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	<title>breathe f1 &#187; sebastien vettel</title>
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		<title>So Barcelona was a good race&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/05/so-barcelona-was-a-good-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 04:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Yes I know that Sebastien Vettel won again but it wasn&#8217;t a walk in the park, and Lewis Hamilton nearly had him. But the race as a whole was good, Barcelona doesn&#8217;t always produce the best racing because the teams know the track so well &#8211; I guess it&#8217;s not as bad these days with the limited testing but still. It wasn&#8217;t even the DRS that helped, I don&#8217;t think it was massively down to the tyres either, though they clearly have an impact especially if this article about the Red Bull not being able to use all of it&#8217;s downforce is true.
Down the field there were battles between drivers all over though I think some of these were due to the tyres. This part of the racing seems to be settling down over time as people become used to the differential in pace and are running much more similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vettel reigns supreme in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 12:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=836</guid>
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Sebastien Vettel treated everyone to an F1 master class from Saturday morning onwards, despite the fact that he wrecked his car in Friday practice, he set the fastest time in morning practice, was so confident of pole that he didn&#8217;t do a second run in qualifying, and won the race without ever looking like anyone could beat him, I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll be pissed that Mark Webber got the fastest lap.
Alonso put in an amazing performance to finish third with the Ferrari and McLaren have some thinking to do going to Barcelona, as have Mercedes who again couldn&#8217;t hold it together during the race despite holding second after the first lap. It was a race full of disappointment for most of the grid really, Williams will wonder what they are doing wrong as the best they could manage was 15th and Felipe Massa will wonder how he managed to finish outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/05/istanbul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 12:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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So F1 is off to Turkey to see if McLaren can still chase down the Red Bulls, will the Ferrari have found what was wrong with their car and improved &#8211; Was it just Alonso&#8217;s head adding drag to the car? Have Mercedes managed to get to the bottom of the tyre issues? Will Williams actually get going at all this year?
We&#8217;ve had a great start to the season, exciting races, close finishes &#8211; and some controversy on the track. All we need now is for the title race to close up and we&#8217;ll be on for a eye popping year in F1. It could however all go horribly wrong, Vettel could streak out into the lead, McLaren could falter and we could all be watching Mercedes and Sauber fight over 6th to 10th.
Turkey normally has an exciting race, turn 8 in particular takes no prisoners and punishes bad aero. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of action in Malaysia except for Vettel who marches on</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/04/lots-of-action-in-malaysia-except-for-vettel-who-marches-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The Malaysian GP was full of overtaking, pit stops, accidents, etc&#8230; but is was serene for Vettel at the front as he waltzed off to his second victory and a 24pt lead in the championship. Jenson Button who described his own race as &#8220;confusing&#8221; finished up in second as he put his McLaren where it needed to be and kept hold of his tyres for long enough to make it stick. Heidfeld confirmed the pace of the Renault as he took the last podium place with Webber taking a hard earned fourth spot. 
The DRS was used for the first time really in Malaysia and seemed to work quite well at certain points, i.e. getting people along side the other guy (Mark Webber used it a few times), but sometimes it seemed to spoil the show as the car using it just drove clean by &#8211; though you have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia provides an appetizer for the 2011 F1 season</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/03/australia-provides-an-appetizer-for-the-2011-f1-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Melbourne took on the task of staging the first GP of the 2011 season and did a pretty good job. Sure it&#8217;s a street circuit and doesn&#8217;t show up some of the real pace of the cars, and the new DRS systems couldn&#8217;t be used to their full potential but it was a good, interesting, and lively start to the year. I&#8217;m not sure that Bahrain would have offered the same experience.
So Vettel took his first win of the year and started his title defence in the best way possible, Hamilton showed that he&#8217;s not going to let Vettel get away if he can help it and Alonso showed that he is top dog at Ferrari. Button, Webber and Massa all had weekends that they would rather have gone differently but they all scored points which was important last year so they shouldn&#8217;t be as downhearted as guys like Kobayahsi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full year report: Red Bull</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/full-year-report-red-bull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Red Bull have had the fastest car all year, I don&#8217;t think that there is anyone up and down the pit lane who would challenge that but they have continually failed to capitalize on it. Accidents, failures, strategy they have all played their part &#8211; it is a testament to how fast the car is that they won the constructors title. Adrain Newey built them a car that was very quick and there have been a good few races this year where the winner was only ever going to be one of the Red Bulls.
Mark Webber&#8217;s year has been one of consistently good performances, he has had a couple of mistakes but in general the he has brought the car home and brought the points along with it. He hasn&#8217;t been favoured by the team but I think that helped him to motivate the mid season push that saw him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The drivers title will be decided on Sunday 14th of November</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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So the F1 circus heads to Abu Dhabi with four men who could win the title and an unbelievable number of mathematical possibilities. Alonso is the only man who can not finish the race and still win &#8211; though it&#8217;s unlikely that he would. Webber really must win to give himself the best chance to beat Alonso though he really needs the Spaniard to finish fourth or better to deny Vettel the chance of the title and thereby gaining an ally. 
Qualifying will pose a unique challenge this weekend too given that a slip up by any of the top three drivers could mean an end to their championship hopes. It seems that Alonso has the advantage of experience in these matters but both Vettel and Webber have shown to be tough contenders this year. With the Red Bull car in such form it seems that the Ferrari man will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The title goes to the wire as Vettel takes the honours in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/the-title-goes-to-the-wire-as-vettel-takes-the-honours-in-brazil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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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&#8217;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&#8217;t take the crown. With the Ferrari looking everybit as if it is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari take the title by the horns as Red Bull implode</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Korea was always going to be an odd event, the track wasn&#8217;t finished, the teams knew nothing about the surface and it had the specter of rain. What rain it was too, apart from causing the race start to be delayed an hour it meant that no one out there was confident &#8211; apart it seemed from Lewis Hamilton. Webber slipped in the conditions and Vettel&#8217;s car let him down again as Alonso was left to pick up the pieces and take a lead in the drivers championship.
The two McLaren drivers have almost ruled themselves out of the hunt now with fourth and twelfth and given the pace of their car which leaves the title race to Webber, Vettel, and Alonso. With Brazil and Abu Dhabi to come (both won by Red Bull last year) Webber must being feeling confident, though in the past Ferrari have held the upper hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McLaren falter and Red Bull charge onwards in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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With the five title contenders only 25pts or a race win apart the championship looked incredibly close going into the race. Vettel&#8217;s victory and the failure of either McLaren driver to even look like they could get on the podium unless one of the other guys has a problem means that the championship looks less open going to Korea.
If Red Bull don&#8217;t have an issue at the next race, and I probably mean a double DNF here then the McLaren guys are out of the title race now, Alonso is still in there but it&#8217;s looking more and more like Red Bull have this year in the bag.
Kobayashi had a fantastic race for Sauber and was the only man to really drive past people, if the tactical guys at Sauber had got their act together then he may well have finished further up the field than he did. If more [...]]]></description>
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