to ensure that he has the momentum to clinch the title though. I’m also not sure that Red Bull are going to have the car to win this year. They need to start the season strong and keep racking up the points, will the team have the strength to keep both drivers going hard in what looks like a very competitive season.
Out of the three drivers mentioned I think that Felipe Massa has the best chance, he’ll be driving for a team that most certainly has the speed and resources to make a world champion and all he has to do is beat Fernando Alonso. I say ‘all’ but if the car is there Massa will win races along with Alonso and so he’ll have to beat Alonso to take the crown. I suspect that Alonso will manage to accrue more points in the end.
Some people would put Jenson Button in this list but I think that he’s going to perform better than that and really challenge the front, we may see that eight drivers are vying for the title and would that be great.
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