So far in the 2010 Formula 1 season we’ve had 1 really dull race, 1 brilliant race and 1 race that was very good. All in all then 2 races out of the 3 have been very watchable, yet still there are people lining up to take a shot at Formula 1 and I don’t understand why?
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So how was that for you then? As another Formula 1 season kicks off with yet another set of rules and scoring it seems that the same old problems are still very much in force. No matter how they try to disguise it whenever the powers that be try and make Formula 1 more exciting they always appear to have the opposite affect!
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OK, I admit it. I didn’t have a bloody clue what was going on last weekend in Australia. Within 1 week the world of the Formula 1 fan has gone from one of expectation to that of confusion. How many appeals does it take until we actually get a result – you know, a final result?! But the thing that confused me the most was all the talk of curves, kerbs (no you muppets), the KERS system – an arcade style speed boost. Here for the average man in the street is an explanation of what KERS means to Formula 1.
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Here’s the truth – I’ve tried to write this post 4 times to date and each time I’ve failed. Every time I’m happy with it something else changes, I can not remember a closed season in Formula 1 that has had so much drama. It’s funny though, because with all the talk of change, the world falling apart, we are basically left with the same teams racing for the same points and the same championship. For all the talk Formula 1 in 2009 has changed naff all.
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Well done Lewis, awesome finish to a dodgy season but at least the best driver won the world championship!

As predicted its all come down to the last race of the season and my favourite track of them all, Interlagos in Brazil.  It’s one of those rare tracks in Formula 1 that really allows the drivers to have a chance at overtaking and as such 9 times out of 10 it’s an incident filled race.  It used to be like that when it was the opening race of the season and it hasn’t dulled any with being the last race now!  As an aside Mexico was also one of my favourites, awesome straight!
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I drank beer on Friday night. This shouldn’t be that much of a problem but for me it is because every single time I have a “few” I’m dying for days afterwards. Saturday was spent on the sofa not moving, the last thing I wanted to do was upset my guts anymore than what they were! Sunday I was still feeling too rough to do much of anything, I’m just about coming around today.

The cool thing is that because I was fooked it meant that I got to watch a lot of sport. I managed to catch 2 Heineken Cup games over the weekend. First of all Leinster stuffed Wasps in a game that was far more 1 sided than I was ever expecting. Leinster were happy to run the ball and kick at the right time whilst Wasps were looking for the kick all the time. The end result was 41 – 11 to Leinster, was much deserved as well. The second game I caught was another Anglo/Irish game, this time the current champions Munster against Sale Sharks. Again it was the Irish team that looked to play the running Rugby from the start and Sale were looking desperate at times. They did manage to get themselves back into the game but that only drove Munster on to try harder winning 24-16. Not a stuffing but still it was convincing enough. Special notice must go out to Munsters forwards at the breakdown, they were excellent at isolating the Sale players are turning the ball over, it’s probably what won them the game. Also something that made me laugh, the touching moment when one of the sale forwards wiped the “split open” head of one of the other forwards with his rotten shirt, as if it was going to help. The ref still made him go off, has rugby gone soft?

Saturday was also the first round of Premier League games after the international break so I was looking forward to catching up on all the games on Football First. All the top teams did well, winning convincingly. Well all except Liverpool anyway who in their normal style for the season were jammy as hell and didn’t really deserve fuck all. But what you gonna do? One thing that did annoy me was the lack of the Man Utd – WBA game from football first. Shitty Setanta strikes again. I wonder how long the greedy bastards are going to carry on putting sports fans through this for?

Sunday I was up early for the Chinese Grand Prix. Wasn’t a classic was it? As soon as Hamilton was in front it had that look of being all over. It was no surprise as well to see Ferrari pull out some team orders near then to try and get that midget Massa as close to Hamilton as possible for the last race. I started this season as a long time Ferrari fan but I’ve really swung around in the last half dozen races. It Massa wins the title then Formula 1 loses all credibility as far as I’m concerned, I’d rather watch a A1GP race than that! Anyhoo, Hamilton goes into the last race of the season at Brazil with a 7 point lead knowing that a 5th or better finish wil secure the title. I’m expecting plenty of steward action to try and screw him up as much as possible.

So other than all that I also caught some of the snooker, which was as dull as watching paint dry once Rocket Ronnie was knocked out by that 11 year old. Oh yeah and Andy Murray won some Britvic or something like that as well. But we don’t like Tennis, it’s full of nob heads.

After an action packed (well the first bit anyway) Japanese Grand Prix we are still no closer to knowing who will win this years drivers championship. Massa finished in eighth place securing one championship point whilst Lewis Hamilton finished in 12th, well outside of the points.

During the race both contenders were penalised by the stewards, Hamilton on the first corner of the first lap for overtaking The Boring Bastard and Massa for spinning Hamilton. At the end of the day this left Alonso to take another victory (I wonder what odds you would have got on Alonso winning to races in a row this year?) With 2 races left there is now 6 points between the top 2 drivers and it looks like the FIA have got what they wanted all along. With so much money in terms of TV rights covering Formula 1 it makes perfect sense that the powers that be would want the championship to be dragged out until the last race.

I’m fully expect a few more things to go in Ferrari’s favour before this seasons out.