Formula 1 - 2010 Season So Far

June 3, 2010and Jacques Villeneuve had managed to get a drive
The 2010 F1 season has so far turned out to bemaking it 6 in all!
interesting more due to rain, the new points systemMark Webber has been the revelation of this season
and a couple of racing incidents than any excitingand he is truly living up to his potential. He finally seems
racing itself. In the past pit stop strategy, especially ifto have ridden himself of the bad luck plaguing him for
there are 2 or three stops, added to the excitementso many years, seemingly capped off by the horrific
and uncertainty and kept the teams guessing as toaccident he had towards the end of 2008 while riding
when their competitors would pit and for how long.in his own charity event in Tasmania.
Now it is extremely bland with mainly 1 stop to changeAmong the teams Force India have shown
tyres.tremendous improvement over last year and are now
The new points system has shaken things up a fair bitseen fairly regularly in Q3 and are ahead of
due to the larger gap between 1st and 2nd and alsoestablished teams like Williams, Sauber and Toro
1st and 10th. Currently it is a hot battle betweenRosso in the constructors standings. Vijay Mallya's
Webber, Vettel, Hamilton, Button and Alonso withgolden touch seems to have brushed off on Force
Kubica, Massa & Rosberg not far behind. If MichaelIndia too. If the maiden Indian GP does get off the
Schumacher gets a couple of wins under his belt andground next year, Force India will be a brilliant
a few more top 5 finishes he could be in the runningambassador for the sport in India as a team which is
too this year but I feel he will treat most of this yearcurrently a serious contender for points and not just a
more as an R&D exercise and will be top of theback marker!!
charts next year.With only 7 out of 19 races run so far the 2010 season
It is also interesting to watch 4 champions competing inis wide open and one hopes that the weather
this season and would have been extremelycontinues to play a part in keeping the excitement alive.
fascinating if Kimi Raikkonen had stayed on this year