Vettel

I've just watched the last (recorded) Formula 1 Grand Prix race of 2010, and saw my driver win the world championship. Awesome.

Vettel (Off-Topic)

I stayed up to watch the British Formula 1 Grand Prix. I got really worried at about half-past midnight NZT, as Sebastian kept losing time to his team-mate and Lewis, who held a solid lead at Silverstone. He wasn't his usual elegant self, and just didn't have the pace I have come to expect from both RBR cars. I was wondering what was going on, and then he landed a free catch-up in the form of a safety car, and he seemed to fire up and look more like his usual self.

I really love this driver, and he didn't let me down this time, ending classified seventh place from the back of the pack in lap one. I have a tendency to pick a driver and stick with them for a season, but I have been really impressed by Vettel for years now, and it has become stupidly important to me that he does well.

Oddly, it's Vettel, and my association of a German win with joy through him, that lead me to support Germany after New Zealand (undefeated baybee, yeah!) were eliminated from the World Cup, rather than Rammstein or any other aspect of German culture that I admire.

Pair that with the talented and likable Mark Webber and you have a team designed to hold my attention. Go RBR!

Okay, that's the end of my off-topicness for the day. It wasn't as bad as I anticipated.

In Fine Vettel

I'm sorry. I know this is way off-topic, but I just heard Eddie Irvine saying what I have thought for a year, i.e. that Vettel is the new Schumacher (as a driver, not as a person, mind). Hell yes! It's always nice when an expert voices your own opinions on international television.

Now RBR need to sort their reliability out...

F1cking Great

I know it's completely irrelevant to this site, but I'm a huge F1 fan, and I have to put it out there that I'm really pleased with the outcome of this season. Brawn are the Cinderella story of the season, having started in the ashes with the loss of BAR Honda, then coming back to win it all. Also RBR, who fielded two of my favourite drivers, Vettel and Webber, interleaved with Brawn and took honours too. It was a year of drama and silliness, but the actual racing was great, and some under-rated people shone. Brilliant stuff!

Vettel is German, so maybe that can be my excuse for posting this...

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