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Mar201011

Rob

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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 [...]

Mar201005

Rob

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Will Michael Schumacher return to take the title?

Michael Schumacher returns to F1 this season and he wouldn’t do so unless he believed that he had a shot at the title. Mercedes seem to have a car that has shown some good pace in testing if not outstanding though Jenson Button thinks that they may be sandbagging somewhat ahead of the first GP.
So what are his chances this year? Well firstly he’s got to beat Nico Rosberg, on paper it shouldn’t be that hard but Rosberg has shown that he can be quick at Williams so expect him to push Schumacher. I suspect that he’ll be a bit hit and miss through the season which is something Rosberg needs to work on and he’s got the best mentor in the business right next to him.
Outside of his own team the main contenders seem to be Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Now that’s a lot [...]

Mar201004

Rob

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Can Alonso make his 2010 dream a reality?

Fernando Alonso has managed to keep a reputation for being one of if not the best all round driver on the F1 grid over that last few years even though he hasn’t managed to bring home much recently. His year at McLaren has all but been forgotten and he is seen as the person who’s been making Renault look ok for the last couple of years – he is now at Ferrari and he expects that to change.
With the return of Michael Schumacher and both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at McLaren he still remains the favourite to take the title this season and I think there is good reason for this. As much as I like Massa I can’t see him beating Alonso this year, and at Ferrari that means Alonso is going to be number one.  He’s also going to have a good car, the 2009 Ferrari wasn’t [...]

Mar201002

Rob

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Can Jenson Button retain the title this year?

Arguably Jenson Button has the least chance of retaining his world title since Jacques Villeneuve pulled on his Williams helmet in 1998. With Ferrari signing Alonso and Mercedes bringing back Michael Schumacher plus the fact that Lewis Hamilton is now Jenson Button’s team mate there will be much more competition this year for the top set of points, and I haven’t even mentioned the Red Bull team.
Jenson Button will first and foremost have to beat his team mate to win the title and that is going to be a tough ask, he’ll have to do better than Fernando Alonso did in 2007, Hamilton has improved since then too. Button moves to McLaren as the World Champion as Alonso did in in 2007 but he’s also British and Hamilton did alienate a portion of the McLaren team last year after his antics in Australia so Button’s in a stronger position. What [...]

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