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Full year report: Force India

Force India are another team that has gone backwards in 2010, it shows how hard it is to maintain any competitive edge in F1. They haven’t helped themselves in terms of drivers, Sutil and Liuzzi haven’t hit it off and don’t seem to be pushing each other in the right ways. It seems that they just need a little more pace but if the drivers weren’t having to concentrate on each other they might find it.
Adrian Sutil hasn’t been at his best this season, gone is the confident young driver who would consistently put in good performances and was hampered by failures of the car, in is the reckless driver who’s scruffy performances are starting to call into question how much the car failures were down to the team.
Vitantonio Liuzzi’s season could have gone better, after a few years out he returned and hasn’t made much of an impression on [...]

The title goes to the wire as Vettel takes the honours in Brazil

With Vettel winning in Brazil the title goes to the next race in Abu Dhabi, the same result would see Alonso lift the crown but surely even Red Bull would switch the drivers so that they take the title, it’s not like Alonso could whinge about that.
It was a good race fro Red Bull, apart from Hulkenberg sitting on pole they had pretty much the perfect weekend, and to top that they came away with the constructors crown. Red Bull deserve the constructors title this year, they clearly have the best car and arguably have had for the last season and a half. Adrian Newey really was worth all of that money.
Webber should be pleased with the weekend, although Vettel can still win the title,  Alonso only has to finish 5th to ensure that Vettel can’t take the crown. With the Ferrari looking everybit as if it is the [...]

Ferrari rule in Monza and the title closes up – again

If you’re driving a Ferrari, Monza is the place you want to win, the Tifosi will celebrate you like a King – it doesn’t matter who you are, they may have cheered so loudly a few years ago when your engine expired when driving for a rival but all that is forgotten if your Ferrari takes the chequered flag first.
So Alonso gets another of the jewels for any Ferrari driver and it was all down to about 5 metres out of the pit lane, the team won the race not just Alonso, Buttons stop was about half a second slower than Alonso’s and that made all the difference. That’s not to say that the Spaniard couldn’t have overtaken Button on the track but I don’t see any reason to believe that he’d have been able to do something he hadn’t managed for the first two thirds of the race. But [...]

Team play in turkey for Hamilton and Button

The Turkish GP promised some close racing after qualifying with a McLaren managing to split the Red Bull’s on the grid and the shows in practice but it was the Red Bulls that seemingly had everything in the bag, though the McLarens were by no means done when the Red Bulls got together. It was Lewis Hamilton’s first win of the season as Button continues to pick up solid points as did Mark Webber after the incident which saw him pit for a new front wing and still hold out for third ahead of Michael Schumacher.
The 1-2 for McLaren seemed to mask something between the drivers after the race, Button’s move for the lead 11 laps from the end showed that he’s not going to let Hamilton get away with anything though the somewhat lacklustre defence of that position a few corners later seemed a little odd. I wonder what [...]